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L i n g e r i n g...
have you ever tried it?
maybe holding that last morsel of dark chocolate on your tongue
or staying one more second with your face toward the sun, and then another second
or keeping your nose in the center of that rose through one, two, maybe ten breaths
or singing one line of a chorus over and over again
or hanging on that cell through one more word, another thought, another moment in time.
this week i got to linger...in the presence of the Lord.
Graham from the States came out to share with our teams about how much God enjoys us...i know i will never get tired of learning how my Father absolutely loves to have me in his presence. you know, it's amazing but we don't always have to bring him something. we don't always have to have the words. one of my favorite ways to come is through song, just sitting on the edge of the dock watching the tide come in and listening to music and hangin' out with him. and he lingers! and we can too.
thankful for the rest that comes through being quiet, present. i'm in a lot of realms of waiting right now, and he's letting me wait with him. i need him. And there is "no god besides him, who acts for those who wait for him" - isaiah 64:4
i want my prayer in these last weeks out here to be what David said, 'one thing i seek, only one thing i desire; to gaze upon the beauty, the delightful attractiveness of the Lord'. some things in our field, the country, my life, have been very difficult. but when we are well-watered gardens, those things don't have any power over us, nor can the arid influence consume the fertile ground. I really know that intercession allows the watering springs to be Him. and His word is power. So, though i return today to my country and face with my team the unknown in ministry and life and relationships, i will set my face to seek the Lord; i will listen to his voice (I've got a great song by a British worship leader - Godfrey Burtill- that helps me linger on this heart stance). please pray for me to that end.
I wanted to comment on one thing that I learned from my time at the Thai/Burma border before the retreat. I realized that though the adults in the "no citizenship zone" are not free to move past the Thai checkpoints, the children born on Thai soil are given citizenship and oneday can be mobilized...for the glory of the God of Springs. The soil will be changed as time brings hope for a new generation.
This coming Tuesday there will be worship in Yangon. Several different churches are gathering to sing to the Lord songs of praise. The Lord will inhabit, will linger in, the praises of His people. We will be shooting a live VCD that eventually will bring the songs of rejoicing throughout the cities and villages of Myanmar. Pray for protection, for springs of water to shoot out with power.
have you ever tried it?
maybe holding that last morsel of dark chocolate on your tongue
or staying one more second with your face toward the sun, and then another second
or keeping your nose in the center of that rose through one, two, maybe ten breaths
or singing one line of a chorus over and over again
or hanging on that cell through one more word, another thought, another moment in time.
this week i got to linger...in the presence of the Lord.
Graham from the States came out to share with our teams about how much God enjoys us...i know i will never get tired of learning how my Father absolutely loves to have me in his presence. you know, it's amazing but we don't always have to bring him something. we don't always have to have the words. one of my favorite ways to come is through song, just sitting on the edge of the dock watching the tide come in and listening to music and hangin' out with him. and he lingers! and we can too.
thankful for the rest that comes through being quiet, present. i'm in a lot of realms of waiting right now, and he's letting me wait with him. i need him. And there is "no god besides him, who acts for those who wait for him" - isaiah 64:4
i want my prayer in these last weeks out here to be what David said, 'one thing i seek, only one thing i desire; to gaze upon the beauty, the delightful attractiveness of the Lord'. some things in our field, the country, my life, have been very difficult. but when we are well-watered gardens, those things don't have any power over us, nor can the arid influence consume the fertile ground. I really know that intercession allows the watering springs to be Him. and His word is power. So, though i return today to my country and face with my team the unknown in ministry and life and relationships, i will set my face to seek the Lord; i will listen to his voice (I've got a great song by a British worship leader - Godfrey Burtill- that helps me linger on this heart stance). please pray for me to that end.
I wanted to comment on one thing that I learned from my time at the Thai/Burma border before the retreat. I realized that though the adults in the "no citizenship zone" are not free to move past the Thai checkpoints, the children born on Thai soil are given citizenship and oneday can be mobilized...for the glory of the God of Springs. The soil will be changed as time brings hope for a new generation.This coming Tuesday there will be worship in Yangon. Several different churches are gathering to sing to the Lord songs of praise. The Lord will inhabit, will linger in, the praises of His people. We will be shooting a live VCD that eventually will bring the songs of rejoicing throughout the cities and villages of Myanmar. Pray for protection, for springs of water to shoot out with power.
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