My (new) friend Jesus
Worship and praise are important to me. Exalting the God who is our Creator as well as our Saviour. But He also wants to be a wonderful friend. This encounter occurred fifty-something years ago when I was a young Christian. Not long after I became a Christian, I spent a few months in a little community where we were given a crash course in Christian living. Some of it was more formal than the things I already knew, with my own beginnings of a 'walk with God', but I found some of the teaching helpful. Fietzfotos One day we were out on the community’s farm. ‘Now, I want you all to separate. Go and sit somewhere nice and pray,’ the leader told us. I chose a grassy patch beside a fence post and sat there, ready to pray. As a young Christian, having grown up in a godless family and then been involved in the arty scene in Sydney, I had no idea how to pray. When I became a Christian, Brisbane was enjoying...