Dan Wilt, a friend of mine from the East Coast, sent out some thoughts via email today, and they're really sitting with me.  Here's what he wrote:

Blazing A Trail Within. Dan Wilt, M.Min.

 

In the worshiper's life, the longest, most arduous journey, is

the one we trek inside. The terrain of each heart is a rugged one,

full of possibilities and pitfalls with the rise and fall of every 

circumstance and relationship.

 

It is only in self-offering, again and again, that we learn the art of

relinquishing these fragile lives that we lead. When we relinquish

control, we cut a swath through the roughest of wilderness and

follow God in the wild journey into Christ-likeness.

 

In between the Now and the Not Yet, worshiping with you,

Dan

Dan's words resonate with me today.  They also encourage and spur me on to a place of worship.  Often in our humanness we fail to remember we're made fully alive in Christ alone.  My heart and head are full and troubled in many ways today, and am blessed to remember that God promises to draw near as we draw near to Him.  (James 4)  

May today be a day where as Dan puts it I am able to "offer myself, again and again, that I may learn the art of