Went up north this past weekend. It's very serene up there. Enjoyed every minute. Entered into some pretty amazing conversations with a couple of pretty amazing women.....you know who you are.
- It's beginning to boggle my brain how so many of my fellow followers of Jesus Christ are beginning to venture to voice some of things that have been stirring in their hearts concerning how we "do" this walk of His. And maybe that's the point....we're not called so much to be "doing" it, as we are called to "be" it. Does not the scripture say "in Him we LIVE and MOVE and HAVE our BEING"?
Somewhere along the line I got this idea that I responded to His call to salvation, got a list of "to do's" via His word and now the rest is up to me....I go "do" and if I "do" it right, then His response will be to bless and keep me....and if I "do" it wrong, well, then, learn how to do it right, repent, do it right and get back into His favour. Now here's the weird part...this idea, this sense of reward and punishment, or cause and effect, wasn't something I cognitively understood was influencing how I related to Him...it was more like an underlying belief way down deep in my heart, that has been subtly warping my understanding of who He is and what He expects of me. BUT....it's not about "doing"....it's about "being". He is love...He lives in me....let me be love. He is good...He lives in me....let me be good. He is grace and mercy...He lives is me....let me be grace and mercy. You get my drift. If I am living and moving and having my being in Him, then will not...should not... all that He is, in terms of His humanity, flow in and through me and out to others? Without agenda? Will I not move where He moves, how He moves, towards those He loves to move towards, and be how He is towards them? Again, without agenda...other than His agenda ...which was to show the Father's love.
My head is spinning.....not a good time to blog. But after this weekend, my heart is doing cartwheels...and that's a good thing. No conclusions...and that's a good thing too.
3 comments:
I loved my visit with you... I got so much out of our talks... I feel inspired and hungry in a way I have never experienced... I feel what we shared with each other on Friday night... that was "church"!
love living life with you!
Hey Sister! It's always a good time to blog isn't it? How the heck are you? I really miss you. I feel so out of the loop since I don't blog much nor visit my blog buddies much. I hope to get caught up with everyone SOON!
I haven't been over for awhile, but am glad to know that you're thinking and writing skills are still alive and well! And challenging!
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