The Last words of Rachel Held Evans

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

One of the things we are told to do, in the Psalms, particularly, to strengthen our faith, is to remember the works of the Lord. And speaking of concordism, God’s providential miracles (not necessarily breaking any natural laws) in the lives of his Old Testament saints are to be remembered and rehearsed in our minds. That goes for NT ‘heroes of the faith’, too, as well as many over the millennia since then, including today (regulars, please forgive me for mentioning Maggie, Rich Stearns and George Müller again).

O children of God, seek after a vital experience of the Lord’s lovingkindness, and when you have it, speak positively of it; sing gratefully; shout triumphantly.
 
Morning, November 20th (Spurgeon's Devotional)

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

Regulars again will have to forgive me for reprising the end of Tim Keller’s book, about a woman being found of God:

During a dark time in her life, a woman in my congregation complained that she had prayed over and over, “God, help me find you,” but had gotten nowhere. A Christian friend suggested to her that she might change her prayer to, “God, come and find me. After all, you are the Good Shepherd who goes looking for the lost sheep.” She concluded when she was recounting this to me, “The only reason I can tell you this story is – he did.”
 
The Reason for God, p.240

 
I would love to know the particulars, and I expect I will, sooner or later.

[beaglelady]

Great post! The Abrahamic faiths are about God’s search for man, not the other way around.

And check out this great poem, The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson. I found it when I was looking at my mother’s Catholic High School books.

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

I remember reading it in high school five and a half decades ago. One of the best things my parents ever did for me was to send their underachieving, ‘not applying himself’, son to a Christian school for just his last year. My favorite prof was a PhD in Assyriology who could translate cuneiform and was teaching for mere peanuts at this little school. I went from a junior class of 1400+ to a graduating class of 22.

[He never talked about his degree and was a very modest guy. I learned about it from a former colleague of his. If I ever had a mentor, he was it.]