Release all the breaks you have placed on your life.
Let go of the hurt, pain, fear, inadequacy...
Choose to be:
Humble enough to laugh at your mistakes,
Wise enough to know when to admit you're wrong,
Trustworthy enough to be respected by peers,
Simple enough to gain the affection of children,
Strong enough to fight for what you believe in,
And generous enough to give out of your poverty.
Then, you may say that you have truly lived.
Maggie Mosher.
28.11.11
7.11.11
Speaking
It's time for another post. I have less than 6 weeks left in my college career and it's slightly terrifying but 100% exciting. I have 12 more pages to write before then, but it will get done. Starting last Monday, I committed to waking up at 6am each day and going to Starbucks. It is amazing how peaceful and productive mornings are. Waking up early has changed my life.
God has been speaking to me a lot about one particular thing. A few weeks ago he put a passion in my heart for more of him. He showed me how we often settle for mediocrity in our Christian lives. I was heartbroken one Sunday when the girls in my small group were surprised that God still heals people. Our God is not small. Our God is more than we can imagine. We have placed him within the context of what our minds can imagine, and he only works within those bounds. God wants to speak to us, but we don't believe it - so he doesn't. God wants to heal, but we don't think he can and we are afraid of what will happen if he doesn't - so he doesn't. God want to guide and direct our lives, but we can't imagine what living outside the bounds of our consumerist society would look like - so it doesn't happen. Why? My question is why would we live that way?
In Amos 8:11-12, God speaks warns his people who are living in cold-hearted exile. He told them:
"Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land - not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it."
I see so much truth in this passage. I do not believe that God has sent a famine, I think we live famished lives. God is waiting. We don't listen. We have settled for 'average' are rarely enter into the blessedness of what God desires to give.
His mercies are new every morning. It is my prayer that every one I know can wake up and allow God to speak and move outside the confines of their imagination.
God has been speaking to me a lot about one particular thing. A few weeks ago he put a passion in my heart for more of him. He showed me how we often settle for mediocrity in our Christian lives. I was heartbroken one Sunday when the girls in my small group were surprised that God still heals people. Our God is not small. Our God is more than we can imagine. We have placed him within the context of what our minds can imagine, and he only works within those bounds. God wants to speak to us, but we don't believe it - so he doesn't. God wants to heal, but we don't think he can and we are afraid of what will happen if he doesn't - so he doesn't. God want to guide and direct our lives, but we can't imagine what living outside the bounds of our consumerist society would look like - so it doesn't happen. Why? My question is why would we live that way?
In Amos 8:11-12, God speaks warns his people who are living in cold-hearted exile. He told them:
"Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land - not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it."
I see so much truth in this passage. I do not believe that God has sent a famine, I think we live famished lives. God is waiting. We don't listen. We have settled for 'average' are rarely enter into the blessedness of what God desires to give.
His mercies are new every morning. It is my prayer that every one I know can wake up and allow God to speak and move outside the confines of their imagination.
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