Prayer without Surrender…

Recently I’ve been reading a lot of the old testament while working through a book on the prophets by the renowned Jewish scholar Abraham Heschel called “The Prophets” as well as continuing to work on my prayer life and reading a short devo book by Andrew Murray titled “Absolute Surrender” and there have been some startling conclusions I’ve drawn. Let my point out a few things, I haven’t had a lot of time to look deeply into this, so there will more then likely be more in the future.

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So two things have been going on lately. My super nostalgic trip as I’m updating my new blog software with all my old posts. It’s crazy to read where I was at back then and to see where I am now, how I’ve changed, the things I’ve left behind and those which I’ve been so fortunate to gain, and how much more intimate my relationship with Christ is now. So far I’ve moved about one-hundred some posts of about two hundred and sixty, and it’s really interesting to read. I’m starting to get it, to get that I’ve been called to ministry, and away from skiing. I’m currently at January 16th, 2004. It’ll be interesting to keep reading them as I move them over.

Alas long distance, it’s so surreal to even think about. I know that Jordan isn’t just over in Wausau, I saw her off at the airport last week, but I still don’t think it’s completely hit me yet. Continue reading