By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:52:47 +0000

Father, Bless,

For me, the hardest part in the struggle to acquire the mind of Christ is making room for it by getting rid of the mind of Debra. The Lord often has to shout to be heard above the constant chatter and din of my own thoughts. He does this through my trials and suffering.

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains…”–C.S. Lewis

However, even when I am suffering, His voice must often compete with the sound of my complaints and loud cries of anguish. It is only when my own mind has been completely stilled, when I have, in silence*, borne my cross and allowed my own thoughts and feelings to be nailed to it, that I will be able to hear His voice, clearly. Only then will the mind of Christ have prevailed in me.

Pray for,

Deborah

*"He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." Isaiah 53:7

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By: Deborah