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HEARING GOD’S WORD IN THE WILDERNESS

November 13, 2017 By Sarah Christmyer 3 Comments

Judean wilderness on the road from Jericho to Jerusalem

  Pale brown hills of sand and rock rise on either side of the road from Jericho to Jerusalem and stretch as far as I can see. I want to call it “desert” but our guide insists on “wilderness”: this is wild, uncultivated land that needs just a few showers to spring into bloom. Every […]

Filed Under: Bible Reading, Study Tagged With: Thirsting for God

THIRSTY? CHOOSE WHERE TO GO WITH YOUR LONGING

March 17, 2017 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

This is a waterfall splashing down on a big rock

Lent is making me grumpy. I decided this year to give up more food than I usually do and my stomach and head are not happy. So Sunday’s readings really speak to me: will I be like Israel, complaining in the desert, or will I be like the woman of Samaria who looked to Jesus […]

Filed Under: Holidays and Holy Days, Scripture Reflection Tagged With: God's love, Lent/Easter, Thirsting for God

ACQUIRING DESIRE FOR GOD

May 15, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

Do you ever worry that if you don’t desire God more than anything else, all the time, from the bottom of your heart – there’s something wrong with you? Don’t fall into that trap!  The first step in thirsting for God is wanting to thirst for Him. But if you have trouble getting that “wanting” […]

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PSALMS 42-43: When God Isn’t Near

May 8, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by your troubles? Wave after wave of distress washes over you. You pull yourself up to shout for help and another wave knocks you flat. You start to wonder: where is God now, in this situation?” “Why doesn’t he help? Is he really there?” You fight the suggestion that he […]

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PSALM 63: Five Steps from Desire to Delight

May 1, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

The Judean desert on a dusty day

On my first visit to Israel, I couldn’t get the wilderness of Judah out of my mind. It’s a high mountain desert, bleak and dry, rocky and full of crags, not a bush or a green leaf in sight.  The mountain shown here is at the edge of it. The feeling I got there was […]

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THE PROPER GOAL OF DESIRE: GOD

April 24, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

In Old Testament times, the closest you could get to God physically was to go to the Temple in Jerusalem. This is where the holy cloud of his presence rested, on the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. Three times a year, all Jews travelled there for one of their big religious […]

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DESIRE: THE HEART OF PRAYER

April 17, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

August 7, 1988, our first child was born.  I’ll never forget it.  I think I screamed through the whole delivery – but all that pain washed away when they handed me our little girl. Mark and I just stared at her in wonder. Abby was so beautiful.  We were filled with love and this deep […]

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THIRSTING FOR GOD

April 10, 2015 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

(Traducción en español al final) I feel an enormous need for Spring-cleaning this year. It’s not just my house that needs clearing from clutter and cobwebs, my whole life needs a good shaking out. The extra time I set aside for Lent was not enough. What I need, it seems, is a space inside of […]

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Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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