Day 15
Greetings,
Fresh off the spiritual high which was our community group last night, let me tell you how impressed I am with the testimonies the people gave in our group regarding their diligence with the experiment and the positive effect it is having on their relationship with God. Even though we are only two weeks into this it would hard not to call this a "success!" It's exciting to wonder what the impact will be several weeks down the road. I encourage myself not to get complacent with the results and settle for a plateau, but strive for ALL God might have for me in this adventure. We accented our study last night with Rob Bell's Nooma Video Devotional titled "Breathe", #14 in his series. It went along great, I believe, with last night's breathing exercise. If any group or individual would like to borrow it, just ask, it's in my office at church. I highly recommend it.
Personally, I found myself with a group of three other people gathered to discuss the details of an upcoming event. You might call this a "task" meeting. At one point the conversation took a turn towards a personal issue in one of our lives. I felt the Spirit say "Go There". We took a detour from our "task" gathering towards this person's personal life. Feeling I had the authority of the Spirit of God, I began to try to give my advice on how to solve this issue for this person. Suddenly again the Spirit spoke, shouting to me "NO, that's not what they need!" I refocused my thoughts and we began to show love and acceptance to this person, not advice. I don't know what effect our conversation had on this individual, but I know I felt the pleasure of God's Spirit come over me for allowing a task meeting to become a relationship meeting with Spiritual implications.
Earlier that same day I had stumbled across the classic song by Pete Townshend, "Love...Reign o'er Me", on the radio. Songs sung with passion move me spiritually, even rock & roll, ok, especially rock & roll songs. Ever sense that gathering, the song keeps coming back to me, accompanied by the feeling of the Holy Spirit's intervention in my mind. I so want the love of God, to be a regular flow out of my mouth and in my actions. Come Holy Spirit, come, I'll try to keep listening. peter
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So I think we're about 15 days into the 60/60 experiment, and personally, I feel as if I've had more failures in it than successes. I suppose the real failure would be to fail and give up. Honestly, that usually is my first course of action. I have started more things in the course of my life and quit in the process than I have finished anything. So in spite of the failures, I'm feeling pretty good about the 60/60 experiment. Maybe that's the point here. Maybe in some ways throughout this Revolution, God wants to show us that it is okay to fail because even in our failures, He is there with us.
I have failed...but I will keep going forward. God didn't lead me into this for me to give up now.
The past few days at work have been rough, too, and haven't helped any. Maybe that is meant as an attack on me on that end to try to get me to concentrate on problems instead of God. Even during my problems, God is still paying attention to me...I may be looking elsewhere and gritting my teeth, but He's right there with His hand on my back. He isn't mad at me or disappointed. He simply loves me and wants what's best for me. I desperately want His Will in my life for each moment. I may not get them all, but sometimes, I think I hear His still small voice encouraging me on.
Thank You, Heavenly Father
Michael
I agree,"Come Holy Spirit, Come". What an awesome blessing is it to be able to talk to and hear from God. My prayer to Him today is from Psalm 119:18 Uncover my eyes,that I may behold wonders from your Torah.
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