by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 10, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and to bring Him nearer to our own image. The flesh whimpers against the rigor of God’s inexorable...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 9, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Many have found the secret of which I speak and, without giving much thought to what is going on within them, constantly practice this habit of inwardly gazing upon God. They know that something inside their hearts sees God. Even when they are compelled to withdraw...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 8, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God, we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us, for it is written that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout all the earth. The sweet language of experience is ‘Thou God seest me.’ When the eyes of the soul...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 7, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God, we do not see ourselves—blessed riddance… While he looks at Christ the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 6, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“Believing, then, is directing the heart’s attention to Jesus. It is lifting the mind to “behold the Lamb of God,” and never ceasing that beholding for the rest of our lives. At first this may be difficult, but it becomes easier as we look steadily at His wondrous...
