Note: This appeared on a list of posts that were recently read on this blog. It's a chapter from a writing that I posted several years ago. When I saw it, I reread it myself and recognized that it speaks well the testimony of my heart before the Lord and that it might resonate with some and encourage others toward that wellspring of passion for our God. So I'm reposting it here. I pray that it speaks well of our God to your own heart. Jeff The Passion Well, Chapter 12 Peering Into The Well... Proverbs 30:4-5 (NLT) "Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name—and his son’s name? Tell me if you know! Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection." What could transform a guy once hardened by life's seeming hardships, inequities and endless struggles to become so passionately grateful, devoted and...
A much loved spiritual mentor pointed out to me the difference between the Apostle Paul's past will (a life without Christ) and His new will that evolved after the Lord called Him. He then challenged me to define what my own new will would say... ...let my response be found here...
"It is not the title that people give to themselves that defines who they are; it is the fruit of what they produce." Graham Cooke