may this place of rest in the fold of your journey bind you to hope.
when is the last time you experienced deep peace and security?
why write? because, quite simply, it isn't there.
1 year ago
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Thoughts on THE Prayer Pt. 2
To pray to “our Father in the heavens” is not merely to call on God’s infinite creative power, it’s to call on his intimate presence.
It means that He is not standing (sitting?) far off watching us succeed or fail, watching us walk or stumble or crawl or fall. He is capable of being everywhere: in our vehicles, in our classrooms, in our dining room, in our cube farm.
1 year ago
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it’s been a while since i’ve posted a for really reals type post. so i guess i should probably do that.
(well, i say that. but the truth is that i’m really posting here as opposed to my “real” blog because only about five of you read this versus the hundreds that read that one. barf.)
anyway.
today begins the season of lent — the season of self-denial and reflection as we walk toward the cross. each year before this one, it’s been obvious to me the things i should fast throughout the lenten season:
- fast food
- junk food
- soda
- caffeine
- vain beauty practices
- me, me, me, etc. etc. etc.
this year, it wasn’t so obvious. as a matter of fact, until about an hour ago, i didn’t know what God wanted me to this year.
but as i was sitting in my cubicle, getting ready to tackle today’s to-do list, God laid my special not-at-all-lindsay-centered lenten path upon my heart as heavy as a sack of bricks.
oh the weight of it is crushing. oh the weight.
i am an insolent child, violently kicking and screaming and pounding on my heavy chest with fear and self-loathing.
for the first time on my walk, i will not tell a soul (not even my husband) about the specifics of my lenten journey. i will fast and pray and give in secret for forty days (and possibly beyond.)
we have come from dust, and to dust we shall return.
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"Most people think wrestling with God is a sin. They think it’s failure. But it’s not. Wrestling with God is a sign of intimacy because you can’t wrestle with somebody who’s far away. You can only wrestle with somebody who’s up close and next to you."
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"If there’s two things you don’t pray for as a Christian, it’s patience and humility because God will hook you up."
1 year ago
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Do you love Jesus? … If you say yes, it will mean meetings, meetings, and meetings, because the world likes meetings. It means parishioners who only want one thing of you, not to rock the boat … it means being subjected to endless déja vu experiences. It means all of that.
But it also means anxious hearts waiting to hear a word of comfort, trembling hands eager to be touched, and broken spirits with expectations to be healed … Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you’d rather not go.
"- Henri Nouwen
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Unka Glen's Citadel of Enlightenment: Body image, and that cruel mirror!
Anonymous asked: Heya Unka Glen! I really need some help! I’m 17 and there is not a day that goes by that I’m not thinking about my weight and wanting to loose weight; basically I dont know how to be happy with what I face in the mirror. I really want to see myself as Jesus sees me, but I…
THIS.
Source: unkaglen1 year ago
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"If you a burdened, I am as light as air. Take flight, I can carry you there.
Broken and blinded, there is a plan. So take my hand. You’ll understand this in the end."
- Deas Vail
1 year ago
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"When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life—a life that goes on and on and on, world without end."
- Romans 5:20 (MSG)
