Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, The Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wondered so long. In Jesus' name. Amen
Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

Friday, June 8, 2018

Draw Near

I'm reading in Luke 15:1 which spoke to me in the following way: the tax collectors and sinners drew near to Jesus while the Pharisees and scribes grumbled. I have to ask myself if I'm a grumbler or am I longing to draw near to Jesus? And do I receive sinners or do I think myself to be better than they? Sometimes I act like the Pharisees who thought they did enough good to merit heaven and that makes me better. Oh my Lord! Please keep me humble, I pray! I want to draw other sinners like me to You and I won't be able to do that if I'm being Pharisee-ical!

We have guests staying with us this weekend, namely Tim's mom and sister. They arrived after sitting in traffic for quite awhile after a couple of different accidents. We started the weekend off with a delicious pork roast, baked sweet potatoes, broccoli,fried squash, biscuits and blackberry cobbler and ice cream for dessert. Then we spent the evening chatting. It's going to be a great weekend! Hope you have a great one, too!
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