{"id":27887,"date":"2020-03-22T03:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=27887"},"modified":"2020-03-19T15:46:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T22:46:39","slug":"march-22-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2020\/03\/22\/march-22-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"March 22, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cAnd He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>Luke 24:45<\/p>\n

Journals<\/b><\/h2>\n

Walk His Way Revisited<\/i><\/p>\n

First Posted in March, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n

Did you keep a diary when you were a kid? You know, the little hardcover booklets with tiny locks and keys that you had to keep away from your brother? I had several diaries over the years, and I wish I knew what happened to them. I\u2019d love to stay in touch with \u201cyounger me\u201d through the pages of my own writing. It might explain a lot. But the writing is gone, and I must rely on my memory, which is undoubtedly skewed by events and years, and whatever else would cloud perfect recall.<\/p>\n

I started and stopped journaling when I was in college, and again when my kids came along. I don\u2019t know what happened to any of those written pieces of my life, either. I had great intentions, but in the end, life took pre-eminence over intention.<\/p>\n

Finally, as the kids were older and I had more time, I started a different kind of journal. It didn\u2019t record events, but rather it recorded my heart, my state of mind, my thoughts as I walked with the Lord. I asked the Lord my questions there. I responded to Scripture as I read it, applying it to my own life. I wrote honestly about my fears, my losses, my regrets, my perplexities, as well as the things that brought wonder and amazement and beauty into my life.<\/p>\n

I eventually sensed the Lord speaking to me as I wrote. I began to have understanding where before there had been confusion. I began to remember prayers and people long forgotten. I wrote out the things I wondered about. It became one long conversation with God. As Amy Carmichael has said, \u201cMy journal became evidence of traffic with heaven.\u201d*<\/p>\n

Traffic with heaven<\/i>\u2014meaning, God and I talk things over, back and forth. I write thoughts or prayers, then wait and listen. The things I talk to Him about are just between us, and not for other people\u2019s ears. I ask questions, and He answers (not always immediately, of course). I rant, and He gives peace, often while I am still writing (but sometimes later in His Word). I grieve over losses, and He brings joy and understanding. I write through doubts until I can trust again; and when fiery enemy darts threaten me, His Word comes back to me as I write.<\/p>\n

God and I do business together. How about you? How do you do business with the Lord?<\/p>\n

Lord, may each person reading this find a time to do business with You every day. Help us carve out those times for quiet, thoughtful seeking of You. In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cEdges of His Ways\u201d by Amy Carmichael<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>

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