getting started

I am beginning. I want to learn to practice the presence of the Lord, like Brother Lawrence and Frank Laubach both did among others. I am feeling pulled by the Lord to try and keep Him in mind all day long, each moment. This will not be easy but I know it will be worth it. Who can be more worth spending time with than the Lord?

I am not quite sure what or how this will happen - I have to let the Lord guide me along. That's kind of what this blog is for - to let things unfold - to share what God is showing me and to hear from others who are trying to do the same. A warning to anyone who may read this - I am not a great writer. But I do try to be totally honest. I have no desire to sugar coat anything - or try and make myself look or sound more spiritual than I am. I am a sinner just like everyone else. But I know God can work great things through sinful people. It is my attempt to let God do that in me.

I want to know Him. I want to walk with Him knowing and trusting His heart. I want to be dazzled by His glory - and I want my life to reflect that dazzling glory. I want to worship with everything that I am. I want to know His voice better than my own. I want to follow Him no matter what may happen. I want to be completely abandoned to His will and work in me.

Psalm 24:
Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in His holy place?
Only those whose hands and hearts are pure,
who do not worship idols, and never tell lies.
They will receive the Lord's blessing
and have right standing with God their savior.
They alone may enter God's presence
and worship the God of Jacob.

Open up ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors,
and Let the King of glory enter!