Journey thoughts

* Worship in the Wilderness

On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.¹⁷ The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”
-Zephaniah 3

"'Whenever the devil gathers his forces against them, they arise and lift up their hands to God, faithfully pouring out their prayers before the divine majesty. Help from heaven is there for them immediately, and the crafty arrows of the enemy are straightway destroyed. Have you not understood, my son, what is written in the Psalms?  "He forgets not the suffering of the poor without end; the longsuffering of the poor will not last for ever" (Psalms 9.12). And again: "The Lord will hear them in the time of trouble, and will deliver them in the narrow places" (Psalms 107.19). "Truly each one shall receive his reward according to his labour" (1 Corinthians 3.8). "Blessed is the man who is always fearful" (Proverbs 28.14), who seeks the will of God in this present life, and takes care of the weak. Rest assured, my son, that the Angels of God are always round about the righteous, and are ever enlightening their bodies and souls with power from above.'-Vitae Patrum Life of St Onuphrius, Book 1a

* What to do with deceitful hearts

"Lord I give YOU my heart
I give YOU my soul
I live for YOU (not others) alone
Every breath that I take
Every moment I'm awake (In my living Lord)
Lord have YOUR way in me (You fix me Lord)

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