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On Checking In Before you Fly

Anita Mathias — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:20:52 +0000

Thingvellir National Park, Iceland I am (slowly!) learning to slow down, and say, “So, what should I do, God?” or “What should I do, Spirit?” or “What should do I do, Jesus?” And often enough, clarity comes, out of the box. I do not send the email I was about to. I change the time […]

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On Keys (of the Kingdom), and Knowing Where to Cast one’s Net

Anita Mathias — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 20:05:59 +0000

So this summer, my husband locked us out of the motorhome, in which lay all three sets of keys, which he had hidden, in case we lost them. After some colourful and entirely justified language…I contemplated keys. Scraps of metal, smaller than one’s little finger, yet they can unlock homes worth hundreds of thousands […]

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Sealed Orders

Anita Mathias — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:08:00 +0000

Sealed Orders I am reading a memoir, Sealed Orders, by the American healer and mystic, Agnes Sanford. Interestingly, I’ve just read A Man Called Peter, by Catherine Marshall, her biography of her husband, Peter Marshall, who felt that he lived under “sealed orders.” During wartime, commanding officers of ships, or squadrons operated under “sealed orders.” […]

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When You Think it’s All Over, And That End is a New Beginning

Anita Mathias — Mon, 04 May 2015 13:26:29 +0000

So John, beautiful, sensitive evangelist, is exiled to Patmos, a Roman penal colony, by the Emperor Diocletian. It’s all over for him. He who had been one of the three with Jesus at every climactic moment of his ministry; who had leaned on Jesus at the Last Supper feeling the physical and verbal beat of […]

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See What God is Blessing and Join it (Bono)

Anita Mathias — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:23:36 +0000

I used to pray the way Bono says he did: In countless ways, big and small, I was always seeking the Lord’s blessing. I’d be saying, “Look, I’ve got a new song…Would you look out [for it]. I have a family; I’m going away on tour — please look after them. I have this […]

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We Need Scripture to Help us Make Decisions. But we need the Spirit too. We need Jesus

Anita Mathias — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:25:37 +0000

Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord; My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word! Mary Lathbury, 1877 39 You study[c]the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life, (John 5:39) Jesus says to the Pharisees. […]

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The Eagle, and Waiting to Discerning God’s Will Before You Act

Anita Mathias — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:32:13 +0000

The eagle waits at the edge of its nest for the winds of the storm to gain velocity. Once the storm is strong enough, it spreads its magnificent wings, and allows the storm to carry it where it wills. By waiting for the wind to gain velocity before it flies, “it can run and […]

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