katie rose writes

This piece is by A.W. Tozer, aka Mr. Awesome. But really. If you're not in the mood for tears and/or conviction, do not proceed. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. (It's midnight right now...hence the funny...yet it kinda applies). The covenant and prayer of a preacher This is the prayer of a man called to be a witness to the nations. This is what he said to his Lord on the day of his ordination. After the elders and ministers had prayed and laid their hands on him he withdrew to meet his Savior in the secret place and in the silence, farther in than his well-meaning brethren could take him. And he said: O Lord, I have heard Thy voice and was afraid. Thou has called me to an awesome task in a grave and perilous hour. Thou art about to shake all nations and the earth and also heaven, that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. O Lord, my Lord, Thou has stooped to honor me to be Thy servant. No man taketh t...

If you've never read Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Eliot, please do. It's a great book, especially for all my single ladies out there! Yes, so, it is about Jim & Elisabeth Eliot's correspondence/courtship (labels don't work so well in their day, which I adore!). They both felt called to be single. And for many, many years they had to learn how to patiently wait for God to reveal to each of them His plan, step by step, even though their feelings wanted just to know what God was up to with them. But they waited patiently. One evening, Jim took Elisabeth out to just sit and talk about this waiting stuff. And Jim told her what he had read that morning in his quiet time--about Abraham & Isaac. Abraham was willing to offer up the life of that which was most precious to him: his son. And Jim said to Elisabeth, "So I put you on the altar." A few minutes in silence, he followed up his statement, this time with a question, "And what's to be don...

So, I don't know if you remember, but last semester, a big theme in my life and some close friends that I have Bible study with every week was the Barley Harvest. This stems from the story of Ruth. You can read more about these here and here . Good stuff. I just read those again for the first time since I wrote them. It's so good to journey back into the previous steps you've taken and realize just how far God has brought you since then. "He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake." Psalm 23:3. So, it just keeps coming up in my life. In fact, one of those wonderful ladies from Bible study emailed me the other day with some very cool information. The Barley Harvest always happens the Sunday after Passover, during the feast of First Fruits. What happens the Sunday after Passover? EASTER!! Wow. Easter celebrates that Jesus had risen from the dead, that our redemption had been bought with the blood of the Lamb, and it ...