When my son was a child, he asked me, ‘How do I hear God's voice?’ It was before bedtime, I was tired and young. I didn’t know at the time this was a once in a lifetime opportunity I was still living as if they would be 7 forever. I also didn’t have a good enough answer, I answered him from my own mystical experiences.
we are tempted to only recognize God in blessings, rewards and happy times. We effortlessly attribute to him the pleasantries in life, but would prefer to deny that God says he comes in a thick cloud. If we confess that reality “ God is present in the suffering.” That means that we must be too
I think we have learned in our sensory saturated planet to rely much too heavily on feelings and experiences. God is present with us in ways that are entirely different than anyone or anything else in our life. God is present with you through his word and by his spirit.
Oh my Father, oh my Shepherd King The love you offer are tears that sting salty wounds and ashen face lonely deserts , lands of waste Rocky Terrace , unknown Depths a wooden cross , a painful death to know this glory how can I bear to taste the suffering and heaven share unless you … Continue reading The Work is Done
Lord I know that you know me, for that reason my fear is small the innermost parts of my heart, the innocent Ways that I fall. Every thought and intent of my soul, The longings you see every one the quiet reflections , the hopes and exceptions the works both complete and undone the tiny … Continue reading Struggles of Faithful Proportions
When we talk about contending for our faith, we are talking about fighting a battle. In every battle we have to know who the enemies are, we must be fighting against the enemy; not God. We are fighting to stay with Jesus to believe what he says.
This is the place where everything is magically okay. Where just for a moment in time and space I can forget the world around me and yet at the same time the world is all around me.
What are the rocks in your life? Maybe God calls us to work at removing obstacles in life like rocks in a garden and he wants us to do it ourselves; maybe He wants us to fight against things that are buried in our hearts and past, which prevent growth and life from springing up.
Peter is using a Lamp as a metaphor for God's words which are in fact prophetic and illuminate our way, until Christ returns, at which time the substance, being Christ himself will replace every lamp, light and luminary in this dark world, for he himself is the light of the world from the beginning of time.
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