Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer As we journey with the Lord we each have a unique calling.  To me as a housewife Jesus might have said, “Come follow me and I will help you to make a home where God himself may dwell.” To a nurse or Dr. the invitation might be…

Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer “As life moves on, we have to leave behind a phase of our lives that we have grown through, to move on to the uncharted territory of the next stage of our living.”  For most of us the transition is not accomplished without pain, and a degree…

Devotions from Margaret Silf on Wayfaring We must align our dreams with the dream God is dreaming for us and attune our choices and decisions to the inner compass within us. Just like Mary who gave her consent, we also must make room for Him to make a home within us. As we allow God…

Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, Wayfaring All of us need courage to face the darkness within us and allow God to shine His light on it.  Our faulty perspective blinds us and we need to cooperate with the Lord as He shows us what is hidden within us. “A decisive act of the will is…

Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, Wayfaring We are all encrusted with distortions of evil that come between us and our true self and cause us much pain. We can choose whether or not we want to remain enslaved or if we want to own these tendencies and acknowledge them in light of His grace.  We…

Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, Wayfaring Our society measures our worth by our achievements and even the religious structures tend to underscore this in more subtle ways.  We need to recover the value of our Being.   God calls us into a deeper awareness of the wonder and beauty concealed in the heart of our being. …

Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, “Wayfaring” This author talks about God’s invitation to walk our own living pathway in companionship with He who is the Way!  We are on a pilgrim journey and it is not a tourist outing.  It is a journey that challenges us and shapes our souls in ways we can not…

Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be We may desire a problem-free life, but that would be death by boredom. IT is in working to solve problems and overcome challenges that we become the person God wants us to be.  Every problem is an invitation from the Spirit, and when we…

Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want To Be When adversity comes into our lives we can rise to the challenge and see abilities that have been hidden is us that would otherwise remain dormant.  We don’t really know what we are capable of until we have to cope.  Sometimes we lose everything…

Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want To Be Paul says in Rom. 5 that we should rejoice in our sufferings, and he believed that suffering can lead to growth. Is it possible that adversity in our lives can cause us to reach our fullest level of growth and development? Robert Roberts describes…