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To Follow Jesus Implies That We Enter Into A Way Of Life That Is Given Character And Shape And Direction By The One Who Calls Us. To Follow Jesus Means Picking Up Rhythms And Ways Of Doing Things That Are Often Unsaid But Always Derivative From Jesus, Formed By The Influence Of Jesus. To Follow Jesus Means That We Can't Separate What Jesus Is Saying From What Jesus Is Doing And The Way That He Is Doing It. To Follow Jesus Is As Much, Or Maybe Even More, About Feet As It Is About Ears And Eyes" (the Way Of Jesus, Eugene H. Peterson, 22).

Prayer Gets Us In On What God Is Doing.

We've All Met A Certain Type Of Spiritual Person. She's A Wonderful Person. She Loves The Lord. She Prays And Reads The Bible All The Time. But All She Thinks About Is Herself. She's Not A Selfish Person. But She's Always At The Center Of Everything She's Doing.

It's Essential For Us To Develop An Imagination That Is Participatory. Art Is The Primary Way In Which This Happens. It's The Primary Way In Which We Become What We See Or Hear.

O God, When My Faith Gets Overladen With Dust, Blow It Clean With The Wind Of Your Spirit. When My Habits Of Obedience Get Stiff And Rusty, Anoint Them With The Oil Of Your Spirit. Restore The Enthusiasm Of My First Love For You.