rachaelizabeth

i had another thought that supports my last post (or a recent post):

when god had the israelites trampling around the desert, it wasn’t (just?) to punish them, it showed what his heart was like, what mattered to him…so what was more important to him than them getting where he wanted them to go, the glorious place he made for them, was that they know him and trust him and have their hearts right with him…and probably in the meantime, they learned to walk with him.

he’s patient with me. which is like, duh, 1 cor 13 says that…but this thought made that fact a little more alive to me. it’s not about me getting all healed up, even though that’s the final resting place…it isn’t about me having a glorious life with glorious surroundings, even though that’s the final destination…it’s about now, it’s about me and him, it’s about letting him help me walk and see him and see myself the way he sees me. it’s a living, breathing relationship. and this is so elementary, but i’m still trying to get it. he has done so much. he has rescued me. he has parted waters for me. he has defeated my enemies. but still i need him to thwart me and thwart my path so that i have him. and it makes me think that honey from the desert must be sweeter than from a land flowing with it.

yes, i want both kinds.