Filed under: searching, simple things | Tags: addicted, craving, holy spirit, longing, pursue, seek, story
i have been pondering what Jesus meant when he said that eternal life is knowing the only true God and knowing Himself. I always thought eternal life was heaven, but i guess that is only a place, but not the activity of that life. well, to be honest, i never really dwelt what eternal life would be like, besides the fact that forever is a concept that my head can’t get around. but eternal life is knowing God…hmmm…i sort of like that idea. i suppose it would take forever to know God because God is infinitely unknowable and forever is yet inadequate to fully know God. but we get to know more and more and more of God.
what can be better than that? what can be a higher goal to strive after? what can be a better thing to think about? nothing. absolutely nothing. knowing God, is the very best thing that we can do. (more…)
Filed under: disequilibrium, simple things | Tags: addicted, craving, holy spirit, kingdom, pursue, transform
perspective.::the state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship::the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship::a mental view or prospect
i have realized that having the right perspective is crucial. in relationships, in teamwork, at work, at life, and especially with faith. so often, especially in relationships our perspective is what blindsides us into conflict with another. we just have a difficult time seeing things from their side or perspective. we don’t just naturally possess the skill to understand all sides of a story. it takes time. and unfortunately, probably some conflict to teach us to be slow to speak and slow to act on things when we insufficient information. (more…)
Filed under: prayers, simple things | Tags: addicted, craving, holy spirit, longing, love, pursue
The other morning I was reading my bible while i was watching my baby princess sleep in her rocker. I caught myself praying for her and her future, time and time again that morning. Praying that God would give me the wisdom//patience//and all the other good stuff needed to be a great poppa and role model for her. Everything in my heart wants to see her succeed in this life and I want to be able to empower her in everyway to achieve that. (more…)
Filed under: disequilibrium | Tags: craving, dangerous, experiment, holy spirit
In acts 8:26-40 (http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=Acts+8%3A26-40&passage2=&passage3=&passage4=&passage5=&version1=47&version2=0&version3=0&version4=0&version5=0&Submit.x=35&Submit.y=4) we see a story of a regular man, who got a prompting from God to go. But to go where? To do what? In the previous part of the story, Philip was part of a mass revival in Samaria, but now God wants him to get up and leave that, to travel some obscure desert road for some unknown reason. He had to face a decision, to leave what was happening in Samaria, to disciple the new followers of ‘the way’, or to listen to this prompting and obey.
I must wonder about this road a bit. I wonder what Philip thought about it. It was a desert road, like in Robert Frost’s words, a road less traveled. Did he contemplate his safety? Did he sit and pray to double check that this was God’s will for His life? We don’t see any of that. What we get is that he got up and went, without knowing the final destination or the reason for going. All he knew, was go! He went. (more…)
Filed under: disequilibrium | Tags: addicted, craving, holy spirit, longing
I ended up in the emergency room last week for some weird physical issue. It was a bit alarming for me, because it was a new sensation that was sort of freaky. As I was being examined by the nurses, they were asking me questions in regards to what I was feeling or going on. I had a difficult time trying to explain it to them, but they took it quite serious.
Before I knew it, they were poking me with needles and hooking me up to machines. They later told me what they thought was wrong with me, and it freaked me out. But when it was all said and done, they couldn’t tell me anything specific about what was wrong with me.
So, I was left with asking, “what now?” What am I to do, or is there anything that I can take to help cure this? They replied after finding out that I drink roughly 30+ ounces of coffee and like to smoke good cigars, to change my lifestyle. I laughed! What? Are you telling me that I am getting to that age, where I have to literally watch what I eat, excercise daily, and stop enjoying the things that I very much enjoy? There answer…YES!
So, I am sitting at Caribou coffee in Red Wing, MN, sipping on freakin DECAF coffee. My wife has told me that I have been a bit crabby lately, probably due to the fact that I haven’t been able to indulge in the things that I once was able to. Maybe, I was addicted?
hmmmm…am I addicted to God? (more…)
