Me:  At the ole pack house?

Prodigal:  Yep, just wanted to pray and think for a while.

Me:  Yep, we need that right now.

 

This is from the book  Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey

 

Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, saw that nearly all of his followers went through periods of futility.  Their faith began to waver, they questioned their worth, they felt useless.  Ignatius set down a series of tests to help identify the cause of spiritual despair.  In every case, regardless of cause, Ignatius prescribed the same cure:  “In times of desolation we must never make a change, but stand firm and constant in the resolutions and determination in which we were the day before the desolation, or in the time of the preceding consolation.”  He advised fighting spiritual battles with the very weapons hardest to wield at that particular time:  prayer and meditation, self-examination, repentance.  Obedience, and only obedience, offers a way out.

 

Now is not a time to ask for questions but just be obedient.  It is difficult, since God has not shown up yet.  This does not mean that God will not show up.  Just remember you can trust the Lord and that really is something worth holding on too!

 

 

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.

Deuteronomy 18:15

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org