In the movie Evan Almighty, God (expertly played by Mr. Morgan Freeman) says to Evan, "Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does He give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does He give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for their family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does He give them opportunities to love each other?"

I absolutely LOVE this quote, because it presents the questions (and answers) that I personally struggle with most. Often I feel like the bratty bored child in the back seat of this journey of life screaming at my Father, "Are we there yet?!!" wishing to get to my destination, for my journey's purpose to be revealed. But it's about having PATIENCE with God and the understanding that we usually aren't given what we ask for, but we're always given the opportunities for exactly what we need. I just hope I'm ready...

Monday, October 3, 2011

Culturalist to Restorer... Fingers crossed

How amazing was last night's service??!!? Firstly, the worship music was so perfect and I just felt like it was the most personally powerful and focused worship I've participated in in a long time.

The message of restorers, culturalists, and separatists spoke to me so much because I'm so guilty of being a culturalist! Quite frankly, it's a lot easier for me to just got with the flow of those around me, to a degree. But, it's been weighing on me how chicken I am to become a restorer, because most of the people in my life are not believers. So that distinct difference is magnified. I find myself searching for the right ways to bring about God in a way that doesn't alienate them from me. I've tried to live the right way (and failed at times), and hoped that in setting a good example, my friends and others would ask me about it. But that's not the right way either, because as someone said during yesterday's meeting, if you're in love with someone you want to do a happy dance and tell everyone about that person. So being in love with the Lord, why then do I hide my faith or minimize it??

I'm so grateful for the opportunities through Circles to get involved, and I'm praying that maybe through this introduction to discipleship, I'll get the push I need to really share my love of the Lord.
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  1. KayleenOctober 4, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    you should start writing my blogs for me. or maybe ill just copy and paste this one.:) i feel it.

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