Daily Devotionals by Ardith Keef

       In order to come to Christ, your heart had to be softened.
     And in order to know Him and follow Him, the heart must be continually softened.
     It is such a shame that I don't know my own heart! If I did, I still could not prescribe the plan that would keep me prepared for His presence - I have such limited knowledge and experience.
     But oh, the tendency to self-prescribe is so strong, isn't it! And for that very reason, He allows many things to press and stretch me so that His plan can be carried out and not mine.
    
As we grow older, there is a tendency to get hard about some things and more sensitive about the things into which I have invested myself. One of the ministries of the Holy Spirit is to reveal and convict in these areas.
     All the same, I must present myself to the Lover of My soul and tell Him - outloud - that my need for Him is great and so is my need for change.
     His change, deep, deep in me.
     I want to be like the believers in the "old people" Psalm, with my verdure growing greener with age, and bending like the palm tree in storms. I want to be without decay like the cedar and more than anything, If the Lord tarries, I want to be found as ". . .a living monument to the faithfulness of our God. . ."
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