Fireside

Richard taught our Spiritual Direction class this morning and we continued our study of spiritual discipline. We focused on the Outward disciplines like simplicity, solitude, submission, and service. As well as corporate disciplines like confession, worship, guidance, and celebration. Now my favorite outward discipline was solitude because of this quote, "Though silence sometimes involves the absence of speech,it always involves the act of listening." That quote totally clicked because if you think about life, whenever we are silent we are listening, for instance right now I am quiet but I can hear the hockey players outside hitting their pucks. My favorite corporate discipline is the act of confession. I think we feel that if we confess to Christ that's all we need to do. We also have to remember to repent to those we offended and sometimes it helps to confess to those in leadership. Often times there comes a major healing when we confess to people in authority. So it was a pretty "hevy, revy" class but a really good one. This afternoon we made sandwiches again for the local ministry and then we had Fireside. Today's guest came from Watchmen for the Nations and is a woman who has a real heart for Israel. She shared her stories, and how God really has developed her heart for His people. It was really neat to hear her speak because she has such a passion that she can't help but pass on God's heart for Israel. It was a really amazing night. Well I am off to bed now, and we are all preparing for a snow storm, so we may not be heading up to Parliament Hill tomorrow. I will let you all know what happens on Friday. Have a great night.
Erica