Posts Tagged as ‘The Spiritual Life’

January 20, 2009

The Peace of His Confirmation

Today, The Lord directly confirmed my steps, in answer to my prayers. I was amazed at His goodness! I giggled with astonishment at such a clear answer from Him. : )
A few hours later, He confirmed that the first affirmation was, indeed, from Him! What more could I ask for? I can now walk in [...]

January 16, 2009

Gateway to Joy

The following are excerpts from Elisabeth Elliot’s “Gateway to Joy”:
…Every experience, even the most unwelcome, if offered to Jesus, can become a gateway to joy.
God… setteth in pain the jewel of His joy. – FWH Meyers
O joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the [...]

October 18, 2008

The beauty at the end of me

Photo captured by the lovely and talented Lauren Lowe. Check out her Flickr site.
What do you find at the end of yourself? When you’ve done all you can do, where do you rest?
The Lord is showing me beauty and peace at the fringes of all I have to give.
He doesn’t need all my efforts, my [...]

August 5, 2008

The Heavenly Man

A friend handed me this book and said, “Read this.”
The back cover reads, “The Heavenly Man is the intensely dramatic story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan Province and used him mightily to preach the gospel despite horrific opposition. Brother Yun is one of China’s house church [...]