of soccer highlights and spiritual highs

"...I suspect most football (soccer) fans are grateful for programmes like "Football Highlights." In the space of an hour or so you see the highlights of all the games played over any given weekend. Instead of having to sit through hours and hours of football footage, much of which may be boring, we get to see the most exciting moments...

...Similarly, we do not experience a spiritual high every other minute in our walk with God. There are those moments when we have special encounters with Him. But burning bushes are rare. Often, quiet time is a discipline that we do because we love the Lord. (And sometimes done with the aid of coffee so that it doesn't become too quiet.) Sometimes the heavens open during corporate worship. Often, we discipline our hearts to look out for God when sermons are not the most scintillating and the singing is flat. Walking with God is not a thrill a minute."

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