A book by Henri Nouwen with the that title that speaks of something that I found myself identifying with. I have yet to read the book but it is attracting me so much right now.
As I open to scriptures and found a sermon rising from my heart as I think about the people that I love. I began to be lifted from my depression tonight and found a bubbling brook like inspiration that kept the message of God flowing out of my lips.
My problems are not solved, my heart is still hurting in some ways and yet I feel compelled to speak in such that I was not hurt at all. I know that my life now is such that will come with much struggles and it should not stop me from preaching as long as I am hearing from Him. In fact, my wounds are to remind me of the goal that I am to be focusing on.
My pain may not go away tomorrow, or by next week, or next month, or even next year... Can I follow Jesus still? Can I serve Him with a shattered heart? Can I be faithful in persecution of all sorts? I am scared to answer this question, yet somehow I have survived through some of the most painful trials in the last 11 years of my life. Maybe I can still go on simply because He has never failed to keep me burning for Him...
Do you want that burning inside of you? To have a will that withstands some of the harshest and loneliest of journeys? Then find Jesus... or allow yourself to be found by Him...
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