Deeper

In her book, And Only to Deceive, Tasha Alexander tells the story of Emily, a young, upper-class English woman who marries to escape her mother's control. She marries the dashing Philip Ashton, only because he is gone on hunting trips most of the year and she can live a solitary life the majority of her time. When it is reported he has died on his trip, Emily feels little grief, knowing now she is even freer than before.

While going through her late husband's belongings, she finds his journal. As she reads, she begins to discover the depth of his love for her. Not only does she find he had a deep love for her, she gets to know him through his writing and finds herself falling deeper and deeper in love with a man she never let herself get to know.

Its easy to be satisfied with the shallow. What comes easy and gives happiness seems preferable to what takes effort. However, by not going deeper the greatest treasures of life are often misplaced.

Relationship with God works this way. God is kept at a minimum, so He is acknowledged, but His wonders are never explored and the relationship is kept an inch deep. Like Lady Ashton discovered, there is a journal, the Bible, in which the deep love of God can be known and explored. And unlike Lady Ashton, its not too late to grow more in this relationship. God is there waiting for you to know His heart and discover His will, as you go deeper with Him than ever before.

Let this be the adventure you embark on today.