How can so many be wrong?

Does it matter?

It just seems like there are more things to be concerned about than need be. He will perfect that which concerns me. If I have a concern, it can be turned into a prayer and from there into a matter of faith. Done.

I know that the moment any of it is a burden that can not be resolved in prayer, I have taken on the work of a god. As such, my pride is showing and I need to repent and move on.

Maybe this is just my perspective. I know I do not see things in the same way as everyone else. Does that make them wrong?

Daddy, thank you for the vision, the sight you have given me. Forgive my judging now. Especially where it gets in the way of hearing and discerning. I really want the whole learning and application.

Back to Work

Been hangin' with my growing son this week. Back in the saddle tomorrow, wrapping up an old work year and kickstarting a new one. Always an interesting transition time. This transition will be different, because I am different. Just these last three months of writing like this every night has made a huge difference in how this life is able to find places in my soul that can still be pushed around.

It is like everything ahead is adventure. Just being still enough to find out what God is up to, still enough to be hearing what He wants done or not done. So far to go in learning to be still.

Father, help me to bring Glory and Honor to Your name as I earn my living.

Shhh. Hush Now.

So much to be found on the other side of a quiet moment. Almost like I should dare you to be quiet for a whole minute. The truth comes out in that stillness. Maybe a truth you or I have never heard because we were never challenged or never brave enough to shut up, sit down, stop moving...and wait.

What if? What if the God you do not really want to know about really does talk to people he loves, like you. Gracious! What would you do if you invited Him to tell you how He feels about you, and then you waited until you heard him say? You would have to deal with what you heard.

I can ask this because I am not worried about what He would tell you. I know how he feels about you. But if you do not know, then you get to act anyway you want toward God. You get to respond to whatever you make up about Him. So you get to be in control of the image of God you have created, and of how you respond to this graven image. Ideal for you, except that you know your image of God is wrong. So your relationship with your idol never satisfies. You are still empty and aching for the glory that you know is in your destiny. You just keep missing the mark.

Shhh. Hush now. Be still long enough. If you are still for long enough, you will put away your noise forever. You will want, forever, to be quiet enough to never miss another word He has to say.

Holy Spirit, please put a seal on the ones who will dare to be loved.