WELCOME TO SUMMER! Summer is beginning very mildly this year. It is only 43 degrees right now outside and the house is 64 degrees. I wouldn’t be surprised if Kathy turns the furnace on for a short while when she arises!

As I was reading my devotional material this morning I read a quote by J. I. Parker. It says in part, “The Spirit’s message to us is to never look at me, listen to me, come to me, get to know me; but always to look at HIM and see His Glory…!”

Over the years I have yearned to know God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit very intimately. Before I had the 3 years of intense therapy and counseling I had spent a year journaling to each of the three hoping to build that intimacy with each one. I found at the end of this time that I was more disappointed than anything else. The intimacy I yearned to develop was as mysterious as it had been before hand. Actually, it seemed even more mysterious because now I’d spent all of this time and there was still no closeness for which I yearned.

Today I’m growing into the respectful, loving thankfulness for our Triune God. The Holy Spirit within me (as I grow into better surrendering to Him) is amazingly unseen, yet powerfully important. He is the motivation, the focuser, the discipliner to not quit until the goal is reached and the red flag carrier when one is “not to go there”. WOW! I love this journey and what it continues to teach and transform!