May 25th - May 26th : Good times. Summer is here a month early.
- Yard/bake sale
- Hiking
- Hiking
- Crevice cave exploring
- Hiking
- Tim Hortons
- Barbecue
- Trampoline
- Friends and family all the way through
Needless to say, I am very happy.
Forgetting what’s behind.
Treating it like nothing.
Because it IS nothing in comparison to what God has set before me.
Seriously?
| "Are you not thirsty?" said the Lion. | "I'm dying of thirst," said Jill. | "Then drink," said the Lion. | "May I—could I—would you mind going away while I do?" said Jill. | The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl. . . | "I daren't come and drink," said Jill. | "Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion. | "Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer. "I suppose I must go, and look for another stream then." | "There is no other stream," said the Lion. |
May 24th: Dey be sum mahd spring cleanin’ teekin pleece up in heah
March 29, 2012
Lord, I still don’t know if I completely understand what you meant in worship the other day. When I said, “I want to know you Lord,” and then you replied with, “I want to know you more too.”
I think I’m starting to get it though.
I know you already know everything about me. You know more about me than I know about me. But I am reminded of the verse that talks about some of those that You have to turn away:
“Depart from me, for I never knew you.”
These are church people. And not just your average ones either. Ones that cast out demons and heal the sick in your name. People that are overt in their actions done in Your name. Yet you turn the ones away who YOU did not know. They claim to know you, but You tell them that You never knew them.
Thinking about the word I learned helps it make more sense to me. “Ginosko” is a word for knowing that doesn’t necessarily just mean a head knowing. People in Paul’s day used that word to describe the kind of knowing a man and woman have for each other - it involves physical intimacy.
So I think what You’re driving at is a proximity kind of knowing. So while those church people may have claimed to be close to You, or even felt that they were close to You, You told them reality: You were not close to them.
God I want to be near You. And I want You to be near me. Doing all the outward Christian duty stuff just isn’t enough for me. Yes, I want to obey and live a holy life. But I know that my heart’s deepest craving is to be close to You.
I know that the more I am close to You, the more time I spend in Your presence, the more I cling to and treasure Your Word, the more I will be changed by it. The more I will consequently live a holy and obedient life.
I want to know You Jesus. And I want You to know me too.
May 5th - May 23rd, Part III
