A short reflection by Brent Snyder on Christ as our life.
Transcript
When my attention wanders, I do not need to condemn myself. I can simply return. A gentle return may please the Lord more than a great effort. Even if I must return a hundred times, every return is an act of love and faith. Sometimes the Lord may seem near. At other times, I may feel nothing. But abiding cannot depend upon my feelings. When prayer feels dry, I can still remain before Him. I can give Him my silence, weakness, confusion, and inability to pray. I do not have to manufacture a spiritual experience. I also see that abiding requires complete surrender. I cannot behold the Lord while secretly holding on to my own demands.
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