This is a paradigm shift I need…
February 10th, 2009
Posted by Chris
Quotes from The Pressure’s Off by Larry Crabb:
(These were actually copied from a blog I read…I just don’t remember where. The bold is mine.)
“Our greatest need is for a fresh encounter with God that exposes sin as repulsive and reveals as repulsive sin our determination to make this life work, no matter how spiritually we go about it.”
“We taste so little of the mouth-stopping, complaint-ending, desire-deepening awe that His presence creates when we think more about our problems and how to solve them than about meeting Him. We experience so little of the joy that sustains us in suffering and the hope that anchors us amid shattered dreams when we come to Him looking for the pathway out of hardships instead of the pathway into His presence.”
I’ve approached God the wrong way many times. Does this rock you like it does me?
Yes; I too have approached God in the wrong way. I know that when I’ve approached God in my most broken times is when He has made himself most known to me. And interesting enough, when I’ve experienced His Very Real Prescence, my broken state becomes a peaceful state at the same time. This is very difficult to put into words.
I think you did a great job of wording it.