{"id":62292,"date":"2025-04-15T23:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/sa\/i-love-a-man-who-talks-to-god-ryan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T23:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:07:01","slug":"i-love-a-man-who-talks-to-god-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/i-love-a-man-who-talks-to-god-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love a Man Who Talks to God \u2013 ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My husband talks to God. And closely listens to His voice. In the unconventional, mundane moments of life. While he\u2019s doing the dishes at the sink, the Holy Spirit gives him blueprints\u2014the \u201chow-to\u2019s\u201d for the dreams He is leading us into, showing us strategic tactics and next steps.<\/p>\n

While we\u2019re driving to Home Depot to buy bins to pack for a move to a place we don\u2019t yet know, he listens closely to His prompts, nudges, and whispers about the home and property He has spoken to us about.<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m hormonal, pregnant, and all over the map, he hears my heart\u2014and also listens to His voice\u2014to know how to comfort me at the root of my anxieties and to know when all I need is for him to just hold me.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s driving our 15-passenger Transit on a long road trip with our six littles and everyone has fallen asleep, he gazes ahead with piercing, eagle-like eyes as he hears the Holy Spirit tenderly speak to him about things coming up ahead.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s architecting software solutions, he lights up with delight as the Holy Spirit shows him where the \u201cbug\u201d in the code is\u2014divinely illuminating the solution to what he had been wrestling with for days.<\/p>\n

When a guy buddy calls, struggling in his marriage, my husband humbly, non-judgmentally listens. With one ear tuned to every word his friend says, his spirit ear attuned keenly to the Holy Spirit, listening for the deeper issue causing the pain or struggle. And then, gently, he drops the bomb\u2014a word of knowledge that, through the power of the cross, breaks the stronghold that had been binding his brother. He can feel the chains break and freedom unleashed in the spirit.<\/p>\n

When a car pulls up in front of him with a peculiar word, number, or license plate, he sees it\u2014the Holy Spirit\u2019s confirmation of something he\u2019s been asking for direction on.<\/p>\n

When one (or multiple) of our kids are acting out, he asks the Holy Spirit why. Is it something he\u2019s doing at the helm and atmosphere setting head of the family? Are they tired? Hungry? Needing heart connection? Needing a good rough-and-tumble romp and wrestle? He listens, waiting for wisdom to know how to care for that one, to meet the deeper need behind the need<\/em>.<\/p>\n

When his humanity and imperfections come out, when exhaustion from life with eight (almost nine) kids weighs on him, he responds to that gentle prompt of conviction. He pauses and asks the Lord to search his own heart. He comes to me, or to the kids, and repents. He doesn\u2019t make excuses but humbly owns it and asks for forgiveness. And we repair and reconnect.<\/p>\n

When he thought he was done having kids after six, but the Holy Spirit convicted his heart, he bravely followed\u2014trusting God to provide for them and to give him grace to care for them . . . for each of them.<\/p>\n

When I\u2019m at the store without my phone, trying to remember if there\u2019s anything he needs, he realizes I don\u2019t have my phone with me, so he prays and asks the Holy Spirit to prompt me to get coffee. And as I\u2019m walking down an aisle, the word \u201ccoffee\u201d drops into my spirit, almost smacking me in the head, and I about-face and bee-line to the coffee section to grab his husky black dark roast.<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re at the hotel, midway through our Holy Spirit-led move across the country\u2014the kids jumping on the beds, Bluey<\/em> blasting in the background\u2014I peek my head around the corner and see him. Sitting quietly. Staring out the window with those eagle-apostolic eyes, still and fixed. He is communing, talking, and listening in his spirit to the Holy Spirit. And I know, in those moments, it is sacred communion.<\/p>\n

And I know that I am blessed beyond measure. I have a man who is not only handsome and wonderful. Who makes me laugh like no other. Whose heart is tender but also fiercely protective. Brilliant, kind, strong, and genius-level gifted. Literally\u2014who can make a fire or fix any small engine. Who can haul heavy loads and care for little hearts. Who can glance at me for a split moment and know exactly what I\u2019m feeling.<\/p>\n

He is all those things and more, but the greatest gift is his heart. A heart that is humbly and radically tethered to the promptings and direction of the Holy Spirit.
A heart that knows how to hand over every care and concern (his own, mine, our children\u2019s, our family\u2019s, our friends\u2019 and loved ones\u2019) and our provision and protection to the One who is intimately involved in every detail of our lives. And He loves to commune with him, with me, with us\u2014and to lead us on the wild and incredible journey He has planned for us.<\/p>\n

My security as a wife does not depend on him, but how grateful my heart is and how much easier it is to yield and follow his lead, knowing his heart is attuned, his spirit keenly aware, and he is constantly listening as our precious, holy, humble all-knowing King and Shepherd gently leads and talks to him.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tEllie Marooney\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n

Ellie is a wife and stay-at-home mom, living with her love and renaissance man, Matt, along with their 7 sons and 1 daughter. Her heart comes alive singing and playing the piano in worship. She loves photography, neon pink nails, and cutting and styling hair as a licensed cosmetologist. She and Matt have a passion for helping hurting marriages and love doing life as a blended family with 8 kids \u2013 each one so wonderful and unique, while driving around town in their 15-passenger Ford Transit van. Having a big family was never what she expected \u2013 but following and trusting Gods bigger plan has been the greatest adventure!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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