Pilgrimage of Praise

Welcome to Day 28 of the series Speak Praise as part of the Write 31 Days challenge.

This week we have been reflecting on the practical ways we make praise part of our daily habits, such as by renewing our minds with the word of God and choosing praise in our speech.

One element that is the essence of worshiping the Lord in our daily walk is what Brother Lawrence calls practicing the presence of God.

How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. PSALM 84:1-2

As I think about what this looks like in my everyday life, I cannot separate my faith in God with any segment of my life. As believers and disciples of Christ, we do not portion out what parts of our lives we give to God and decide where we can invite him to visit. Certainly not!

Into His Presence

Welcome to Day 23 of my series Speak Praise as part of the Write 31 Days challenge. I am so happy you have joined us on this journey of exploring praise!

This Friday I am sharing a link to a gifted writer, Anna Smit of Joy of the Spirit Within, who through her series, so beautifully reflects on something she says has been

"a constant part of my journey into God’s Love, but especially prevalent in the deepest of valleys: Worship. It seems, the more I meet the ends of myself, the more my soul yearns to sit in His Presence."

Her writing itself is a beautiful expression of worship and captures the joy, the freedom, and the healing we find when we let ourselves be held in God's presence. Anna provides glorious insight about what she calls our "severed bond with God through sin" and the power of his "transformational love."