I wonder how much longer I will do this. It is almost comical at this point. I pursue I slip I stop pursuing I regain my footing I climb my way back I get ready to turn the corner and then... I SLIP AGAIN!!! I would love for my journey to be a continual incline that I am ever increasing up. However, a lot of times I make my journeys hill steeper than it really is or has to be and I slide back down to places I should have gotten well past. The words of Jesus kicked my teeth in today. In John 5 he talks of how the approval of the religious elite and pious means nothing to him. The reason he says is, "Because I know you don't have God's love within you." I began to wonder today if Jesus wasn't screaming that out to me. I mean... I love him I really do It is just that my actions don't always reflect my heart. I do the same thing to Jesus that I do to the ones that I love the most. I deeply love them, but again my actions towards them do not truly reflect my heart towards … [Read more...]