Whether it's moving to a new place, getting involved in a new ministry, starting new classes, or learning a new job, when I am tempted to allow the excitement of new activity distract from my first love, I search for a secret place as though my life depended on it. Jesus is my example of someone who, though on the move and surrounded by people, kept His time with the Father priority. He would cross to the other side of a lake, climb to the top of a mountain, do whatever it took to keep intimacy with His Father.
Here in Pai, my secret place is on the end of a dock about a 10 minute walk from Pi Kaew's house. When I sit overlooking the Pai River, my thoughts are on the Lord and His word to me- To me. His voice.
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thats so exciting!!!! I hope all is going well over there
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. Its so intense that desire to be in his presence. Today at church the pastor hit on some key points that have really been on my heart lately and reading this is just confirmation to me that he was speaking the truth. How our relationship with him must be so much more than a checklist of things to get done. How church is not just about Sunday, or the Sabbath he said being one day of the week, but how it should be everyday, or we should be in rest with him everyday. Our relationship with him is an everyday thing, and when we take time aside to be in his presence we get closer to him. I bet you have some amazing stories of being on that dock in Pai, 10 minutes away from Pi Kaew's house. :)
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