I had a great opportunity today to have lunch with Jan Cowles, a house church "coach", and talk about the Kingdom of God. Throughout our conversation I became aware of the true power of just letting go and allowing myself to be a child of God.
Over the last couple of years I have been able to sit back, heal, get over myself and my bitterness and so many other things... All the while I was thinking that once I was done healing that I would "get back in the game". I am now coming to realize that the goal is to "be" not to "do"!
The long and the short of it is that I have been thinking that when I get healed emotionally that I would somehow change the way I am living my life... I have decided that this way of living, this just being, is the way that I am supposed to be living.
Just to be a God honoring husband, father, son, friend, business owner, Starbucks customer, etc.
Just Be.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Getting Back Into God's Word
Many of you know that over the last couple of years I have sort of put my faith on hold... well, thats not exactly right, I didn't forsake God or stop caring about serving and obeying Him, I have just been kind of gliding so to speak.
Well, these last few weeks I have been more proactive in my faith and relationship with God by reading large amounts of His word and communing with the Holy Spirit on a scriptural level more than I have in a long while.
I started out by reading James, I read it 5 times in a 5 day period of time and then I moved onto 1 Peter and have agreed to read it 8 times this week, I am on my 5th read though today and I am loving it.
When we step back and let the Holy Spirit do what He does best (convict and teach us God's Word) we can start to see the power of living life in the Kingdom of God.
One of my favorite realities to this day is seen in a very real way during the creation account in Genesis where we see that when God speaks he creates, in his breath and words are the power to create! That is amazing, I need to be reminded of the the power of Gods word on a consistent basis.
If we want to change, if we want to see God's power unleashed in our lives and the lives of the people around us we need to allow Him to speak through the scriptures.
"All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be fully equipped for every good work." - 2Tim 3:16
"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart". - Heb 4:12
Well, these last few weeks I have been more proactive in my faith and relationship with God by reading large amounts of His word and communing with the Holy Spirit on a scriptural level more than I have in a long while.
I started out by reading James, I read it 5 times in a 5 day period of time and then I moved onto 1 Peter and have agreed to read it 8 times this week, I am on my 5th read though today and I am loving it.
When we step back and let the Holy Spirit do what He does best (convict and teach us God's Word) we can start to see the power of living life in the Kingdom of God.
One of my favorite realities to this day is seen in a very real way during the creation account in Genesis where we see that when God speaks he creates, in his breath and words are the power to create! That is amazing, I need to be reminded of the the power of Gods word on a consistent basis.
If we want to change, if we want to see God's power unleashed in our lives and the lives of the people around us we need to allow Him to speak through the scriptures.
"All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be fully equipped for every good work." - 2Tim 3:16
"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart". - Heb 4:12
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Too Fast.
I was talking with Dave last night (briefly) about how fast time is going by these days. I don't know why exactly but the last 2.5 years (the time we have lived in CO) time has gone by lightning fast!
I could not believe it when I started to realize that:
I will have been with Carpenter's Touch for 3 years in a few months time.
We will have lived in our apartment for 2 years soon.
2008 is half way over.
Sophia will be a year old in 2 months....
What is amazing about time is that while some things fly by in life others seem to go soooo slowly, like pulling your way out of debt, learning to serve God and letting the Holy Spirit change your character, saving, getting through rough times etc.
Why is it that tough times and struggles seem to last ten times as long as the good stuff in life?
I could not believe it when I started to realize that:
I will have been with Carpenter's Touch for 3 years in a few months time.
We will have lived in our apartment for 2 years soon.
2008 is half way over.
Sophia will be a year old in 2 months....
What is amazing about time is that while some things fly by in life others seem to go soooo slowly, like pulling your way out of debt, learning to serve God and letting the Holy Spirit change your character, saving, getting through rough times etc.
Why is it that tough times and struggles seem to last ten times as long as the good stuff in life?
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