Sitting By the Lake
What a beautiful Lord's day! A clear blue sky, a warm breeze and a place to sit by the lake at Elim Lodge, a place of refreshment! As I sat by Pigeon Lake watching Matthew and Nathan swim and play on the beach, I was reading Nancie Carmichael's excellent book, Praying for Rain. This is my second reading as I went through it a year or two ago. As I read her chapter on depression there were a couple of quotes I couldn't wait to share so I called in this "audio post" using my cell phone. I added the text you're reading now later after I arrived home.
As we encounter our desert experiences on life's pilgrimage we are not alone! The One who Himself was tempted in the desert (yet sinned not), walks with us through our droughts and desperations. We can choose to make these desert places a meeting place where we encounter the living Christ and then, as we emerge from our trials, we can "comfort others with the comfort wherewith we ourselves have been comforted".
"Blessed are those whose strength is in You, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion." - Psalm 84:5-7 (NIV)
2 comments:
that was cool!
David,
hope you are well!
blessings
Dear David...That was such a nice recording and it sounds like such a good book!
When you mentioned Elim Lodge, it brought back memories of the two times thst we went there. The first year we went was the year that Danny Funderbirk was going to be there and we were so looking forward to meeting him but he had to cancel his trip...I think it was because of the Sar epidemic at the time, here in Ontario.
Anyways that year, there was the "Middle Cross Quartet" and "The Parker Trio" and another Canadian Quartet and they were quite good.
It was a really an enjoyable weekend and the food was just out of this world that the young chefs prepared!
Who knows David? We might of crossed paths with you.
One thing I do remember the second time we were there is that we were all warned at the concert just as it was ending that there was a skunk on the loose just where the tables of free cookies and apples were on, so it would be best just to get to our cabian right away!!
Thanks for the memories David....From Terry
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