Reverence

I don’t think about reverence often. In fact, I’m usually too busy and harried to think about much at all. I heard a speaker last weekend, Norm Wakefield (www.spiritofelijah.com), and was reminded of the fact that God is RIGHT HERE. He’s not is some far off place, and he’s not even remotely in an other location. He’s here, and only a veil separates us from seeing and hearing him. The veil that was put up in the Fall.

But Jesus, in His sacrifice, tore that veil, literally (in the temple) and spiritually (in our own spirits). Now the Holy Spirit passes freely through that veil, between the earthly realm and the heavenly realm. Heaven is HERE. God is RIGHT BEFORE ME. Think of Stephen as he was being stoned (Acts 7:54-60). The veil was merely pulled back, and he saw what was before him ALL THE TIME.

If that doesn’t inspire reverence, I don’t know what will! As I go about my day, and get caught up in the frustrations of the mundane, God is right before me, waiting to minister to me. I just have to whisper, “Help” and I’m in.

I’m listening to “Let It Rain” right now on Michael W. Smith’s Worship album.

Let it rain, let it rain,
Open the floodgates of heaven….

Only the floodgates aren’t a big door in the sky, but the wall of a dam that is right in front of my face. I will try today to remain in a unwavering attitude of reverence as I run my household. I bet the laundry won’t seem as daunting or the dishes seem so many.

Where this is going

I have led a pretty charmed life. I had (still have) a great, stable family. I didn’t make many bad choices in my growing up years that would have long-lasting effects. I didn’t think I had “issues.”

A backwards look

Because of the long gap between posts, I feel the need to do a little catching up and I’ll try to be quick about it.

Back when I wrote the post in Dec of 06, I knew that I was at the beginning of something big. I just didn’t know what. And I hoped it might be something exciting and fun. It was exciting, all right. But fun, uh, not so much.

I’ve committed the cardinal blog sin

If you look at the date on my last post, you’ll see that it was a year and a half ago. I never even told anyone about my blog. I remember feeling a little worried about what my motives for blogging were, and what people might think if they read my inmost thoughts. It was a “starting line” as the post title says, and I was also a little scared about where the journey would take me (and if it would be pretty!).

I can assure you that while it hasn’t been pretty, my life has changed dramatically since that last entry.

Starting Line

I have been unsatisfied for quite some time. Not unhappy–in fact, I’ve been very happy. But there’s been a nagging something deep within, that this can’t be IT. There has to be more to life than this.