Friday, September 12, 2014

Linger Longer Lane

path by Dee Kamp
Linger Longer Lane

There is a road not far from me named, Linger Longer Lane. Doesn’t that just pull at your heartstrings and make you want to get out of the car and walk slowly down the road? A road with tall evergreen trees with streaming sunshine through its branches. A place so quiet your footsteps don’t make a sound on the moss covered trail.  You really do want to linger longer there. A place where you sense God is waiting and wanting to be alone with you.

O my darling, lingering in the gardens,

 your companions are fortunate to hear your voice.

 Let me hear it too!” Song of Songs 8:13 NLT

 

Oh how our Lord longs for us to linger longer with Him, to hear our voice calling Him and no other. Here in our secret place with Him we get a glimpse of the beauty and the power of His love.

Here we can share our most intimate and cherished moments with Jesus. He yearns for that personal relationship with us, no detail of our lives is too small and never too great for Him to hear.

Here alone with God we gain a fresh vision and inspiration of going forward on our journey in life which Jesus so desires for us. He puts all things in a fresh perspective, when we give it all to Him. He gives rest to our soul and peace in our heart that the world can’t give or ever understand.

We can know our Bible and memorize the Scriptures but until we are alone with God in our secret place, we will never know the power of God.

Does God send signs in our life? Real ones? I may never know until I get to heaven. But whenever I see the Linger Longer Lane sign I am reminded how precious it is to know I will always find Him waiting there just for me.

 “But until then, I will retreat to my secret place, a heartsick, lovesick bride who longs to behold her Bridegroom. I will purse Him with the intent of overtaking Him. I will exult in our quiet secret―the place of highest intimacy―for here I am joined to Him and we are one spirit.”―Bob Sorge, Secrets of the Secret Place

Linger Longer Lane” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© September 12, 2014 from: December 11, 2013

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