Amazonian Wednesdays 🌴
Written May ’04 — twenty years ago!Â
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Each month as I get ready to compose our newsletter, the Holy Spirit drops into my heart what I am to write about. This month I feel He would like me to share with you, along personal lines, what He has been doing in my heart this year.
One December afternoon in 2003, I was looking for a certain webpage on the Internet. I stumbled upon a whole series of pages that I found rather fascinating related to Internet marketing strategies. Before I knew it, I had spent several hours pouring over the information presented and signing up for an innumerable quantity of e-mail lists. I also wasted a considerable portion of the following day doing the same. As a result, I began spending at least two hours each evening reading the e-mails that were sent to me.
Meanwhile, my prayer life was suffering somewhat. Ever since my daughter Ester was born in August, I had not felt quite myself spiritually, in spite of the tremendous joy that her presence had brought into our lives. Being consumed with the care of a newborn, I had not had the time I used to have to shut myself up in my room and seek the Lord for uninterrupted hours. I felt like my communion with Him had reached a dry spot. I knew He did not condemn me, but I longed for the time when I could get back to extended times alone with Him. And now the Internet was competing with Him as well.
The Lord was missing me too. In January, He Continue reading The Insider Issue: A (Younger) Missionary’s Reflections
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