The Holy Spirit

It's funny.I don't think I have ever felt the Holy Spirit move the way He is now-and in the last few months. It could be because I have actually started to ask Him to-and when I do, he usually does. Does it mean he always has been, and I have learned to ignore him? Or perhaps I have ignored him for so long, that he has stopped whispering in my ear. Would you continue to share and talk with someone if they NEVER responded back to you? I would give up on them. Well, thank goodness He never gives up on me-cause I need a lot of grace. And He has made it clear that in order to learn about Him and from Him, I need to ask for it. So I have been. And wow. He never ceases to amaze me. Every single day, really. Sometimes it is through a verse, passage, book, sermon, song. Other times it's creation that makes me feel him right there with me.
(Just the other day, during a crazy rain storm we had, I bundled up in rain gear and went to the bottom of our land. I am telling you, God was there. In the rain, the wind, the stream that was gushing by me. I felt a small glimpse of His might and power in that storm. It made me think of Rev 4. A verse that has been on my heart for a few weeks now. I need to be consistently reminded how awesome and powerful my God is. How beautiful, majestic, and holy He is.)
Sometimes it's the way He prompts me to do or say something, and when I actually listen, I stand amazed.