Where your treasure is, there your heart will also be. Jesus Discover your soul and heart’s desire. Sometimes a good life keeps us from a better life, many of the things we crave in life will never satisfy our soul. In fact, many good things have the power to destroy us like pain medications and…
Henri Nouwen wrote prayer has for too long only been associated with piety, talking to God, thinking about God, morning and evening prayers, Sunday services, grace before meals, sentences from the Bible, and many other things. However, for Nouwen, “Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is…
We devote enormous amounts of energy and time to creating noise and distraction in our heads to numb the troubling thoughts and voices that rob us of our peace of mind. But, unfortunately, the fear of silence is killing us. Some storylines repeatedly repeat, causing so much mental anguish we will do anything to get…
One of the best gifts you can give yourself is learning to be alone but not be lonely. I have experienced loneliness plenty of times in my life, but I have never felt alone in silence and solitude with God. It runs counterclockwise to the world’s wisdom that the practice of solitude and silence can…
In my quiet time, I use a phrase that calms the thoughts in my mind through repeated repetition. For example, the desert fathers and mothers in the early days of Christianity recited and used the Jesus Prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner,” to calm their restless thoughts and…
Much of life is obsessed with an unbelievable adventure of discovering what will bring you happiness. You unwittingly seek fulfillment and meaning through every activity you undertake. Life is a maze of challenges with jobs to accomplish, tasks to perform, and experiences to live. In this process, your mind transcends everything, and you have a…
I know the overwhelming need you have to talk about your problems. You want your friends and family to understand and validate your feelings. However, your most profound challenge is to listen to my voice of reassurance. I am the one who brings peace and the answers to the loneliness and fears you experience. (You…
Seek contentment and happiness in my presence because the more you crave the allure of the world, the more you distance yourself from the center of my being and love. You drift from my presence when you focus on the things you desire and admire in the world. When you lose sight of me, you lose…
I am the magnet of all-consuming love, pulling and wooing you into the center of my indescribable glory and presence. You fight and resist me because of the fear of what might happen to you and whether I can be trusted. If you knew the short distance to freedom from the bondage of this world,…
Listen to me in the depths of your heart and being, and know I am your rock-solid friend who walks arm in arm with you. Don’t let the chaos of the voices and drama of the world cause you to question my love for you, for I have told you time after time I will…
Jesus in Mathew 6:34 wants to encourage us, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” (NLT) We need to contemplate how to live in the present now of today because there is no tomorrow in real-time. Everything beyond the present moment exists as an illusion…
A beautiful depiction is the Son of God as the Bread of Heaven who comes down to earth to provide nourishment for a broken and lost humanity. The bread is the resurrection life and Spirit freely given without question for those who are hungry for the presence of God. There are no qualifiers or restrictions…