Infusion Teaching Weekend (3)

At the recent Infusion Weekend Away, one quote that impacted on me and that I jotted down was "offer your heart to God in a soft and tractable state lest you miss the imprint of his fingers". I searched for the full quote and spotted "Offer to Him your heart in a soft and tractable state, and preserve the form in which the Creator has fashioned you, having moisture in yourself, lest, by becoming hardened, you lose the impressions of His fingers". This comes from Irenaeus' writings Against Heresies in Book IV, Chapter 39. We can often struggle with obedience to God, but this presents the challenge slightly differently - its sad to miss out on a touch in any friendship, but to miss out on a transforming touch from the One who created us because we have hardened our hearts against Him is truly soul-destroying.