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Stop, Drop, And Wait-State Dec 4, 2021 To wait open-endedly is an enormously radical attitude toward life. So is to trust that something will happen to us that is far beyond our imaginings. So, too, is giving up control over our future and…
Moving in Wisdom And Revelation May 8, 2018 If a man does not argue with the thoughts that the enemy secretly sows in us, but by prayer to God uproots conversation with them, this is a sign that his mind has attained wisdom, and…
The Tired Straw That Breaks Our Backs Sep 13, 2017 I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion,…
The Place of Strength: In God’s Presence Sep 12, 2017 There is this place of undisturbed quietness where love is not deserted; see how things pass away and give place to others; fix your dwelling firmly there. Put your trust, my soul, in whatever it is…
The Joy in Not Getting What We Want Sep 25, 2016 Sometimes He calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm to rage, And calms His child.~ Leslie GouldI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all…
Maturity’s Pathway Jul 19, 2016 If you are born of God; then in you God will green; His godhead is your sap; your beauty is in him. ~Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but…
Deeper Peace: Beyond The Circumstance Apr 9, 2016 In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us—that we be men and women of prayer, people who live close to God, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough.…
The Love of The Prodigal Father Jun 2, 2014 Never cease loving a person and never give up hope for him, for even the Prodigal Son who had fallen most low could still be saved. The bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend…
Don’t Seize… Wait Oct 21, 2013 Live while you live, the Epicure would say, and seize the pleasures of the present day; live while you live, the sacred preacher cries, and give to God each moment as it flies;Lord, in my view…
Earnestly Contending Oct 25, 2012 Time’s glory is to calm contending kings,To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light,To stamp the seal of time in aged things,To wake the morn and sentinel the night,To wrong the wronger till he render right,To…
Waiting in the Shadow Jun 12, 2012 The crosses which we make for ourselves by a restless anxiety as to the future are not crosses which come from God. We show want of faith in him by our false wisdom, wishing to forestall…
Waiting to Fly Sep 2, 2011 They that wait upon the Lord renew their strength. They that wait upon men dissipate their energies. — Leonard Ravenhill (1867-1942) Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the…