tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139676684011582364.post7362179994696371812..comments2023-05-16T06:25:15.489-04:00Comments on a joy to be me: Quiet Times????Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139676684011582364.post-57488504798995265732007-11-03T23:16:00.000-04:002007-11-03T23:16:00.000-04:00I recently heard a pastor describing his 30 years ...I recently heard a pastor describing his 30 years as a Christian. He said his first ten years were spent practicing and developing the "spiritual disciplines." Aggh. (I can't remember what he said about the next two decades. He lost me at the first decade. :)<br><br>Ahh, this is such good stuff to read. Not duty, but delight. Not must, but trust. It's hard to enjoy fellowship with anybody when you're constantly focused on how well you're performing for them! And it's hard for that person when all you're doing is focusing on how well you're doing. We make God out to be some sort of taskmaster who simply wants us to learn how to do all the things He wants us to do, and to do them, and then He'll be happy with us.<br><br>But He delights in us. He sings over us. He loves us. We are in a Husband-wife relationship with Him, not a Boss-employee relationship. We have DIED to duty so that we can have a DELIGHTFUL relationship with our lover!<br><br>Keep on blogging! These are always very encouraging posts.Joel B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.com