Day 8
First let me update you on my new "beeping" purchase. For 1$ at Dollar tree, I am now using a kitchen timer. Very easy to set and reset. Just push button once to turn beeper off, once again to reset the hour. I don't know how long it will last for a buck, but I'm in day three with it and still working great, even surviving two drops on the floor.
At community group last night we moved into the other "Big Part" of Soul revolution. We had our first Running Partner meetings. We are divided in groups of four and spent an hour together going thru the suggested material. For some of you, gathering in a small group like this and talking about personal/spiritual things, is a normal part of life. Me and the other 3 men in our group acknowledged that this is not the norm for us and the awkwardness was to be expected. Actually I think we did real well. Being as this whole thing is about relationships, with God & His people, we dove in and learned many things about each other that we never could have gathered in such a short time period, in any other manner. I called the night a total success as the feedback I recieved from members of the other groups was all positive, at least that was the public response.
Personally, I'm very curious where this gathering will lead. I acknowledge that God ordained the four of us sitting around that table, at that time, and offered myself to let Him do whatever He wanted with me during this experience. I have not had much success in meeting personally with another man or two or three. My wife continues to be my best friend and really my only confidant. And I'm totally comfortable with it this way. But as I've learned over the years, my comfort isn't always God's will for me. So I'm trying to stay open, trying to be open in our conversations and trying to have the curiousity of a child as I will continue to sit with my Running Partners and see how this peice of the program fits into my relationship with my creator. I have no problem offering encouragement to the others, no problem welcoming them to share where they are at in their spiritual journey. No problem offering myself to let God use me in any way in their lives. But what will there be for me? peter
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Ah, yes, the beep.
When Day 2 came around, I began to ask God for a watch that beeps every hour. I looked every where myself. Went to a couple of different Wal-Marts and Targets. Sporting goods shops. I asked the people who worked there (even asked the people who worked where I work - at Wal-Mart) and they didn't know what I was talking about. They didn't believe there was a watch with an hourly chime or beep.
I said, God, I really want a watch that beeps every hour but it looks like I ain't getting one. Bummer, man.
So I used my phone. It can be set for the use of 5 different alarms. It will have to make do, right?
I go to work yesterday, and guess what? The watch I had - an ordinary hands on the face non-beep watch - breaks. The glass somehow got broken and I said to myself, Huh. Well, lookee here. How did that happen?
Without even thinking about it, guess what I did? I tossed it and bought a new watch for $9.50. And wouldn't you know it, the thing beeps every hour. I asked for a watch that beeps every hour so God "breaks" my old one and places the though into my head to buy a new one. The funny thing about the new one was I didn't spend a lot of time picking it out. I simply picked one up and brought it to the counter, paid for it and went on my way. When I put it on, I discovered it beeped every hour!
I thanked God for answering my prayer.
At the meeting lastnight, with the Running Group, I at first felt out of place. After all, I was with a bunch of guys who new each other. I was the odd man out. The new guy. I find it very difficult to talk in a group, but I had a thought while I was there lastnight. I thought, this is like a support group, isn't it? Like AAA in one way because if you think about it, we all do have an addiction. It's called SIN. Hi, my name is Michael, and I am a sinner. I think as I go into these groups with people I am just getting to know, I come to realize that it really is about relationships. With God and with other Christ-followers. Because we really can't do it alone, can we?
God bless.
Me B
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