How do I welcome wisdom into my life? Where do I need to create the space? have the the courage? take the leap of faith? grow? What will it take?
Living with eternity 2
I’m puzzling over the idea of eternity on earth and the kingdom of God. How do I live into God’s kingdom today? This is the muse from last night.
My prayer for today: may I be open to and aware of how I can be a blessing today.
Living with eternity
Thinking about wisdom and how I am called to live here on earth. I want to live into God’s story which means living in the present in my here and now, my story. (I’m not sure this journal page is done yet – my here and now includes a certain amount of perfectionism)
Change the world
Another great thought from the MinEmergent newsletter today…
You know when you are around someone that realizes every moment of their life is a precious gift and they will do everything they can to infuse their truth in that moment. There are so many distractions in this world from the profound potential to do Good. To Live God’s will. So many thing distract you from the right here from the right now. Right now in this moment you can change the world.
Cory Booker
So, what will I do in the moments of today to change the world? May I have the courage to try.
Healing
My prayer for this week of Thanksgiving is that healing is made real in the lives of the people close to me who need it, and we can find a well-spring of joy and thankfulness.
Father, we are so hesitant
in asking for healing,
real physical healing.
So hesitant in asking
your Spirit to touch our lives.
It is almost as if we are afraid
that in hoping for a trickle,
we unleash a torrent.
Forgive our timidity, Father,
our lack of faith
in the Creator of this universe.
Forgive our unbelief,
as we take your Word,
apply it to our hearts,
open the floodgates,
and anticipate a deluge.
Find this prayer at:
http://www.faithandworship.com/healing_prayers_3.htm
Take God seriously
A quote from Anthony Smith…
You don’t need human permission to participate in God’s revolution. All you have to do is take the invitation seriously.
I want to take God’s invitation seriously. My prayer is that my whole life reflects this priority, and not priorities from other people. I want to reflect God’s love to those around me – this is my part in God’s revolution.
God in other people
What we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That’s what I strive to do, that’s what I pray to do every day.
Barack Obama
Another gem from minEmergent that is a challenge for myself to remember every day.
Your agenda
Thought provoking post from Seth Godin…
Most of the time, if you ask someone about their agenda, it turns out that it involves doing what’s on someone else’s agenda.
I need to do this for my boss, this for my husband, that for the PTSA and this other thing for the kids. As soon as you turn over your agenda to others, you’re giving up one of the biggest opportunities you have to contribute. Setting an agenda is often as important as checking the boxes.
Obviously, you can’t be part of any system without engaging with other people and their agendas.
But perhaps we’ve absorbed that habit so completely that we’ve ceded all responsibility and in fact don’t even have an agenda any longer…
I want to rediscover my agenda (and maybe God’s agenda for me)
Prayer works
From Peter Rollins blog….. on Prayer Works
A friend recently shared the following story with me (via her as yet unpublished novel),
One evening, just before bed, a little boy was saying his prayers with his Mother on one side and his Grandmother on the other,
“Please bless my Mommy, Daddy and Grandma,” he said, “and help us all get a good nights sleep”
Then he looked up for a moment and shouted, “AND DON’T FORGET TO GET ME A NEW RED BYCICLE FOR CHRISTMAS”
His Mother was shocked and said, “You don’t need to shout dear, God isn’t deaf”
“I know that,” replied the little boy, “But Grandma is”
This little story can perhaps help us to understand the underlying structure of prayer. In prayer we speak out to another and yet there is a second form of communication taking place simultaneously: we are also speaking to ourselves. We need to do this because we are a little deaf.
Read the rest of the post at http://peterrollins.net/?p=3312
When I spend time in contemplative prayer, I can let go of my own point of view and spend time in other’s shoes. This is a good thing, because I need to get out of my own skin and think bigger and care more.
Happy places
An English project of my daughter thinking about what makes us happy – stay tuned for more thumbnails!