Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend who asks good questions which set me to thinking about how my relationship with Jesus has been recently, and then this morning I think another friend who's a missionary in Belgium prayed for me (he told me he prays for me on the sixth of each month), because as I read from one of the Old Testament prophets (the one I'm named after), I was overcome by the Lord's gracious promise to restore the years the locust have eaten (Joel 2:25) that I might know Him as my Lord and God (2:27). My desire to know the Lord has been sporadic recently, but I want to see growth in my life, and I want to know Him more fully. I can only continue to grow in knowing the Lord through his Spirit, which He promised to give (2:28), and by the prayers and support of his people, as I read his Word and seek to live a Bible-saturated life.
If you've prayed for my growth in Jesus, thank you. Please let me know how I can be praying for you, and pray that I'll be more faithfully disciplined in prayer and time in the Scriptures. Thanks.
Posted by swanson at november 6, 2005 10:03 EM | TrackBack