Tag: intimacy
When plans change, when heartache interrupts, when we are asked to difficult things, God also insists upon going with us.
We come close enough to experience His protection. We are anointed and overflowing when we choose to live in intimate connection with our Shepherd. We insulate our souls from exile when we knit ourselves to Him.
Often times we grumble instead of asking God because we aren’t living close to Him to begin with. We think His arms are too short because we haven’t fallen into them.
Seeking is all-encompassing. Seeking God means letting every lesser frivolity fall to second, third, or even last place.
When we go into our room to pray, we shut out the world and we get in front of God.
Sometimes God says no. Sometimes He doesn’t say anthing at all.
“There I will go to the altar of God – to God – the source of all my joy.” (Psalm 43:4 NIV) We go to the altar when we are happy or when we are sad. When we are whole or in desperate need of…