This morning at church Mike and I were standing close together, singing (or something we call singing) and soaking in those moments together when I felt this incredibly deep sadness come over me.
It's difficult to explain, so I won't try, but I just reached around him and whispered in his ear, "Will you pray for me?"
Without hesitation he wrapped his arms around me, placing one hand behind my head and pulling it next to his so he could pray into my ear, over the sound of the song we had just been singing. Of course, he had no idea why I needed him to pray, and honestly, he didn't ask. In reality, *I* had no idea why I needed him to pray, but that didn't deter him. He just prayed, trusting the Holy Spirit to supply the words.
The music shifted and the congregation around us began to sing these words,
Set a fire down in my soul
That I can't contain and I can't control
I want more of you God
I want more of you God
I want more
I want more
I want more of you God
Oddly, I could not bring myself to sing the words.
As I stood there in silence, I felt the Holy Spirit speak to me, so gently, but so firmly, as he so often does.
He said, "Carol, you don't need more of God. You need less of yourself."
Such truth in so few words. But in that truth, I found such comfort.
All that to say, perhaps these words are just for me today. But perhaps they are for you as well.
He must become greater and greater and I must become less and less. John 3:30 NLT
