I was going to write something more solid with my thoughts interspersed but right now it may just be more effective if you read the things I’ve been seeing, hearing and dreaming:
“Jesus Bring the Rain”
Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You Jesus, bring the rain
I am yours regardless of the clouds that may loom above because you are much greater than my pain you who made a way for me suffering your destiny so tell me whats a little rain
~Mercy Me
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“Like most prayerful people, Elvis had begun his life by thinking of prayer as a little speech that one made to God: generally a want-list with a few worship elements through in for good measure. Then he had begun to understand that prayer was a dialogue, in which listening was as important as speaking one’s mind. Still later, once he had arrived at that point, he had come to understand that, as God knew what was on his mind anyhow, it was the listening that was most important. And these days, unless he was voicing a special supplication or a request someone else had made, Elvis rarely used words at all when he prayed. Rather, he just opened his heart and asked God to fill it. And generally he came away calm and comforted and soothed, like a child who has just spent an hour or so in the security of his loving father’s arms.”
Yucatan Deep (p. 280) Tom Morrisley
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“You know why you are having problems, you aren’t spending time in the Word.” (dream)
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“This is effecting every relationship that you have and until you deal with it, it will continue to do so.” (conversation)
How we feel on the inside has an extreme impact on not only us, but also all others around us, even when we think we are covering pretty well.
1 comment:
Wow... some very profound thoughts to consider. I think you're right, about what we feel on the inside. Perhaps life would be "better" if we didn't try to cover (i.e., deceive others and ourselves) but instead dealt with things before we let them disrupt others.
Then again, the practical reality is that we can't always drop out of life for a time of therapeutic retreat. Is it sometimes necessary to cover even though it (a) doesn't address the problem, and (b) may well affect others any way, and (c) may morally be dishonest?
I don't know, but I know that, in my own life, there are issues and feelings and covering that make for a bit of a mess (so I cover more...) Thanks for your words, 'cause even though they were inspired by your own life, they are helpful to mine (and, I'm guessing, others as well...)
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