I don’t know the exact date we started but it was years ago now.
Calling each other on a Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM. Talking each other up to look toward the Lord and the eternal each week. Sometimes talking each other down off the cliff we feel like we’re standing at the edge of.
Most early Tuesday mornings hold priceless moments of wrestling with God for our families and life circumstances together with my friend, Suzanne. These moments often feel holy. Am I wrong to think that these sweet times together are times in which we are walking on holy ground?
Could our times together with other Christians and truly any time in which we interact with the Lord and others considered holy ground? As we are walking in this wilderness…sojourners in a foreign land…like Moses…are we also walking on holy ground? Not that all narrative in the bible is normative. I get that what happened in the bible isn’t always happening to us too.
But my friend, Suzanne, and I are thinking this week about the burning bush. How God met Moses in a foreign land and promised that He’d be with him as Moses would lead God’s people out of Egypt.
In his commentary, The Book of the Acts, F.F. Bruce writes in regards to that moment, “That one spot of Gentile territory was “holy ground” for the sole reason that God manifested himself to Moses there. No place on earth possesses an innate sanctity of its own. In its Christian application this principle is expressed excellently in William Cowper’s lines:
‘Jesus, where’er thy people meet, There they behold thy mercy-seat, Where’er they seek thee, thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground.'”
Another Heidelberg Catechism question and answer…
Because isn’t Christ with us until the end of the world as he promised us?
“Christ is true human and true God. In his human nature Christ is not now on earth; but in his divinity, majesty, grace, and Spirit he is never absent from us.“
“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age'” (Matthew 28:18-20).
He is with us in this foreign land. He is with us as we meet with others and remember His name. He’s with us in our alone times. And this week…we are thinking about how He is with us in those moments when we are with people who may not care to remember Him or who may not love Him. When we’re with those who send us trials and persecute us. In those moments we would rather not endure. Those moments too, perhaps, are moments of walking on holy ground.
She tells me of a time coming up that she doesn’t want to endure. A time where she just knows she’ll endure heartache and testing.
Do you have a moment like that coming up? Or maybe even a moment right now that you’re walking through?
What would that do for you to think of that moment as being a moment of walking on holy ground?
An intimate moment with Christ in you…a child of the light…standing against the darkness. The two of you together.
The rescuer of the world with you to call others to the light.
“The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned” (Matthew 4:16-19).
“For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness” (1 Thessalonians 5:5).
So these moments in which we are truly light in the darkness, take heart. Behold, He is with us always to the end of the age. Even when it feels like our flame is as a little match barely flickering being blown by the wind.
Those moments we dread may possibly be the most amazing holy moments that only the spiritual world can see as the true battle going on for souls.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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I love this! I am visiting from #TellHisStory and I have to say… I have my own Suzanne that I meet with on holy ground on Tuesday mornings as well! We – and a few others – have been gathering together for nearly a dozen years, every week… to seek Him and wait for Him and to turn our attention to remind ourselves that we are standing on holy ground!
Beautiful!
I’m so glad another “Suzanne and Amy” meet on Tuesday mornings for the same reason! That makes me smile. Blessings and thanks for visiting!
This was really a lovely post. It is hard to think of struggles as taking place on ‘holy ground’, but I guess it really is. After all, Moses was struggling at his Burning Bush, so I guess that makes a lot of sense.
I don’t have a regular appointment like you and Karilee do, and I am sure it is something that you really enjoy, and that God uses for your good. Thank you for sharing that!
From Friday Five,
Ceil
Thanks for visiting and commenting. Yes–it is a blessing. When I was first asked I wondered if I could really commit to talking each week at 6 am with two little kids who have unreliable sleeping patterns. But–glad I did!
Our Lord Jesus promised us that when two or more are gathering in His name, He will be there with us. So I am certain that your Tuesday mornings with your friend was and will always be holy moments. I have once read about Moses and the burning thorn bush. I cannot remember the author, but I will always remember how he said that any old bush will do for God’s presence!
Blessings XX
Mia
Hi Mia..thanks for visiting and sharing — that is cute but true–any old bush…cozy corner of a sofa!
What a wonderful reminder…Thanks for sharing this with Thrive @ Home Thursday.
Thanks for stopping by, Jenni. Thanks for the link up! Blessings…
This is so good! Every Christian needs a Suzanne!
Yes…I guess all of these comments make me realize how blessed I am to have her and other close friends like her…
If we look at our moments in this way, we would see them in a total fresh perspective. Thanks for the gentle nudge to see ordinary moments in extraordinary ways. Wishing you & your family a week of peace & a Happy Thanksgiving!
I do hope I can keep that perspective! I often look back at my blog and read and think–“I sounded so strong –but now feel so weak in that area—what happened??” But being dependent on the Lord is a beautiful thing. You have a great week of Thanksgiving as well! Blessings…
I’ve always longed for this sort of heart connection, and still praying for God’s timing. I believe any time we meet where His presence abides, we are standing on Holy ground! Have a beautiful Thanksgiving!
I must say–when Suzanne and I started we were not this close. We had been great friends but had never regularly prayed together outside of a group. I was a bit leary of committing to calling at 6 am once a week. Such a commitment! I was sort of surprised that she wanted to do that with me–it was really sweet to be asked. The Lord has connected us over time. I wonder–if there could be a friend you already know who could be that person! It is a big risk to enter into that I guess! Thanks for visiting and Thanksgiving blessings to you and yours!
This is so fine! I, too, would love to have such a connection again. It has been awhile. Your word pictures show me the whole earth truly can be “holy ground” when I allow God to control the moments for His meetings. Thank you. ~ linda
A prayer for you tonight–to have a new connection with someone! Thanks for visiting…and blessings to you for a sweet Thanksgiving!
I think it is so special to have a friend to call once a week early in the morning. What a blessing!! I don’t have a close friend right now. They have all moved away over the years, and so did I, and although I have friends, I don’t have the special close type like I have known. The blessing in that is that it makes me press into the Lord.
I have received a lot of comments on this in regards to ladies wanting this type of connection. So I’m praying that will happen for you and the others who desire it. God has always answered that prayer for a special friend. Sometimes — in slower timing than I want! May you continue to find comfort as you press into the Lord. Blessings to you this Thanksgiving…