This is another part of today's post by Jim Spivey, It is everyone's life, not just ours we are right in the middle of experiencing this. We didn't openly express the details of all our circumstances with everyone we know, family, church members, some know parts, some know everything. I love my husband Ken's openness of living his life out in the open, no secrets, no hiding, he's expressing it fully.
We know this, God is steering and we are in this place of joy in the middle of it all. I can stay focused on God's amazing love in every situation, recapturing the purpose and plan of God in my life. And those who are close to us in our lives, know full well, it hasn't been easy getting here, that is, this place of surrender.
We know this, God is steering and we are in this place of joy in the middle of it all. I can stay focused on God's amazing love in every situation, recapturing the purpose and plan of God in my life. And those who are close to us in our lives, know full well, it hasn't been easy getting here, that is, this place of surrender.
Love you all!
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"There is within you a lamb and a lion. Spiritual maturity is the ability and freedom to let lamb and lion lie down together, side by side. Your lion is your adult, aggressive, capable, competent self. It is your initiative-taking and decision-making self. But there is also your fearful, vulnerable lamb, the part of you that needs affection, affirmation, nurturing, and support. When you heed only your lion, you will find yourself overextended and exhausted. When you take notice only of your lamb, you will easily become a victim of your need for other people's attention. The art of spiritual living is to fully claim both your lion and your lamb, with them fused into an integrated whole. Then you can act assertively without denying your own needs. And you can ask for attention and care without betraying your talent to offer leadership.
Developing your true identity as a child of God in no way means giving up your worldly responsibilities. Likewise, claiming your adult self in no way means that you cannot become increasingly a child of God. In fact, the opposite is true. The more you can feel safe as a child of God, the freer you will be to claim your mission in the world as a responsible human being. And the more you claim that you have a unique set of tasks to fulfill for God with your life, the more open you will be to letting your deepest needs be met. The kingdom of peace that Jesus came to establish begins when your lion and your lamb can freely and fearlessly lie down together."-- Henri Nouwen, in The Dance of Life
Developing your true identity as a child of God in no way means giving up your worldly responsibilities. Likewise, claiming your adult self in no way means that you cannot become increasingly a child of God. In fact, the opposite is true. The more you can feel safe as a child of God, the freer you will be to claim your mission in the world as a responsible human being. And the more you claim that you have a unique set of tasks to fulfill for God with your life, the more open you will be to letting your deepest needs be met. The kingdom of peace that Jesus came to establish begins when your lion and your lamb can freely and fearlessly lie down together."-- Henri Nouwen, in The Dance of Life
Here it is, our lives, Jesus is right in the middle of this heart and while the flames are all around us.
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