January 27, 2008

I'm writing this evening from Ogden, Utah. It's a bizarre story why I'm even in Ogden tonight but I'm sure I'll have plenty to share about this trip before it's over.

I have indeed found snow and plenty of it! The glory of God's creation at times overwhelms me when I travel. I feel the intense creative power of God in the west. It speaks profoundly to me of his power, grace and his creative heart. I crossed a desert that I've traveled many times in other seasons. Today it was snow covered and the white emptiness was so vast that it seemed every blink of my eye was an act of worship.

When we allow ourselves to live from our hearts, to really slow the world down enough to even hear our true hearts things get clear pretty fast. Some of us have been ravaged by life for so long and we're so loaded with obligations and responsibilities that to even consider allowing our hearts to speak seems like a luxury we can't afford. The reality is that we can't afford not to. It's just like being in the Bible everyday. A lot of you have found the DAB to be the one resource that allows you to maximize your time enough to be in the Scriptures daily. I think that's incredibly humbling. I've found that I can't live a successful life of faith without constant contact with the Word of God. It speaks to the deeper parts of us. It speaks to our hearts. If we're ever going to get our hearts back and begin to live a vibrant and successful life of faith we have to have both our hearts and an ongoing relationship with God through the intimacy offered in scripture and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

I challenge you this week to ponder what your heart is telling you. Allow God to use the scriptures to awaken what is deep within you. Who do you really want to be? What is your true calling in life? Are you doing that? We'll never find who we really are until we are finally released from who we really are not.

I love you all

Brian