Building Bridges.....

We have just been at a 2-day seminar named "Abba's Touch. During the evening the speaker made this analogy about the holy spirit: We need to wait upon the holy spirit, to give it time to sink into our heart, the same way you sink into a bath tub. You sit there not to be clean, just to be soaked by the lovely warm water. I used another analogy some month back when I was telling my son that in order to really get to know God and feel what He has in stored for us, we need to spend time with him, to get soaked with his love. I then used the analogy with a sponge and a blackboard. If you want to clean the blackboard you need a sponge. If you try to clean the blackboard with a totally dry sponge you won't succeed. If you just dip the sponge into a bucket full of water, the sponge is not "wet" enough to do the job. You need the sponge to soak for some time, and only after that the sponge will do the job.. After I told my son this he said: I get it, but w...

I went in to my sons room the other day to ask him if he wanted to join me in the gym. He told me that he was busy, study some math. Well that's great but what I discovered was that he was reading in the book, writing ,having the computer up and running with facebook updating and listening to music in his head phones. WOW. Just looking at him I felt dizzy and distracted. I could not concentrate if I were him. I needed a pause, and get attention to what is important to do right now. And so it is with our lives with God. Can you find him for yourself in the midst of all noise? Can you help others find God in that situation? Can you hear Him speak to you when your head is spinning with all information? "Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him." (Luke 4.8 )