I can sit back and say that with out a doubt my vacation was really good! It was relaxing, I had a great time with Justin, the weather was wonderful.
The down side to this vacation is that I also took a vacation from many if not all of my spiritual disciplines as well.
I am such a creature of habit, and fail in the area of will power, that much of my routine went to the way side. Morning prayer, Scripture reading. Failing in these areas causes struggle in other areas, sin.
Now it's a battle to get back into the routine I had before.
The great thing about this though, is Christ has sent a subtle message telling me that though I had stumbled and fallen this past week, He has not left me nor kicked me to the curb.
The message came from someone who I do not know that well, nor do I know this persons spiritual back ground, but the message was ever so clear, that Christ had not left me nor forsaken me.
How wonderful a love we have in Jesus, despite the fact I know I do not deserve it. Mercy, Grace, Forgiveness, Hope, Love. He tells us the greatest is Love.
Even at prayer tonight at church, yet another message, this one more labor intensive for me to clean my house and prepare once again for His direction.
Though I feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit, I also feel His love picking me up, dusting me off, and telling me to get it together.
I look further at the bigger picture, looking into the immediate future and there being a mens retreat that I am attending this weekend. Is it coincidence that the retreat I'm attending this weekend falls directly after my vacation? I think not, as Christ meets us where we need Him to meet us. He provides for us when and where we need His provision.
This isn't under the timing and demands of what we perceive our wants and needs to be, but what our actual wants and needs are according to His Kingdom and His Glory.
Tomorrow, a new day, a new way, but forever and always the same Savior, the Rock, the Foundation, the Way, the Truth, the Light.
The down side to this vacation is that I also took a vacation from many if not all of my spiritual disciplines as well.
I am such a creature of habit, and fail in the area of will power, that much of my routine went to the way side. Morning prayer, Scripture reading. Failing in these areas causes struggle in other areas, sin.
Now it's a battle to get back into the routine I had before.
The great thing about this though, is Christ has sent a subtle message telling me that though I had stumbled and fallen this past week, He has not left me nor kicked me to the curb.
The message came from someone who I do not know that well, nor do I know this persons spiritual back ground, but the message was ever so clear, that Christ had not left me nor forsaken me.
How wonderful a love we have in Jesus, despite the fact I know I do not deserve it. Mercy, Grace, Forgiveness, Hope, Love. He tells us the greatest is Love.
Even at prayer tonight at church, yet another message, this one more labor intensive for me to clean my house and prepare once again for His direction.
Though I feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit, I also feel His love picking me up, dusting me off, and telling me to get it together.
I look further at the bigger picture, looking into the immediate future and there being a mens retreat that I am attending this weekend. Is it coincidence that the retreat I'm attending this weekend falls directly after my vacation? I think not, as Christ meets us where we need Him to meet us. He provides for us when and where we need His provision.
This isn't under the timing and demands of what we perceive our wants and needs to be, but what our actual wants and needs are according to His Kingdom and His Glory.
Tomorrow, a new day, a new way, but forever and always the same Savior, the Rock, the Foundation, the Way, the Truth, the Light.
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