My prayer today is that you will not just have an experience with our Lord, but that you will have an encounter. An experience is a meeting or a moment when something happens, but an encounter is when
something unexpectedly new happens.
Do you trust Him with your hungry and aching heart?
Jesus comes down from heaven to feed us the Bread of Life—to meet us in our yearnings, our lacking, and our weakness. The next time you receive Holy Communion, ask the Lord to open your heart more fully as you open your mouth to receive Him. He is dying to feed you. This is the flame of God’s love.
Come, my Light,
and illumine my darkness.
Come, my Life,
and revive me from death.
Come, my Physician,
and heal my wounds.
Come Flame of divine love,
and burn up the thorns of my sins,
kindling my heart
with the flame of thy love.
-Dimitrii of Rostov
Smitten With Goodness 