Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Seeking and Giving Direction by Keith R. Anderson;Randy D. Reese

Author:Keith R. Anderson;Randy D. Reese
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2009-05-22T05:57:00+00:00

The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. (Ps 19:1-4)

David believed that creation in all its earthiness and ordinariness actually was a microphone for broadcasting the glory of God! Without words and without speech, "their voice goes out through all the earth." God's voice is proclaimed through the heavens as well as through the perfect decrees of God's law. David had faith to believe that through all of creation God breathed his loving words to humankind. We could say that God sang his song to the human family!

Teresa of Avila taught that God is found among the pots and pans. She helped her community know that dramatic spiritual experiences are not intrinsically more valuable than the habitual obedience of day-by-day faithfulness. Spiritual maturity, or perfection" as she called it, must be measured not by mystical moments but rather by doing God's will in the context of real life. She would like the text of 1 John 1:1-2:

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