I think there can be no doubt that the need above all other needs in the Church of God at this moment is the power of the Holy Spirit. (…)
We may be sure of one thing, that for our deep trouble there is no cure apart from a visitation, yes, an invasion of power from above. Only the Spirit Himself can show us what is wrong with us and only the Spirit can prescribe the cure. Only the Spirit can save us from the numbing unreality of Spiritless Christianity. Only the Spirit can show us the Father and the Son. Only the inworking of the Spirit’s power can discover can discover to us the solemn majesty and the heart ravishing mystery of the triune God. (Tozer)
Day: October 15, 2014
The day we never got to where we wanted to go
Last Friday, we decided that we wanted to go to Decathlon, a sport shop the other side of Chambéry. We thought that if we left at around 17:30, most of the traffic would have gone. It would be a smooth ride. But we were greatly mistaken.
A few hundred yards after leaving home, we hit a traffic jam. We didn’t know that every Friday, between 17:00 and 19:00, the town turns into a big car park. Traffic comes to a halt as everybody tries to get home. It was horrendous. There were cars everywhere. Wherever I turned, I hit a traffic jam. We gave up the idea of reaching the shop we wanted to go too.
Eventually, we reached MacDonald’s and stopped there. It usually takes 15 minutes. It had taken us 1h15 to get there.
There was a way to get through the traffic. But we hadn’t thought about it. We’ll know next time.