![]() ![]() We rehearse for the wedding now through worship. Our only hope for rest from the incessant craving of our desire is in God, and us united to him. In the most often quoted phrase from Augustine, he says, “Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee.” He is referring to desire. What is remarkable is that no matter where the poet begins, he almost always ends in worship. It gave me a voice for the cry of my soul-the anguish, the weariness, the joy, the sorrow. I wasn’t studying them with my head I was praying them from my heart. I spent a year in the Psalms at the same time I was resting from the duty of Sunday morning. They are the crazy ones, and you are going sanethis is your cue. Make me one with You in a sure bond of heavenly love, for You alone are sufficient to Your lover, and without You all things are vain and of no substance.” Stand up for somethinganything, everythingyou feel to be true. Worship occurs when we say to God, from the bottom of our hearts, “You are the One whom I desire.” As Thomas à Kempis prayed, “There is nothing created that can fully satisfy my desires. What counts is the posture of the soul involved, the open heart pouring forth its love toward God and communing with him. Neither does singing songs with religious content pass for worship. Simply showing up on Sunday is not even close to worship. ![]() Few of us experience anything like this on a regular basis, let alone for an hour each day. Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. The book title comes from this quote above that I put out a few years ago, wild spirit, soft heart, sweet soul, which is a shortened version of another quote of mine, and before I even truly knew whether or not I was capable of writing this book, I knew this title was meant to be if I ever could. a Wild Visioning ritual to connect with the deeper purpose in your heart. Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Youre a sensitive soul - you feel way more than others, which has you. ![]()
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