Comments on: Changing the Soil of My Heart, Little by Little

By: On Essentialism, Choosing the Best Rather than the Good, & Saying “The Best Yes” - Dreaming Beneath the Spires

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:19:24 +0000

[…] Because reading devotionals is easier and give us the sense that we have done serious spiritual work, whereas in fact we’ve been avoiding the dangerous encounters that happen when Jesus walks into the room, and the Holy Spirit highlights a line of scripture, and says, “Change. Repent. You must revise your life.” […]

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:25:30 +0000

In reply to Charles Cooper. Thank you, Charles, for reading, and for your encouragement!

By: Charles Cooper

Charles Cooper — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:50:26 +0000

Thank you so much for this.
Love how you articulate with transparency and gentle good humor the dealing of the Holy Spirit in and through your life. In your sharing I hear the echo of what the Lord is doing in my heart as well and I am sure many others could say the same.

Thank you again and blessings!

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 09:46:10 +0000

In reply to mari howard. Yup, prayer can slip in the summer, when all we want to do is to be out as much as possible. I know it's a challenge for me... :-)

By: mari howard

mari howard — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 09:43:48 +0000

I’m finding a lot of new stuff in the Psalms right now, by reading them in The Message – stuff which chimes with our lives here on the earth, and about how God cares.

Yes, it is hard that some Christians can be absolutely as unlike Jesus as can be imagined … and we can all do that … ‘be perfect …’ but thankfully it’s not all up to us (even if that sounds trite!).

Here’s a funny thing: forgot to pray to day, then reading my To Do list found I had written “Don’t forget to pray’ on the list last night! Cat joined me for prayer: he was very wriggly though.