I completed the 19th Annotation in May. Since then, I've been struggling a bit in finding a rhythm in my spiritual walk. I've felt dry, like I'm out in the desert. This picture of ordinary days speaks to my heart here. I love the question, "What is forming me?" I just met with my spiritual director, and she said that Jesus wanted to meet me in the desert. Your quote from Henry Nouwen speaks to this. I'm finding that the desert isn't a bad place to be if Jesus is there with me. As you said of ordinary days, [it is] "the invitation to a slower pace of living and communing with God as we walk out our faith with Christ..." Jesus is showing me that there is beauty and fruitfulness in the desert. As I stay in fellowship with him there, I never have to be concerned with being dry or thirsty, because he is Living Water for me.
I completed the 19th Annotation in May. Since then, I've been struggling a bit in finding a rhythm in my spiritual walk. I've felt dry, like I'm out in the desert. This picture of ordinary days speaks to my heart here. I love the question, "What is forming me?" I just met with my spiritual director, and she said that Jesus wanted to meet me in the desert. Your quote from Henry Nouwen speaks to this. I'm finding that the desert isn't a bad place to be if Jesus is there with me. As you said of ordinary days, [it is] "the invitation to a slower pace of living and communing with God as we walk out our faith with Christ..." Jesus is showing me that there is beauty and fruitfulness in the desert. As I stay in fellowship with him there, I never have to be concerned with being dry or thirsty, because he is Living Water for me.