Michael Carr // personal blog of ponders & travels

I’ve been meaning to write something interesting for a little while now. Many good things have been happening in the lives that make up the “CARR HOUSE”. With my dear sister out of the country and my father on the west coast we are in that mode of survival. Thankfully we have two helpful friends staying with us in the mean time while we wait for our family to be put back together and while they wait for an apartment.

God’s heart for Wilmington is so real! We have the Lord’s blessing in this place and it’s incredibly encouraging. Day by day I am (gratefully) coming to the realization that this is all about love for God and Love for Oneanother. Night and day prayer, intercession, habitation, revolution, change comes through a culture of love and relationship. Investing in love is the greatest thing I can do. Invest in love and watch God shake the mountains around you. It’s incredible!

My heart hasn’t been the same as of late. Things are vastly different. The biggest realization for me has been that love covers a multitude of indifference. A few weeks ago I returned to waiting. Except that this time the waiting has been much more enjoyable. I think about the city in which I reside, the people that walk its streets, the church that inhabits the hearts. These are all points of importance for me, my heart is stirred to in prayer in these areas. Perhaps since the last post I have encountered a side of prayer & intercession that I didn’t know about 3 weeks ago. It’s deeply connected to real, holy love and the immense fragrance of the Father’s heart shared with the Son and shared among us. Another aspect is simplicity. As I’ve waited I’ve encountered a simple yet vehement Holy Spirit. Love seems to be quite simple, it’s a lowly place that’s filled with the joy of service. Personal gain isn’t found in it. To love without fear is an incredible strength and to serve with a humble heart is a gift like none other.

The bridegroom King is a majestic Judge. [...]

Here is my paraphrase of Matthew 11:28-29: Take my yoke, take my burden, I will give you rest for your soul. I am lowly and gentle, come to me and watch me reveal the Father to you.

The comforting words of the Man! I heard a song today that took me back to the years when I first started to heavily experience the father’s love. Today as I laid there on the floor and enjoyed His loving presence I had to ask, “when did my love and devotion become a weight? when did the weight of prayer & intercession outweigh the simple longing for nearness?” [...]

(This purpose for this post is to serve as a quick update on the last week or so. There are no upcoming events mentioned, fear not, you could even skip this entry and not miss a beat.)

We spent last weekend at Global River Church here in Wilmington, NC leading worship for a Leif Hetland conference. It was a great weekend. Leif carries such a child-like and profound understanding of the Father’s heart it was incredibly refreshing! It felt like the Lord was straightening a lot of things out in the Spirit, in the air and definitely in my heart. The Father is so good!

I feel like I have walked up and over and down and again a few mountains this week. Sometime during the last few days I realized I have laid down a lot of my passion and creativity for any form of art or venue of expression. Including my music, which was a sad realization. I am happy to say that I have turned back to the joy of music, art, etc. I guess I thought I didn’t need it and ignored it. But in reality my heart was slowing dying and losing a certain amount of colorful life.

We are still offering large amounts of free Holy Spirit & Jesus worship @ Independence Mall 3x per week from 12-2PM, come join in if you are in the neighborhood.

We started weekly devotional sets at Life Community Church this past week. The meetings are open 12:00-2:00PM on Tue, Thur, Fri. I’ve been to 5 of them so far and have greatly enjoyed them. It’s amazing to be in the shopping mall worshipping Jesus and watching all the people walk by. They come out of Sears and usually glance over at the big glass windows that separate them from me. My heart really breaks at times to know that many of them have no idea what is going on. Sometimes one or two will pop in for a minute and ask a question or something of that nature. To pray in the midst of so much..man flesh… is always a reward, because those are the places that need the Spirit of truth the most. We’re called to represent Jesus and distribute His will in the darkened corridors of man’s heart. Why not the local shopping mall all week long? [...]