What is the Spiritual Journey? The process in between accepting Jesus as Savior and the time when He completely becomes Lord of our life and we are in full surrender to Him is the ‘Spiritual Journey’. At the end of the Spiritual Journey, which is referred to as ‘home’, we have a completely transformed, Christ-like nature that has become one with His, and we partner with Him to bring Heaven to earth. The Spiritual Journey consists of seven significant events…
Anger is displayed when you are not satisfied with where you are, what you are doing and you can’t do anything about it. It’s wanting and not having. These desires may or may not be godly, and there is no earthly means that will alleviate the dilemma. There are lots of reasons for anger, but only one cause – dissatisfaction. It’s a long road home, not counting the work necessary to bring about the compatibility needed for the unfamiliar yet divine…
Sometimes you need spiritual growth more than you need a miracle. How does a person learn and grow? When you find the path that will help you develop what it is that you truly desire. Everything else is cycles of ignorance brought about by traveling the wide road that offers many different choices and many different options. Stand still and admit that you are not who you want to be, nor are you where you want to be. God already knows this, but…
The “perfect place” is no longer wanting anything more than exactly where you are. Remember: “The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want”.
Feeling downtrodden sometimes can be the work of humility taking place. After being arrogant for a lifetime, humility does have a lowly, worthless feeling that comes with the work being done. Remember Salvation comes meek and lowly, riding on a donkey. So, take heart, little friend, you will ascend with perfect humility and that’s when you begin to experience your real worth, and IT IS SOLID.
Do you ever feel like crying? A lot? The crying we experience is sometimes just feeling lost. Like God is —————-> way over there somewhere, and you’re <—————- way over here. The hardest part to go through is feeling stranded in no man’s land. Crossing over is difficult, dry, alone and confusing, but God is preparing to bring you across, even if you wail like a spiritual baby. Understanding that NO place is going to be OK for a long time. Home isn’t…
The times when you can’t hear from God, and don’t know what to do, those are the times when the heart is being tested. And you can’t know that because the heart doesn’t know it. Of course, then you start grasping, making up things, and hunting for some kind of an answer, when there really is none during that time. He is just trying and testing the heart, so you can move on. He really does care, and has your…
Depression is the shadow of loss. It’s caused by the loss of who you are, your identity and everything you’ve learned and experienced from the old life. It’s being felt because nothing yet has replaced what has been taken. What part of the spiritual journey is the hardest? The death part. “So, what do I do now?” someone asks. Wait. On. God. And when it feels like there is no light, wait longer. In a dream, I was told to go to a train station and wait (metaphorically speaking). Well, I did…