When God Seems Far Away
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Maybe there's a good reason it's left open-ended.
Frank Laubach is one of the great teachers about spiritual vitality. At a moment of great discouragement, he found himself the recipient of an invitation to make his life an adventure with God. He resolved to make the rest of his life an experiment to see how much he could feel each moment with active awareness of and submission to God's presence.
He asked: "Do you not understand that God is doing a great experiment with human lives? That is why there are so many of them. His question is: O child, how much will you let me fill this minute for you with the life that is Christ?"
That experiment is at the core of spiritual vitality.
John Ortberg is pastor of Menlo Park (California) Presbyterian Church and editor at large of Leadership Journal.
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John Ortberg is pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California.
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Lexi
Pastor Ortberg, thank you! I have found blessing in your words - genuine, authentic, open and honest. Your wisdom and examples have helped me in my own feeling of God's "silence". Living the questions, and finding peace with mystery is a lifelong quest. Your words have quelled some anguish surrounding my "dark night". I appreciate your wisdom to open myself to let Him fill "my minute".
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