Hi friends:
Getting ready to leave on sabbatical. A million details to finish before I leave. And a million other details will be left unfinished because there is no such thing as closure in ministry. I’m hitting the pause button so I can reboot and return with renewed energy, vision, and strength.
I’m
Eager
Scared
Depleted
Exhausted
Overwhelmed
Ready to hear from God
Longing to linger at Jesus’ feet
Excited to see what the Lord has for all of us
This is not a vacation, although I will be in some beautiful places and with some beloved friends and family. I will walk in a rhythm of solitude, community, and ministry. God will set the agenda.
There will be
Glorious rest
Divine appointments
Dark nights of the soul
Hours of reading and study
Blissful enjoyment of creation
Deep connection with Scripture
Pages upon pages of journaling
Peace that passes understanding
Struggles that knock my hip out of joint
Hilarious encounters with various people and animals
Precious gifts from God for me alone that I will treasure in my heart
Stories and teaching and experiences and photos that I will bring back and share with all of you
Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
Psalm 42:7
I need to pull away to align my soul with the frequency of that still small voice. Sometimes God is in the strong wind. Sometimes God is in the earthquake. Sometimes God is in the fire. Sometimes God is in the sound of a gentle blowing.
So He said, " Go forth and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" (1 Kings 19:11-14)
I am praying that this prayer pilgrimage will be a blessing for all of us. Thank you for your patience, flexibility, support, encouragement, prayers, friendship, companionship, participation, and believing in what Psalm One Ministries is all about.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world. For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you. For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine. (Romans 1:8-12)
May we all be strengthened by this adventure!
Grace and peace,
Linda