The idea of the Israelites in the desert following a cloud or a flame, each day kneeling to grab their sustenance from the ground seemed great to me when I first came to seek the Lord. What could be more identifying than living so gathered and so reliant upon the very presence of God? I wanted to be a holy one, and I think somewhere along the line I prayed as much. I don’t remember what I said, but I remember for a number of years begging God to let me bring him glory. And I still pray that prayer, still desire to be a glory-carrier, but I had no idea what it would mean.
I’m going to be real with you—maybe too real, but what the heck, you know?
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