a spiritual journey of a woman and her God.
This blog is the record of my journey through the physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional. It encompasses the whole person as "I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus" Phil 3:12, NASB
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The Earth can be conquered in no other way than through sacrifice. Satan can be vanquished in no other way than through the Lamb. Jesus is the sacrifice, who being perfect, has been victorious over evil. In the sacrificial love of a lamb, Jesus has overcome the dragon, disarmed Satan and smashed his weapons on the cross. Thus it is impossible for Satan to prevail, with his instruments of darkness and death, against anyone who is one in faith with the crucified Christ.
Eberhard Arnold
Great power requires great character if it is to be a blessing and not a curse, and that character is something we only grow toward.
The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard
I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they are unable to stay quietly in their own room.
Pascal quoted in Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard
The most exalted outcome of submersion in the risen Christ is the transformation of the inner self to be like Him.
Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard
Christlikeness is both a goal and a gift totally dependent upon the indwelling Christ in the Holy Spirit. It can only be achieved by the grace of Christ for man and in man.
The New Relatedness for Man and Woman in Christ: A Mirror of the Divine, V. Norskov Olsen
The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.
Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster
The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome.
My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers
Our future, however far we look, is a natural extension of the faith by which we live now and the life in which we now participate.
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
Romans 16:20
In Full Attendance to God
I found a treasure in 2 Chronicles 29 this morning! A couple treasures, really.
1. V. 5 - “Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place.”
The Word of God is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, isn’t it? It seems like it on this beautiful Thursday morning. Beautiful day!! I have a beautiful view of green rolling hills and blue skies accompanied by a cool and gentle breeze (finally some coolness!). And to make the morning perfect, God is alive and well and speaking sweet delight. Life giving, He is! As I read verse 5 this morning, I thought “what a treasure of knowledge.” We are commanded to be holy as He is holy. How are we to be holy? Just as Hezekiah directs the Levites: carry out the uncleanness. So let’s do it! Let’s carry out the uncleanness of our thoughts, our speech, our actions, etc, etc. Let’s consecrate ourselves to the Lord and seek to be holy as He is holy!
2. V. 11- My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense.
Second treasure. Wow! That was my reaction after hearing God speak verse 11 into my heart. Do not be negligent, He says. In other words, pay attention!!! We are chosen to stand in His presence. Hello, glory!! God invites us to minister to Him and in turn minister to others. This gave me pause. Minister to Him? Really? What does that mean? How can I minister to God? So I looked up the word “minister” in the Hebrew. It means “to attend to, to serve” someone superior. Oh but it means so much more!! In this particular context, it means to serve God entirely, to be in full attendance to Him. How great! This is my desire - to be in full attendance to God.
