Dear Ones,
Hope you are enjoying this holiday weekend. I will be packing up food as we head to the lake and stop to visit and pray for my friend in Assisted Living. Then on to the lake to see family and have a picnic at the Point. In all we do today and each day may we be conversing with the Lord and asking Him lead our lives.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
I am discovering how the internet has shaped our souls as I read John Eldredge’s book, Experience Jesus. Really. He shares how we are disciples of the internet, for it is like a tutor that we go to with our questions along with the expectation for immediate answers. We don’t have to wait for the Lord in faith, but just click online. But what about the information that keeps changing? Many things that we learned and thought were true as a younger person now may prove to be false.

What we really need is a daily experience of Jesus. Eldredge goes on to quote Brother Lawrence, “There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.” He and other mystics like him experienced Jesus, and we also can have continual conversation with Him. If we know the Lord, we experience life on earth and also the heavenly realm. But when we spend major amounts of time on the internet taking in so much content, it can cause us to be skeptical and miss the truths the Lord has for us. But the mystics remind us we don’t have to understand something in order to experience it. When our relationship with the Lord is real, we can enjoy His presence, hear His voice and have communion with Him.

Jesus’ kingdom is real even if we don’t understand it all, and Eldredge says that we can anticipate experiencing God and His kingdom and learn His ways. He is our safe place. Let us ask the Lord to take away our unbelief and the need to have everything proved, and to live with child-like trust in Him.

Challenge for today: Pray, “Lord, take away my unbelief and cynicism and give me faith to live in child-like trust every day.”
Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy