I’m taking a little break … be back August 2.
Author: Adrienne Scott
What have you heard this week? “If I had known you wanted perfection I would…
I had the opportunity to worship with some fiery hearts in Arkansas a couple of…
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” (1 Corinthians 12:15-26)
We hear a kazillion things throughout the week. But we only really remember a handful of those things. Here are a few things that stood out to me this week:
a couple of weeks ago, after my talk-to-the-hand moment part of the day, I was praying and the phrase “temper my heart” came to mind and out of my mouth. This wasn’t a normal phrase that I use. I’m not even sure how it got into my database. (Maybe from a recipe where you temper eggs. Is that a thing?) It’s distinctiveness caught my attention, and I’ve prayed it a few more times over the Acorn Project. I decided I should look it up and see what it means since it was resonating so much in my conversations with the Lord.
Here are five things I’ve heard this week: “Creativity is not a personality type, it’s…
The comma that comes after the second to last word and before the ‘and’…
Anyway, I had to learn to follow, yoke up, and abide with Christ in the new-to-me areas of my heart. I’ve had to take a position of humility in these areas so the preeminence of Christ can take its place. These newly chartered areas of my heart are acclimating to my first love, Jesus.
We didn’t know what we were doing, we weren’t trying to follow or create a…
Maybe you can relate. You know how when you’ve been pursuing something or fighting for something for a while you can forget why you started in the first place? I have to keep reminding myself that the purpose of pressing on IS to know the Lord. The purpose of pursuing him is to be in relationship with him. It’s crazy easy to forget that, at least for me.