Thin Places

Sometimes there are places where the boundary that separates heaven from earth is thin. While we are there, for five, ten, maybe even thirty minutes we experience such a unique and unhindered intimacy with God that we know we’ve been in His Presence. For many of us, St. Anthony’s is a thin place. We live and work in “a dry and sun-scorched land” (Isaiah 58:11) and every part of our being--our soul, our heart, our flesh cries out for the living God. At times we feel like we are hanging on by a thread and our soul faints for the courts of the living God. Sometimes something horrible has happened and we are bewildered or grieving. Sometimes we are doing fine, but we feel a weariness in our soul. Bottomline, we all come to the Springs retreat with a longing for refreshment. David expresses this same longing in Psalm 84: How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord God Almighty, My soul longs, even faints for the courts of the Lord, My heart and flesh cry for the living God. Each woman who comes to the Springs comes in hopes of meeting Jesus. He never disappoints.

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