Thursday, September 3, 2009

It's All About Relationship #11

Okay..........! No more information today! Only Meditation and application.
Meditation is to reread yesterday and see if there is more to it than you first thought. Sometimes reading blogs can become routine and this we miss things. Meditation: continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.
Application - Now that you have your list I want you to take a piece of paper and draw lkines down it to make four columns. Title the first FOOD. Title the second Drink. Title the third Clothes. And title the fourth Greater Than. You guessed it! Take your list from yesterday or whatever day it is that you read it and did it and put each item in it's proper column. Now I know there is at least one of you who will say that not every item fits. Correct but wrong. Look deeper as to why each item is on your list? Example: you saw a woman crying. Why did you notice? Was she wearing something that caught your attention? If so it goes under clothes. Did you notice her because she was someone you knew and you went to her and spoke to her to offer comfort? That would be Greater Than. You're on the honor system so don't try to be more spiritual than you are. There are no right answers or wrong answers. Don't worry (ha, ha) about what is revealed. This was extremely enlightening for me and as I am doing it again now it is still extremely enlightening to me. I will reveal my findings in a later blog as I don't want to influence the results of your findings. No I don't want you to redo the application with this new information in mind. Use what you have. Remember I don't have all the answers. My assignment is to stir your hearts to go and find your own answers.
PS. This is a first. For those who are asking God to open or close your eyes you need to reread yesterdays blog and that actual verse (Matthew 6:26 first word) two or three more times. GOD WILL NOT AND CAN NOT DO WHAT HE HAS ASSIGNED US TO DO. Jesus is telling us to LOOK not that He will make or cause us to LOOK. Perhaps that's why so many people are wishing and waiting to find God's will for their lives. They want God to do everything. Just an observation. And I have not forgotten about rewards. Everyone who has done this may mist their plant within 24 hours of your post.

5 comments:

  1. FOOD

    n/a

    DRINK

    tea
    water
    blue thermos
    coffee cup

    CLOTHES
    pink shirt
    red glasses
    black hair bow
    blue/tan sweater
    nose ring
    Jamaican hat

    GREATER THAN
    cat hair
    Spanish book
    sky
    face
    blue tile
    sun
    lotion
    car
    NEANTHEBELLA PALM
    rain
    Denise
    Rolls Royce
    plug
    umbrella
    keys
    PARKING SPOT!
    swivel chair
    bench

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  2. Ok here goes something:
    Food:
    Jesus - job opportunity
    Muffins - physical food
    Jesus - (for thought) how he is working in Micah's life

    Drink:
    Dog - was drinking water
    Presence - just getting to drink in the presence of God in the morning during my prayer set
    Worship - watching kids get excited to cry out to God at youth

    Clothing:
    Steve - "How God clothes the grass of the field"
    Mom - asked if she was working yesterday because she wasn't dressed for work
    Jesus - telling someone else the verse about how God clothes the grass of the field at class
    Disfunction- being in an environment cloaked in disfunction during worship practice with the youth
    Silly String - on my clothes during a game we were playing
    brokenness- looking out at these kids who are hurting and clothed in brokenness
    Couch- it was covered in clothes and i slept on them.

    Greater Than
    Mom- came to visit me at onething
    Car- still runs praise God
    Crazy- that someone could drive like they do and be alive
    Michael Jackson- always an encouraging face
    Guitar- Megan's that allowed me to make song when i felt like i couldn't
    Lucas- Where 2 or more are gathered
    Ed- Our conversations astound me sometimes and others nothing has to be said at all. this was the latter.
    Chairs- The Moby to my Ahab.
    Computers- School once again boggles my mind why God has me there.
    Bass- played for Youth worship always a soothing personal moment for me to jam with Jesus.
    Steve- kept me from worrying what a song would sound like.
    Cooties- watched a video that made me laugh
    Jesus- the way he works without doing anything in particular
    Beard- my friend Paul's is huge and Greater than mine.
    Brother- as the days go by he and i get closer...last night we decided that we were going to put content blockers on our computers and eliminate a lot of temptation. Also, any time we get to talk on an intimate level I discover things that astound me about him.
    Darkness- the last thing i remember before passing out.

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  3. Food:
    Icecream & Chicken Quesadillas- I was hungry and I was getting dinner for Michelle. Matthew 4:4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God
    Dishes- The Lord prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemies

    Drink:
    Kitchen- the Lord is the Living Water, he is the finest wine Song of Solomon 1:2 for your love is more delightful than wine

    Clothes:
    Michelle & Melissa- jeans and Awana (Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed) shirt, sometimes I feel comfortable w/ the Lord and just want to kick back and relax
    Juliet and her friend- Scrubs(sometimes the Lord just has to clean me and get the dirties out) her friend wore a summer dress(when he finishes cleaning me, I am radient in his likeness)
    clean clothes-

    Greater Than:
    Bible and journal- The Manna in my life,
    Michelle- helping someone other than me. Life is precious, so treat each day precious!
    Bella- My plant, she is outstanding b/c I am learning to be still again and stay rooted in the Lord
    The Living Room- Invitation to come and meet with the Lord,
    My clean bedroom- Resting in the Lord, to have an intimacy w/ the Lord that is not open to the rest of the world
    T.V.- NCIS (a show that is about a naval team who investigates crime scenes dealing with the navy or marines), seek first the kingdom of heaven, search it out, find the hidden treasures
    Disney Channel- the Lord reminds me to be childlike and dream, to write down what I dream of doing and to pursue them. Nothing is impossible w/ God.
    Computer- God knows all, the Holy Spirit is my teacher, and I am able to do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
    Cell phone- constant communication to the Lord,

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  4. Food: Apple, ham sandwich, oreo's.
    My lunch I brought to school.

    Drink: Water, coke, ice tea and lemonade
    People at school, and I had lunch with a friend.

    Cloths: Pajama pants,

    Greater Than: Homeless persons,I had to go to the VA and there is a homeless program for Vets there. I also see people with homeless signs and out of work signs. I have one that I look for to give a few dollars to that I try to keep in my visor so that when I go to the VA I can help him out.

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  5. Food-
    A new side of an aquaintance- I noticed while on my way to the lunch room. I thought this person was bitter and hard, but I saw a softer side.

    A broken man- He seemed hungry

    The fragileness of my husband- due to fasting food

    Drink- A new side of an aquaintance, again going to the lunch room with a water in my hand

    Clothes- A broken man, his clothes were very worn and dirty.

    The Matrix- I lOVE the clothes in the movie

    Greater than-
    Another layer of myself- God peeling me like an onion LOL

    The dark side of my sister- Sometimes you have to see the dirt to better pray for a person

    The heart of my mother- The one who instilled a devotion to God in my life

    The fragileness of my husband- through our weakness He is shown strong!

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