It is possible to recover the lost life of our heart and with it
the intimacy, beauty, and adventure of life with God. To do so we must leave
what is familiar and comfortable—perhaps even parts of the religion in which we
have come to trust—and take a journey. This journey first takes us on a search
for the lost life of our heart, and for the voice that once called us in those
secret places; those places and times when our heart was still with us. The
pilgrimage of the heart leads us to remember together what it was that first
engaged us in deep ways as children: ". . . anyone who will not receive
the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it," said Jesus
(Mark 10:15).
Our journey will take us to explore the hidden questions of our
heart, born out of the stories of our lives. It is only by leaving home and
taking a pilgrimage that we will begin to see how our own stories are
interwoven with the great Romance God has been telling since before the dawn of
time. It is on this pilgrimage that we begin to see that each of us has a part
in the cosmic love affair that was created specifically with us in mind. Last,
this pilgrimage brings us to the destination, set within all of our hearts,
which in some way we have known, longed for, and been haunted by since we were
children.
...Our journey begins by asking questions, putting words to the
movements of the heart. "What is this restlessness and emptiness I feel,
sometimes long years into my Christian journey? What does the spiritual life
have to do with the rest of my life? What is it that is set so deeply in my
heart, experienced as a longing for adventure and romance, that simply will not
leave me alone? Does it have anything to do with God? What is it that he wants
from me? Has he been speaking to me through my heart all along? When did I stop
listening? When did his voice first call to me?"
Excerpt from Ransomed Heart Ministry
