by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 28, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“(Spiritual) Receptivity is not a single thing; it is a compound rather, a blending of several elements within the soul. It is an affinity for, a bent toward, a sympathetic response to, a desire to have. From this it may be gathered that it can be present in degrees,...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 27, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The approach of God to the soul or of the soul to God is not to be thought of in spatial terms at all. There is no idea of physical distance involved in the concept. It is not a matter of miles but of experience.”
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 26, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“It will be a great moment for some of us when we begin to believe that God’s promise of self-revelation is literally true: that He promised much, but promised no more than He intends to fulfill. Our pursuit of God is successful just because He is forever seeking to...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 25, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The Presence and the manifestation of the Presence are not the same. There can be the one without the other. God is here when we are wholly unaware of it. He is manifest only when and as we are aware of His Presence. On our part there must be surrender to the Spirit...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 24, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“What now does the divine immanence mean in direct Christian experience? It means simply that God is here. Wherever we are, God is here. There is no place, there can be no place, where He is not. Ten million intelligences standing at as many points in space and...
