Written approximately May 1987
Learning to love God in the quiet time, whether it takes 15 minutes or three hours a day - is both the base and beginning and the point to which we must constantly return.
This requires the preparation of meditation and worship, and then that quiet waiting in God’s presence - until we enter the Holy of Holies to find ourselves united within Him in spirit.
There is no easy way to perfect the life that is in Christ.
I need to take the time necessary each day. Some time each day, then add to it as my longing after my Lord and love Jesus Christ is stirred.
Let me tell Him how cold my love is - then ask His pardon, ask Him to implant more and more of it in my heart, to do so even if in the process He must bring pain and suffering so as to release me from the hold this world, and self and sin, have on me. If you’ll do it - He’ll do it.
Don’t worry!! Rest.
Some warnings - when you come to your time with God, your mind - so cluttered with worries, fears, anxieties and needs - you’ll want to chatter away to God about these. If you need to, first tell Him about them briefly. Put them in His care - leave them there.
Continue seeking - loving, worshiping Him til you come in Holy of Holies. Find rest, peace and oneness with Him.
When needs and worries intrude, remind self and the Lord - they are in His care. Entrust everything to God. Leave fears and sin with the Lord. Continue your quest for Him.