"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him" -Psalm 37:7

Today is the eve of our journey, and while Sos has spent the last two week gallivanting around the United States, I have been stuck at home with no one to play with. Nevertheless, it has been an awesome two weeks. I've been able to spend countless hours in silence, reading, praying, mediating on the trip, and most importantly, sculpting my biceps and upper back. Though I still have yet to pack or accomplish the other minor logistics pertaining to our trip, these two weeks have prepared my mind and focused my affections, which is far more important than packing enough warm clothes! The other night Sos turned to me and said, "Do you know were we're gonna go once our plane lands in Tel Aviv, Israel?". To which I said, "No idea... but we're going baby!" Most likely we'll wonder, mindlessly around the holy land for a few months until we have to be back at the airport in Tel Aviv for our flight home on May 14th.

During the last two weeks, I've had time to read a few books. Sos requested that I read Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill. I believe his words were, "read this, it will mess you up!". I wasn't really interested at first but after reading the first chapter, it's safe to say that I was messed up. The book is basically about the power and importance of prayer as it relates to both corporate and personal revival, focusing especially on the prayer life of the minister. I have heard this message a thousand times and I thought I believed it, but I was haunted by Leonard Ravenhill's words as I spent the next few nights sleepless and wrestling.

So now, my goals for the trip have changed dramatically. Before, I wanted to take some heavy book of Biblical doctrine and immerse myself in reading and study. Now, I want to spend all my time in prayer and meditation, waiting on the Lord. I am no longer taking books like Systematic Theology and The Sermons of Jonathan Edwards. I will only take one book, my Bible. I hope to submerge myself deep in God's Word and never come back out. I have been reading the bible for a few years now, but I still feel like a stranger to this God who has so radically redeemed my soul. My goal for these next few months is to simply meet God in the Scriptures, to wait for him there, to see him, to hear his Words, to know him, and to fall in love with him.

Waiting patiently,
Danny