Father, there is definitely a kindling! …an excitement that I have eluded for far too long. May I stay close by Your side, Loving Father. I know that You have never left me, but I have puttered around the fringes long enough. Draw me in to the warmth of Your love and compassion for me. Hold me tight O Lord, my God! Amen.
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Right out of the gate, let me say that writing is not easy. I have faithfully written now for over seven years. I’ve repeated a few posts in that time but by far, there have been original posts, five days a week – that’s over 1,800 posts! This is not to brag but more to say that some days it is just plain hard to pull off. The only days I don’t write, at this point, are Friday and Saturday nights.
It has crossed my mind to bring it to an end, but honestly don’t feel that I have been released from it. If there is anything that I touch from the wellspring of my heart that is impacting people across the board it is this. God has dipped His pen in the recesses of who and what I am and brings forth, I believe, what He wants those who read to feel and ingest.
I also want to say that many times what I write flows readily through my fingers onto the keyboard of my laptop. I love writing about things that inspire me in the world around me…and God is in everything I see! And those things are everywhere and of an infinite variety! (And, by the way, this writing is one of those things!)
Pray that our loving Heavenly Father will continue to bear me up. …that His words will continue to burn within me with a deep yearning to come out! …that His inspirations will continue to find themselves in my line of sight and that this finite brain of mine will continue to make the connections that come from His heart, not just mine!
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On another note, I continue to find inspiration in the very thoughtful gift of The Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan prayers and devotions given to me by a very dear friend. I have read through the following prayer several times over and finally decided that I needed to share a portion of it. I would ask once more that you would take the time to thoughtfully read through it. Let it sink deep into your heart and mind. Let Jesus speak to you through it, too. These are the opening lines of THE GIFT OF GIFTS.
O SOURCE OF ALL GOOD,
What shall I render to thee for the gift of gifts,
….thine own dear Son, begotten, not created,
….my redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute,
his self-emptying incomprehensible,
….his infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp.
Herein is wonder of wonders:
he came below to raise me above,
….was born like me that I might become like him.
Herein is love;
….when I cannot rise to him he draws near on wings of grace,
……..to raise me to himself.
Herein is power;
….when Deity and humanity were infinitely apart
….he united them in indissoluble unity, the uncreated and the created
Herein is wisdom;
….when I was undone, with no will to return to him,
………and no intellect to devise recovery,
….he came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost,
………as man to die my death,
………………….to shed satisfying blood on my behalf,
………………….to work out a perfect righteousness for me.
Amen and amen!
(Interested in ordering your own copy? The Valley of Vision is available on Amazon and several Christian bookstore websites.)
Sept 12th, 2022, Mon, 7:19 pm
