I’m buzzing like a live electrical line. It’s 3.30am and I’ve been up since 2am. I just got back home from the most incredible experience I’ve had with Holy Spirit. I taught and hosted a women’s reTreat titled ‘I Was Made to Rule & Reign Now.’ Wow! It was a pivotal point in my ministry. I was around some very astounding women in a breathtaking home. We ate sumptuous food. We encountered Holy Spirit in a transforming, phenomenal way. After being invited by Him to summit manifold arenas of our lives, we all left glowing.
What can we expect on the descent? We can expect some positive things and some negative ones. Beware of the possibility of some of these negative things:
- Tension with loved ones.
- Some may express jealousy (covertly or overly) that you got to go away without them.
- The clean house you left is now mess for you to clean up.
- Since you got away, loved ones may expect you to come home rested and ready to wait on them.
- Disappointment with regular life after being surrounded by positive social and spiritual stimulation of:
- Holy Spirit
- Intense positivity
- Novelty of environment
- Novelty of relationships
- Old relationships rekindled
- Laughter
- Beauty
- Good food
- Deep spiritual teaching
- Like-minded individuals
- Rest
- Opportunity to be creative
- Deep emotional and spiritual support
- Loneliness
- You may have left the excitement and come home to a lonely house.
- You may have left the excitement and come home to a house with people who don’t get you or really care about what you just experienced.
- Overwhelm – Physical, emotional, and spiritual fatigue. In many ways you just summitted a mountain.
- Your body may be exhausted.
- You may sit down and find yourself unable or not wanting to move.
- You are daydreaming and distracted as your brain processes memories and events that happened.
On the flip side, please expect many positive things.
- Holy Spirit will prompt you to reach out and nurture the relationships you just enjoyed.
- Be contacted by a new or old friend just checking on you or letting you know the Lord just brought you to their mind.
- Notice that body aches and ailments are reduced or completely gone.
- People will comment that you look great.
- Increased alertness
- You will notice new things you’ve not noticed before
- You will perceive old things with new eyes based on what you learned
- Holy Spirit and His ministering angels will continue to reveal and confirm things in a new way
- Acute sensitivity
- Things that didn’t bother you before may bother you now. A regular show my husband and I had been enjoying grated my spirit so much that I had to ask him to turn it off.
- Several people came to mind that I need to reach out to and encourage in the Lord.
- Renewed optimism and cheer
- You will laugh more.
- You will be more patient.
- Heightened creativity.
- I had to turn on the notepad on my phone several times to jot down ideas as they flood my mind.
- Motivation
- Despite it being 3am, I finally got out of bed to get productive and start working on the ideas.
- Adrenaline high
- Energy to take on new tasks
- Racing thoughts
- Talking more
- Talking faster
- Augmented problem-solving and planning capabilities.
- I’m already planning the next event while memories and ideas are fresh.
Please briefly share 3 aspects of your ‘come-down’ experience in the comments below. You may include things I listed or completely different ones.