Thursday, September 13, 2012

Where to go During Difficult Moments


Recently I was in a Deacon's prayer group... We were given several scriptural passages to read...: John 14 vs 1-4. was one of them.
When/if you have a chance to read it please do so.
I have read that passage literally 100's of times...and yet something different came to me...something came anew. That new insight that came to me surprised and excited me. I realized that if I enter into a place in my heart that is troubled, broken, hurting, terrifying, irritating, horrifying, frightening, or the myriad of other places my human heart often leads me... I can choose to turn to what Jesus has said and begin quieting my troubled heart. In quiet contemplation I can enter into the place where I have allowed Him to take up residence. It is then that I begin to rest in His peace. That place where He has promised to meet me.
It isn't always easy...in fact it is rarely easy...This world has a strange way of speaking loudly, so loudly that I can't always hear Him within me, gently calling me.... But...but when I do... Oh Lord when I do...all I can do is raise my hands in joy and proclaim: Thank you Jesus...thank you.

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