Eating God's Word and loving it!
A spiritual discipline. Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash The Lord is in his holy temple;let all the earth be silent before him.Habakkuk 2:20 NIV A noisy world. We live in a noisy world. In our digital age, wherever we go, we can take along music, movies, media of all sorts on our phones and tablets… Continue reading A Day Without Words
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty. Jeremiah 15:16 NIV I've practiced this spiritual discipline for several years now... the discipline of asking God for one word as a theme for the year... A word to speak to my… Continue reading new year… new word…
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2 ESV This is where my mornings begin... In the dark... at least most days... up before the sun... After dressing... the place I enter… Continue reading first thing…
When cleaning... laundry... creating order... become a spiritual discipline... they take the place of writing here... Returning home to a disordered house... with groceries to put away... energy went toward restoring what had been displaced... As I cleaned... put away... vacuumed... swept... steamed the floors... with loved ones winding down for the evening... the flesh… Continue reading another kind of discipline…
Chilly days... cold nights... mean fires in the fireplace... Each morning... waking to what seems cold... dead... still... where fire blazed bright and warm the night before... The wood consumed... gray ashes in their place... But under the gray... hide coals... which need stirring... Using the poker... they are uncovered... revealing a fuel for flame...… Continue reading fan the flame…
