Draw Near and Hear
I spent all of Saturday, sans kids, for some time of refreshing and renewal.But I didn’t go to the spa. I went to this conference.
It was an amazing time of worship, worship, and worship.
Oh yes, there was teaching, too. When I got home, David asked me what I got out of it but I couldn’t answer him very well. I was still ruminating over everything. I think I wanted to tell him of some huge revelation. But really, ”Draw Near and Hear” encouraged me to go back to the basics. Back to the Bible. Back to faith – to trusting in God, instead of trying to work things out on my own. Back to worship. Worship, not because of what God has done for me, or what I want Him to do for me, but worship for who He is. Because He is good. He is awesome. Truly awesome.
So today, I go to Amazon to buy a baby gift. And there on the home page is the list of non-fiction bestsellers. Number one is a book titled, “God is not Good.” Wow. My curiosity piqued, I read some of the reviews. I thought I’d feel defensive. Instead, I feel sad. How God must feel, a Father whose beloved children pretty much turn on Him. They deny God’s existence. And they have all these seemingly intellectual arguments about why He can’t possibly be real. I don’t have the words or the mental capacity to debate them. But I wish I knew how to show them just how much God loves them.
your conference sounds incredible.
i totally agree with what you wrote…we need
to worship because God is good…not to seek
what we want.
that book makes me really sad too. i feel
bad for the author(s)…if they only knew
what we know.
true words of wisdom friend. glad you were able to go and be reminded and refreshed.