It Ain’t Easy

Keeping your mind on the Lord is not the easiest route. As true believers we encounter the narrow road filled with pain. Pain you seek. Pain you face. Pain you feel. Weakness. Transparency. Sin. When the hurt bubbles up it ain’t easy to be still, especially with so many quick-fixes on hand.

But you have chosen the more excellent way. Your heart may shatter, but still you press-in. It’s uncomfortable; you squirm, but still you reach. Inhale His presence; exhale self.

Like a child your soul waits for him, or a long lost brother. It is in this waiting that the divine relationship unfolds. The Word becomes flesh and dwells in you. Your broken soul is transformed into fertile soil. You rejoice in your trials knowing that your discomfort brought you to the greatest vantage point of all–prostrate on the ground.

And it is in this simple place of utter dependence that you meet Him in spirit and truth, and where you can truly see. He is King.

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I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in
his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, Phillipians 3:10

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Jenna Ryan
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March 14, 2008