| | I am reading Brennan Manning's Abba's Child with one of my girls this semester and wanted to share a small excerpt from our chapter this week. The false self specializes in treacherous disguise. He is the lazy part of self, resisting the effort, asceticism, and discipline that intimacy with God requires. He inspires rationalizations, such as, "My work is my prayer; I'm too busy; prayer should be spontaneous so I just pray when I am moved by the Spirit," The false self's lame excuses allow us to maintain the status quo. I have found myself in this place recently; listening to that "false self". What brings a person to that place? For me, I think that it is a lack of time with God. Not just setting aside time to read or pray, but truly finding myself lost in His presence. I find myself getting so wrapped up in everything going on around me and loose sight of the eternal perspective that God has put in my heart. Status quo is not okay with me. |
| | Posted 3/9/2007 4:33 PM - 1 view - 3 comments
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