This experience led me to remembrance of our passion in Christ.
We should never lose the tenderness that the cross evokes in our hearts. It should continuously take our breath away. It should be our passion to know Him more.
After each training, I become so spent. As much as the same energy I wanted to give each day for training, I feel sapped from talking the whole day trying to have them absorb the task. I was commended by the two people I trained in the office. I was humbled to hear they tell each other of how it all went, all for God's glory.
The reality of human life is that there will be some days that aren’t mountaintop experiences. Some days will be filled with conflict, homework, errands, laundry, loss, pain, bitterness and—hardest of all—apathy. I wish every day were filled with great community, exciting missions work, christian concerts and prayer gatherings. But the truth is, most of our lives are spent somewhere between these two realities. Most days we get a little of both.
Being a Christian has little to do with how we feel, but everything to do with God’s covenant with us.
The sign of an authentic relationship with God is that it allows itself to change over time. In any relationship, we have to adapt and fight to overcome new challenges. If we try to cling to how it was at the beginning, we will never grow in actual relationship. The truth of God’s unconditional love for us never changes, but we have to let that truth be expressed differently as needed in different seasons.
We should never lose the tenderness that the cross evokes in our hearts. It should continuously take our breath away. It should be our passion to know Him more.
After each training, I become so spent. As much as the same energy I wanted to give each day for training, I feel sapped from talking the whole day trying to have them absorb the task. I was commended by the two people I trained in the office. I was humbled to hear they tell each other of how it all went, all for God's glory.
The reality of human life is that there will be some days that aren’t mountaintop experiences. Some days will be filled with conflict, homework, errands, laundry, loss, pain, bitterness and—hardest of all—apathy. I wish every day were filled with great community, exciting missions work, christian concerts and prayer gatherings. But the truth is, most of our lives are spent somewhere between these two realities. Most days we get a little of both.
Being a Christian has little to do with how we feel, but everything to do with God’s covenant with us.
The sign of an authentic relationship with God is that it allows itself to change over time. In any relationship, we have to adapt and fight to overcome new challenges. If we try to cling to how it was at the beginning, we will never grow in actual relationship. The truth of God’s unconditional love for us never changes, but we have to let that truth be expressed differently as needed in different seasons.
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