Hello again from the U.K.!
Its been a great few days… just finished another night of worship here at the Spring Harvest conference down on the coast. Here’s a few photos to make you feel like you are right here with me!
Loved reading all your ‘favorite three course meal’ comments…made me hungry! I featured a photo of a fish and chip shop above, as this week that’s the meal Ive most looked forward to as I’ve missed british fish’n'chips! havent had it yet…am saving it as a reward for the end of the conference, as the calories intake is probably worth about a week’s allowance!!!
One thing that’s really struck me being home in the UK, is how honest and raw British people are. In a good way, that is. They just ‘say it like it is’. My grandad used to say english people "called a spade a spade". Thats a well known english saying, which means that you just say things as they are. I like that! Sometimes it offends people and hurts feelings, as brits dont usually dress up what they think! But in Christianity I think its a really powerful thing… God wants us to draw near to Him with total honesty and tell Him how our hearts are doing, without pretending or trying to be happier or more victorious than we really are.
David in the Psalms shows us that worship and prayer should be gut-level honest and real. He yelled at God through tears, as well as singing praise at the top of his lungs. He doubted God, was frustrated with Him, asked ‘where ARE you??". David’s worship lyrics would make most churches uncomfortable
today…. we need to embrace just how real God invites us to be. He says "come as you are!" and He loves it when we share the deepest, realest parts of our hearts with Him.
Question for you, my friends:
"How do you find being totally honest, raw and real with God? Is that
the way your prayer-conversation with Him is, or do you – like me -
sometimes slip into trying to put on a brave face and pretend all is
well?"
British hugs!
vb
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