Transformation Blog

We have been on a quest to find out what image of God we hold in our hearts, and asking God not to just repair, but transform our concept of Him. Because this is Mother's Day, I am thinking of my God-Image and how it was influenced by my perceptions of my mother.  I've also asked God to search my heart, and the hearts of my children, for how I may have influenced my children's image of God for better or worse.  It's been a humbling experience this morning. I've spent quite a bit of time discovering where my perceptions of my mother have crossed paths with my concept of God through spiritual direction and therapy, but this morning the Lord began bringing to my mind the ways in which He is replacing my fractured concepts of 'mother' with His perfect mothering. The nature of God as a mother is presented in great beauty and strength in Scripture as well as in the animal kingdom...  Every day I look at alpacas as they mother their crias.  The hover

Studying the book of Colossians has already been an amazing experience, and we are still in Chapter 1! While reading Colossians 1: 9-12, we looked more closely at what it was that Paul was praying for the Colossian church, and found a prayer that has a WIDE application. One of the questions we ask as we read is "What is the invitation from the Holy Spirit to me in this section?" I found an invitation to pray for people like Paul prayed for the Colossians.  Listen to his prayer: 9  For this reason also,  since the day we heard of it (the faith and love of the Colossian church) ,  we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the   knowledge of His will in all spiritual  wisdom and understanding, 10  so that you will  walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,  to please Him in all respects,  bearing fruit in every good work and   increasing in the knowledge of God;   11    strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaini

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