Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
Getting from Here to There
My Feb 12 Blog (Entering a New Land) still resonates with me today. I'm still trying to get from "here to there." Still wandering in the wilderness and getting banged up along the way.
Being taught by the Lord these days so fast and furiously, that it is hard to absorb it all. Trying real hard to be quiet so as to try to grasp it and let it sink down deep. The journey recently has been so illogically brutal I can't even wrap my head around it. Cocooned myself here at home all last week (and plan to into the foreseeable future) to heal.
In reflecting on how God moves us to into new lands and new opportunities, I said to a friend, "God will judge us on how we treat those around us during the journey." In light of recent events, I believe that to be so true. It isn't only about getting to the new land and what we do, how we act, once we get there. For God, I believe, it is also (even more importantly) about how we act while traveling there.
Do we gripe? Do we complain? Do we mistreat others because we ourselves are kicking and screaming along the way? Do we make others traveling with us miserable because we ourselves don't want to be on this journey?
Or do we give Grace? Do we go out of our way to Bless?
I get all this and have been very deliberate in extending Grace and trying very hard to Bless. BUT, what I've discovered is that God (I bet more often than not) demands more Grace and Blessing from you than what you thought you needed to give. I remember thinking this past week..."What?! You want me to Bless how much?!"
Turn the other cheek, take off your coat and give it...and, yes, forgive 70 times 7. Bless and give Grace until it hurts and then give a little bit more. Ouch.
What if....what if we did this to the point where we were intentionally trying to outdo each other? Oh my...that Promise Land is where I want to live!
Being taught by the Lord these days so fast and furiously, that it is hard to absorb it all. Trying real hard to be quiet so as to try to grasp it and let it sink down deep. The journey recently has been so illogically brutal I can't even wrap my head around it. Cocooned myself here at home all last week (and plan to into the foreseeable future) to heal.
In reflecting on how God moves us to into new lands and new opportunities, I said to a friend, "God will judge us on how we treat those around us during the journey." In light of recent events, I believe that to be so true. It isn't only about getting to the new land and what we do, how we act, once we get there. For God, I believe, it is also (even more importantly) about how we act while traveling there.
Do we gripe? Do we complain? Do we mistreat others because we ourselves are kicking and screaming along the way? Do we make others traveling with us miserable because we ourselves don't want to be on this journey?
Or do we give Grace? Do we go out of our way to Bless?
I get all this and have been very deliberate in extending Grace and trying very hard to Bless. BUT, what I've discovered is that God (I bet more often than not) demands more Grace and Blessing from you than what you thought you needed to give. I remember thinking this past week..."What?! You want me to Bless how much?!"
Turn the other cheek, take off your coat and give it...and, yes, forgive 70 times 7. Bless and give Grace until it hurts and then give a little bit more. Ouch.
What if....what if we did this to the point where we were intentionally trying to outdo each other? Oh my...that Promise Land is where I want to live!
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