||Pastoral Passage|| Desiring the rest and respite of heaven when you are nearing life’s end or suffering through hardship is not a strong mark of spiritual growth. A holy desire is the desire to see God and to be with him.
Ten Questions to Diagnose your spiritual health
||Pastoral Passage|| The biblical metaphor of the church as a ‘bride’ is a rather awkward one… However, the thing about metaphors is that they are used to highlight a particular aspect of the illustration…
||Pastoral Passage|| Growth in love to other people is a mark of spiritual health.
||Pastoral Passage|| Do you feel thirsty for God? Whether it is because you are far from God and long for him, or because you are instead close to him but thirsty for more, this thirst is a sign of spiritual life, and an indicator of health.
Spiritual health refers to the wellbeing of the life of the soul – whether it is alive or dead, thriving or anaemic, growing or shrivelling.
Chris Northcott 