Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Blessings lies in our brokenness
What happens when we fail to submit and accept the breaking? What happens when we do not choose it, it chooses us? What happens when all we knew is reveal as a lie? What happens when we are tied up, tangled up, and wrapped up in façade that falls apart, as you see life really is just a stage? We are broken and have to start anew from this moment, and you realize, from in this moment I am reborn. Then, you see, you choose the way to respond, it is your choice, and the journey begin. No one can make you or tell you how to respond; it truly it is your choice. You begin to see the failure to respond and the lies made you miss the blessings that lied in the brokenness and surrendering that occurs in your life; you lost out. You understand, you now know, how you have lost sight of the bigger picture, the better way, and the process necessary because all of this, the struggle, the brokenness endows the character with substance and value creating unlimited opportunities for God to use ‘me’. You able to be reintroduce yourself to yourself. You see the divine correction directives toward you, were really for your good. The disparities once seen as hindrances are now embraced as loving touches from God, fashioning you into the original promised being at your creation. You are able to breathe, you are eager for the touch of grace, you are longing for the air to wash fresh upon your soul. You begin to relax in what seems to be an invertedparadigm of truth but God’s way. Through tear filled and streaming eyes, you see barriers begin to be broken, bridges are miraculously built, and illumination whispers truths…as it reign firm on your spirit and rest. The reality of this awareness, the blessing lies in the brokenness, lights upon your skin sending an electrical like current that lulls you in a shout of HOSANNA and calmness called peace. For God is your only judge, and he decides, not another man, about your worth or what matters they are only here to help you on your walk in Christianity, and gives tender mercy redemption. You finally give yourself permission to become you, the authentic you, birth so long ago…. For blessings do lie in the brokenness. Gen. 32:28-29 -"Your name will no longer be Jacob,"He said. "It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked Him, "Please tell me Your name." But He answered, "Why do you ask My name?" And He blessed him there. (HCSB)
Monday, February 15, 2010
The knots in our life
People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present – Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist Monk
The knots in our life
Matt 12:36-37 –“But here is what I tell you. On judgment day, people will have to account for every careless word they have spoken. By your words you will be found guilty or not guilty. (NIRV)"
The knots in our life are created by our way of thinking, fear, refusal of change, and more importantly the words we have spoken, and not spoken. My friend told me about a statement he heard on television – You are trying to untangle a knot that took 6 years to create, and it will not be unraveled quickly. When I heard it, it struck a chord with me. I immediately saw the knotted necklace that takes me awhile to untangle. Sometimes I have to put it away because it is so frustrating, and not wear it until a later date. When I am asked, why you didn’t wear the other necklace? I lie, make up a flighty story and move on. I then try again, then find out as I unwind, untangle one knot, another one appears. I become angry, put it away again, or asked for help from another person but try to tell them how to do the untangling rather than listening, watching, and learning; ringing a bell... Then we wondering how did, this necklace get so knotted up. Then I think back on my careless and carefree ways of just throwing it into the jewelry box unthinking, and moving it around so I could get at something else. Wow! Epiphany moment here, I realize it started with a ‘me’ focus. I concluded this is what happens to each of us when we decide to live in,with a ‘me focus,’ then we begin living with paranoia that results in fear, unforgiveness, denial, or traditions, that have lost their meaning in translation. We live our lives driven and order by our emotions in an exact precision process of incremental steps that lead to a knotted life. Then we wake up, and want it fix everything that took weeks, months, and for some, years to create but you desire an immediate fix; not so much. We have willingly foregone authenticity for the ease and the convenience as well as the immediate response. Yet God calls, and we answer. Now, there is some heavy lifting required and more than a minute is necessary to unknot those troubles. It is overwhelming, and then we walk away because we do not want to deal with the frustration or the anger, or the hurt it brings, or the truth it shall show. So, I challenge each of you to ask yourself - What knots am I creating currently with my fear and insecurity and justifying with my words or my silence because it is easy. What knots do I live with that is slowly, but without fail, destroying me and shall taint those connected to me? When shall I begin the healing journey that changes my words and put me in the ethical space governed by a faith shaped by an encompassing God who redeems?
Prov. 14:1 - A wise woman builds her house. But a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands. (NIRV)
The knots in our life
Matt 12:36-37 –“But here is what I tell you. On judgment day, people will have to account for every careless word they have spoken. By your words you will be found guilty or not guilty. (NIRV)"
The knots in our life are created by our way of thinking, fear, refusal of change, and more importantly the words we have spoken, and not spoken. My friend told me about a statement he heard on television – You are trying to untangle a knot that took 6 years to create, and it will not be unraveled quickly. When I heard it, it struck a chord with me. I immediately saw the knotted necklace that takes me awhile to untangle. Sometimes I have to put it away because it is so frustrating, and not wear it until a later date. When I am asked, why you didn’t wear the other necklace? I lie, make up a flighty story and move on. I then try again, then find out as I unwind, untangle one knot, another one appears. I become angry, put it away again, or asked for help from another person but try to tell them how to do the untangling rather than listening, watching, and learning; ringing a bell... Then we wondering how did, this necklace get so knotted up. Then I think back on my careless and carefree ways of just throwing it into the jewelry box unthinking, and moving it around so I could get at something else. Wow! Epiphany moment here, I realize it started with a ‘me’ focus. I concluded this is what happens to each of us when we decide to live in,with a ‘me focus,’ then we begin living with paranoia that results in fear, unforgiveness, denial, or traditions, that have lost their meaning in translation. We live our lives driven and order by our emotions in an exact precision process of incremental steps that lead to a knotted life. Then we wake up, and want it fix everything that took weeks, months, and for some, years to create but you desire an immediate fix; not so much. We have willingly foregone authenticity for the ease and the convenience as well as the immediate response. Yet God calls, and we answer. Now, there is some heavy lifting required and more than a minute is necessary to unknot those troubles. It is overwhelming, and then we walk away because we do not want to deal with the frustration or the anger, or the hurt it brings, or the truth it shall show. So, I challenge each of you to ask yourself - What knots am I creating currently with my fear and insecurity and justifying with my words or my silence because it is easy. What knots do I live with that is slowly, but without fail, destroying me and shall taint those connected to me? When shall I begin the healing journey that changes my words and put me in the ethical space governed by a faith shaped by an encompassing God who redeems?
Prov. 14:1 - A wise woman builds her house. But a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands. (NIRV)
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