Matthew 10:39 if you cling to your life, you will lose it;
if you let go of your life for Me, you will find it.
iow, if we abandon ourselves to God, let go of the control & direction making of our lives, God is free to lead us into the life He dreamed for us before we were ever born.
but even as Christ followers we don't do that. we have dreams, desires, expectations, and concepts about what our lives should be & look like. we want what we want, & ask God to bless our ideas about our lives.
the older I get, the smarter it seems to let go of control. let me hasten to say that Lynn & I are living a life that's not what we thought we'd be doing at this juncture in our lives. but here we are, taking it one day at a time. all we see is now. we don't know what's ahead. God does. He is out there ahead of us preparing the way, as well as mopping up behind us. as this season of our lives unfolds, we'll see more & more what it's about. our moving to Blairsville was all His idea. It will be interesting to see how His idea for us all shakes out.
I don't want any of you to think for a minute we walk around all day, speaking in "thee's" & "thou's", being all holy, & burning everyone with our halos. we're just walking this out. lynn's a whole lot better at just walking into things than I am.I think so much, try to figure things out, & don't go with the flow. but we ARE both here, with our hands open & our hearts surrendered.
this way of living - letting go of our lives - is preferable to anything we've done before, or seen anyone else do.
and remember one thing - God is very creative. and He's very creative when He dreamed up the seasons of our lives.
if you let go of your life for Me, you will find it.
iow, if we abandon ourselves to God, let go of the control & direction making of our lives, God is free to lead us into the life He dreamed for us before we were ever born.
but even as Christ followers we don't do that. we have dreams, desires, expectations, and concepts about what our lives should be & look like. we want what we want, & ask God to bless our ideas about our lives.
the older I get, the smarter it seems to let go of control. let me hasten to say that Lynn & I are living a life that's not what we thought we'd be doing at this juncture in our lives. but here we are, taking it one day at a time. all we see is now. we don't know what's ahead. God does. He is out there ahead of us preparing the way, as well as mopping up behind us. as this season of our lives unfolds, we'll see more & more what it's about. our moving to Blairsville was all His idea. It will be interesting to see how His idea for us all shakes out.
I don't want any of you to think for a minute we walk around all day, speaking in "thee's" & "thou's", being all holy, & burning everyone with our halos. we're just walking this out. lynn's a whole lot better at just walking into things than I am.I think so much, try to figure things out, & don't go with the flow. but we ARE both here, with our hands open & our hearts surrendered.
this way of living - letting go of our lives - is preferable to anything we've done before, or seen anyone else do.
and remember one thing - God is very creative. and He's very creative when He dreamed up the seasons of our lives.
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