Jesus gets the first word. He says to me and you, “I see you.” It is then to us to make the gifted response, “I am here.”
This is what fuels all spiritual striving: the deep-seated, distorted belief that we must do something to generate Jesus’s awareness of us and to win his attention to us.
Often times engaging spiritual formation means trying to master a subject when the goal is to be mastered by God.
We are all part of the Master’s fields for cultivating and growing his kingdom’s harvest.
Jesus wants to plant in me the desire of his heart for my heart, as well as grant their fulfillment.
And what should you do when you see a snake in your garden? Answer: Don’t wait around to see if it talks. Run!
And what should you do when you see a snake in your garden? Answer: Don’t wait around to see if it talks. Run!
And what should you do when you see a snake in your garden? Answer: Don’t wait around to see if it talks. Run!
The same Holy Spirit who inspired the Scriptures makes them the means of grace whereby we are transformed into the deep interior likeness of Jesus.
Reading the written Word floods ours souls with the living Word, who is Jesus.
