This has shaped up to be the "SUMMER OF NO BLOGGING"!! However, my favorite post since beginning this online journal was inspired in June. That's when Nik Wallenda's high wire walk over a portion of the Grand Canyon captured the fascination of millions and bowled me over with the spiritual/life-application parallels.
It was as if scales were dropped from my eyes and I saw life the way God intended for it to be lived....minute-by-minute in complete trust of His provision and constant connection to Him. I was suddenly jerked from my SEA of self-pity into a realization that I had stopped praying (and really believing) for so many things and had instead bought my enemy's lies and retreated into the muddy trenches of negativity (which breeds foul things of every shape and size).
The last couple of weeks I have looked at my life with even greater scrutiny. What negative influences have I allowed to shape my thinking? What am I filling my mind with? What am I exposing myself to? I am pruning my already rather miniscule television viewing habits even further, cutting down all of the crime whodunit shows I have poured into my spirit. I am avoiding people who don't really want help from me, but would rather just splash their unhappiness in my face and bring me as low as they enjoy wallowing. I am working to use better judgment in the friendships I forge and be less of an open book to all people and more of an open book to the Lord, asking Him to show me who to associate with, who needs me, who would benefit from what I have to offer. That's not exclusivity, that's wisdom, which the Bible (particularly in the book of Proverbs) has an awful lot to say about.
I am PITIFULLY far from perfection in my faith....but I have confidence that if I keep seeking, I will find the Father's heart. And it's a big one!
It was as if scales were dropped from my eyes and I saw life the way God intended for it to be lived....minute-by-minute in complete trust of His provision and constant connection to Him. I was suddenly jerked from my SEA of self-pity into a realization that I had stopped praying (and really believing) for so many things and had instead bought my enemy's lies and retreated into the muddy trenches of negativity (which breeds foul things of every shape and size).
The last couple of weeks I have looked at my life with even greater scrutiny. What negative influences have I allowed to shape my thinking? What am I filling my mind with? What am I exposing myself to? I am pruning my already rather miniscule television viewing habits even further, cutting down all of the crime whodunit shows I have poured into my spirit. I am avoiding people who don't really want help from me, but would rather just splash their unhappiness in my face and bring me as low as they enjoy wallowing. I am working to use better judgment in the friendships I forge and be less of an open book to all people and more of an open book to the Lord, asking Him to show me who to associate with, who needs me, who would benefit from what I have to offer. That's not exclusivity, that's wisdom, which the Bible (particularly in the book of Proverbs) has an awful lot to say about.
I am PITIFULLY far from perfection in my faith....but I have confidence that if I keep seeking, I will find the Father's heart. And it's a big one!
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