Building Zion
Straight Into the Arms of Christ
You know how sometimes you have a dream where the feelings are so real that, even after you wake up, they linger?. If it’s a bad dream, you hurt. It can be very intense. I had one of those dreams this week, and it…was…very…intense. I have them regularly, though not frequently, and they hurt. I […]
Be Still…and Know That I am God
Wow – to come out of that experience and try to put it into words….God help me, please. Be still, and know that I am God. Be still, and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God. Repeated, repeated, repeated. Over and over and over. Again and again and again. […]
Conversations with God # 12 – “Two Eternal Marriages”
This post is perhaps the most important thing I have ever written, or, as in this case, recorded. I cannot even share it without ensuring that you, the reader, understand the following things: I have been trying for years to understand the gospel in real life, attempting to understand the real meaning of the metaphors […]
Conversations with God #11 – You Need not Walk Alone
Lord, I suppose I should learn not to always come to you for validation. I think that I should probably begin to learn to receive validation and joy in myself; in my knowledge that I am doing your will; that I should just be satisfied with that. At some point, when that perfect day comes, […]
What if Jesus said, “No”?
This morning I prepared myself for a long communion with the Lord. I had plenty of time and a good night’s sleep. I prepared the sacrament (bread and wine – actually, cracker and juice), I offered up prayers for friends, family, etc. All was as it should be. Then, I prepared to settle in and […]
To Know God…
To know God is to know yourself. I have written before about my experience 20+ years ago in which I promised God that I would “seek to know Him”, and He responded in spectacular fashion, “Game on!” I highly doubt that I would be writing this right now if I weren’t continuing to keep my […]
All that Matters
This being that I talk to; commune with every morning…this Christ – it’s so hard sometimes to get past all the things that are rattling around in my mind, things that are happening in my life; challenges, fears, joys. I’ve learned to consider it like an update, a “This is what’s going on with me; […]