From "Prayer"
From Richard Foster's Prayer, in his chapter on formation prayer after describing a big maple tree in his backyard go from summer to winter and drop its leaves to expose its real condition and irregularities:"Winter preserves and strengthens a tree. Rather than expending its strength on the exterior surface, its sap is forced deeper and deeper into its interior depth. In winter a tougher, more resilient life is firmly established.
Instantly you see the application. So often we hide our true condition with surface virtues of pious activity, but, once the leaves of our frantic pace drop away, the transforming power of a wintry spirituality can have effect."
posted by Kiki @ 7:48 a.m.
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i read this post on tuesday before i lead bible study @ bill & val's, and realized as i was leading how much correlation there was between it and the parable of the sower in mark 4:1-20. hmmm.... deep thoughts..
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