katie rose writes

This is an adaptation of a devotion that I read on the Mars Hill Church blog this morning, which was first adapted by them from a book, Morning & Evening, by Charles Spurgeon. Find it here . I'll back up first though. I first stumbled upon the Old Testament story of Jacob over two years ago now. I was just a few weeks into my time in India, that first summer trip that would rock me to my core. I had thankfully begun the journey of prayer journaling, of simply writing to God all the happenings both around me as I served and within me as I began to fall in love. With my Savior, with a country, with a language, with a village, with everything He had placed around me. In the midst of extreme spiritual darkness, I learned how God had crafted us to shine like stars. I learned how God had specifically molded my heart, long before time began, for telling stories to those who have never heard them before.  Of course, questions still remained. Being the american I am, not fully conv...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Psalm 40:4. "Blessed is the man who makes the Lord His trust." And God really had me camped out on the word "trust," and how in this case the writer wasn't talking about the emotion or feeling of trust placed in something or someone, but of the tangible attribute of God being our trust. Here's an excerpt from that post: The one who is blessed is the one who has made the Lord his trust. This is different from simply stating that this man trusts the Lord. The phrasing here is trying to suggest a shape on this intangible emotion of trust. Instead of saying that he has put his trust of confidence in something, he is saying that his object of trust is the Lord Himself. I picture this as a well, from which the writer is drawing water to drink from. The well itself is the Lord, strong & secure, and its contents (the water) include His character, His promises, and His Word. It is a radical picture. He's not just trying to po...