What happens when you and I do slip away to be with God in study and prayer? We receive. We take in. We are nutured and fed. We insure our spiritual health and growth. When we spend time with Christ, He supplies us with strength and encourages us in the pursuit of His ways.
I call this time with God "the great exchange." Away from the world and hidden from public view, I exchange my weariness for His strength, my weakness for His power, my darkness for His light, my problems for His solutions, my burdens for His freedom, my frustrations for His peace, my turmoil for His calm, my hopes for His promises, my afflictions for His balm of comfort, my questions for His answers, my confusion for His knowledge, my doubt for His assurance, my nothingness for His awesomeness, the temporal for the eternal, and the impossible for the possible!
-Elizabeth George in A Woman After God's Own Heart
1 comment:
Thank you for such a wonderful reminder of the blessings that are found when we are in God's presence and seek Him with our whole heart.
I saw your comment on my blog and found my way over here. Thank you for your encouragment! God bless you Melody.
Post a Comment