tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.comments2021-04-27T19:30:55.051-04:00AwakenPaulandJannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857690396077313173noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-38130856057070542782012-01-02T15:50:24.407-05:002012-01-02T15:50:24.407-05:00Ya, that reminds me of the Prodigal Son parable, w...Ya, that reminds me of the Prodigal Son parable, when after the older son expresses his deep frustration that a party is been thrown for his reprobate younger brother, the father tells him, "Everything I have is yours. It always has been!"Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099846762416413241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-29343760593651827942011-11-26T09:27:44.899-05:002011-11-26T09:27:44.899-05:00i remember that day and i Love that song. I'v...i remember that day and i Love that song. I've bin feeling we forget that he is right in us. Another song comes to mined and it said that God Loves us unconditionally, and that it's up to us to stop and lissen and push inJimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-4972413730932890672011-11-18T11:00:34.381-05:002011-11-18T11:00:34.381-05:00Thanks, Lisa *tear*
. . . And I believe we are at ...Thanks, Lisa *tear*<br />. . . And I believe we are at the dawn of a new awakening - what my sister Julie calls God "changing the face of beauty." An exciting time to be alive!<br />J.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099846762416413241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-88348782513648090372011-11-17T20:23:30.822-05:002011-11-17T20:23:30.822-05:00I'm blessed that I don't have girls to str...I'm blessed that I don't have girls to struggle with over this. I hope beyond HOPE that I can teach my boys that everyone is beautiful - not just ones that "match" the marketplace ideal (which is essentially impossible anyway!) <br /><br />I personally fluctuate heavily between total satisfaction with who I am on the outside balancing with the me on the inside and total disgust with who I am reflected in the mirror. I wish the swings wouldn't be so frequent. <br /><br />Me w/o a mirror, w/o outside conversation to better myself, etc is a much happier me. <br /><br /> to my beautiful nieces. <3Lisa Mariehttp://learningtitus2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-72830005615931269362011-11-17T16:25:39.648-05:002011-11-17T16:25:39.648-05:00Absolutely. Just this morning, I was talking to P...Absolutely. Just this morning, I was talking to Promise and Hope about fear and along the lines of this topic. It has been so heartbreaking listening to my little girl struggle through self-consciousness and seeing her little face when she sneaks in to use the bathroom scale. I want to smash it to smithereens!<br /><br />But I know that we each must face this monster alone, with Him. Otherwise we will not own our own beauty. I just hope that I can help her to somehow see what He sees. What I see.<br /><br />J.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099846762416413241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-40402598241211878822011-11-17T00:47:45.865-05:002011-11-17T00:47:45.865-05:00Well said sister. I feel like Papa is saying that ...Well said sister. I feel like Papa is saying that the mould is fashioned with fear. Fear of rejection, fear of judgement, fear of shame - when it comes down to it, fear of being alone. I got a picture of myself as a bird in a cage, that Papa had opened the door but I was too afraid to leave the safety of the cage - I was afraid that I could no longer fly. The enemy can't keep us caged, we cage ourselves, until we burst free from his trap and release ourselfs to be who we are meant to be; from Muchafraid to Unafraid!BJ Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851073562563455607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-53850225556529505192011-10-12T19:38:36.578-04:002011-10-12T19:38:36.578-04:00Amen, Sister! :P
Yes, I am deeply, deeply gratefu...Amen, Sister! :P<br /><br />Yes, I am deeply, deeply grateful for the love of our King. Year after year, He impresses upon me the reality of the fact that there is no fear in love. Every moment that I spend in an awareness of His love is a moment that the fear loses more of its power . . .Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099846762416413241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-13892982447160635132011-10-12T06:59:29.221-04:002011-10-12T06:59:29.221-04:00Being Authentic. I wonder if who the person I am o...Being Authentic. I wonder if who the person I am outside is any way authentic to the person I am on the inside. It feels the same. But maybe the shell has bonded deep within me to the point that the shell has become me. Maybe I no longer know the difference between who I am and who I play to be. Is there a point of no return? Is there a way to pry my soul from the mask? To give myself up and just be - the way He made me, the way He sees me, the way He wants me - without fear. It's a bumpy, turmoil-filled journey to get to that point. My heart yearns. My faith is growing. I'm thankful for a King who chooses to be patient and inviting. Now, to hobble to that seat and just bask in his presence.<3Lisa Mariehttp://learningtitus2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-22639128710107449302011-07-26T11:18:01.751-04:002011-07-26T11:18:01.751-04:00Thanks, Shawna. Great picture!
J.Thanks, Shawna. Great picture!<br />J.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099846762416413241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-5143893338389058622011-07-25T22:21:34.246-04:002011-07-25T22:21:34.246-04:00Very cool Babe. Food for thought for myself.
Know...Very cool Babe. Food for thought for myself. <br />Knowing there are things, things I hold to, that should no longer be tied. Like a picture I once got for a dear friend ... We are supposed to be flying and we have lifted off, but are floating in space (and possibly time) because we are tethered to the ground.Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739891742371767135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-61780890066421493052011-03-05T23:27:12.037-05:002011-03-05T23:27:12.037-05:00Someone said ...
"We uncover to excuse, Satan...Someone said ...<br />"We uncover to excuse, Satan uncovers to accuse, Jesus uncovers to defuse." I was thinking of this while reading your blog. We have to see the Light for what it is and believe that it is something we need.Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739891742371767135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-48450268201023514992011-01-26T22:31:55.979-05:002011-01-26T22:31:55.979-05:00I really needed to read this right now. thanks Jan...I really needed to read this right now. thanks Janna.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602794679448496953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-68084739638577011242010-12-19T12:29:43.735-05:002010-12-19T12:29:43.735-05:00Dear Anonymous,
You are right, He most certainly...Dear Anonymous,<br /> You are right, He most certainly does accept everyone, and loves us intensely. Even those pesky Christians ;) ~ so much so that it upsets Him when we choose a path that leads to suffering and darkness, despite His invitation to freedom.<br /> We have been trained to view God as the Punisher. This is how many institutions keep their constituents in check. And so we view scripture through that paradigm. A good friend of mine has been challenging me on this for the past several years, and I have been amazed at how differently things can look when that looking glass is taken away.<br /> So . . . what if this story isn't just about drunk people dancing around the golden calf? What if it is about a fierce love story? (Hear me out, now, don't get your dander up.) What if God's anger is that of a lover who has been betrayed? Have you ever had a friend or loved one whose spouse was unfaithful? The resulting emotions are catastrophic, and I assure you rage is one of them.<br /> Perhaps God demonstrates that He is not a complacent God, but that He is intimately connected to us and affected by our choices. Would you feel more loved by someone who was angered at your betrayal of them or someone who was passive about it?<br /> Perhaps, when He sees His people dancing around the golden calf, He not only sees their present condition but also the path that they have chosen and the darkness that will follow. His fury ignites not only as a response to the betrayal, but also at the destruction that lies ahead. He has limited Himself in that He will not take away our freedom of choice. But that limitation has cost all of us, including Him.<br /> He is a God who will rescue us from our poor choices at any cost.<br /> Do you notice, in the story, how He distances Himself from the people, in an effort to save them from his anger? He doesn't *want* to hurt them, in fact, His passion is precisely the opposite of that. He wants to PROTECT them. Even from themselves. Particularly from themselves.<br /> Is it possible that perhaps it is His mercy that will extinguish a temporal life, which is heading down a path of anguish and horror? In this story, He asks anyone who still wants to serve Him to step aside. Is it possible, in a story like this, that He would take a deep breath and say, "Okay, if any of you still want to journey with Me on this earth, and share in my love and protection, come this way. For the rest of you, wanting to follow your own independent path, I can tell you, it will lead to darkness, suffering, and something you humans have all referred to as 'hell'. My heart is torn. I desire for every single one of you to come to Me. But if you will not, if you insist on choosing the dark path, I would rather end your journey here and now than allow you more suffering."<br /> You remember that scene in so many movies, don't you? Robert De Niro as Neil in "Heat" leans over the battered body of his friend, Trejo, who has lost his wife and can't feel his legs and begs him, "Don't leave me like this, Neil."<br /> I think sometimes Papa leans over the battered body of His friends too, and says, "Enough."<br /> As you said, we don't have golden calves nowadays. We've replaced them with the more socially acceptable versions. And perhaps we don't always see the bloodied Trejos that He sees when we read the story of the Israelites. But I'm pretty sure that's what He sees.<br />J.PaulandJannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857690396077313173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-17077370616212882222010-12-19T10:46:09.795-05:002010-12-19T10:46:09.795-05:00Great so people get wiped out because of getting d...Great so people get wiped out because of getting drunk and dancing round a golden calf. Try it it now and nothing happens. I don't like Christians but love jesus. Whores go to heaven before the good, he accepts everyone even if they dance around a golden cow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-18169744176375922522010-11-29T10:10:34.444-05:002010-11-29T10:10:34.444-05:00. . . and that makes my heart glad! :). . . and that makes my heart glad! :)PaulandJannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857690396077313173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-47399739921446581122010-11-28T14:58:51.390-05:002010-11-28T14:58:51.390-05:00Thanks for that I am inspired!Thanks for that I am inspired!fisher_davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346798561376068115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-74437468128462347412010-10-30T15:47:08.606-04:002010-10-30T15:47:08.606-04:00Thanks Guys (and Gals)!
They still continue to fl...Thanks Guys (and Gals)!<br /><br />They still continue to flow from my heart as He continues to wash away the lies and keeps amazing me with His grace!<br /><br />Miss you both and your family close and extended.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630150578438657112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-38513281643844078822010-10-29T22:37:56.739-04:002010-10-29T22:37:56.739-04:00Your comment caught my breath tonight, my friend. ...Your comment caught my breath tonight, my friend. How I miss those big Daddy tears of yours . . .PaulandJannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857690396077313173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-31614225166185982552010-10-29T21:23:04.400-04:002010-10-29T21:23:04.400-04:00All of creation is standing on tip-toe with baited...All of creation is standing on tip-toe with baited breath, longingly looking for the manifest sons (not children) to liberate it from its imprisonment!<br /><br />Can you hear it now, that glorious sound of Christ being fully formed in those sons through out the earth, wow, talk about a seismic shift happening.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630150578438657112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-82466687628154365972010-10-15T20:09:29.211-04:002010-10-15T20:09:29.211-04:00Which is one of the main differences between our L...Which is one of the main differences between our Lover of our Souls and gods of other religions, right?<br /><br />They say, "What can you do for me?", "Why aren't you trying more?" and "How do you think you can ask that of me?"<br /><br />Jesus says, "I know how hard it can be, I was there too.", "I love you so much - I will wait with you till you catch your breath." and "Ask anything you want of Me."<br /><br />Such truth Jan ... I might need to borrow those books. :)Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739891742371767135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-6197148579780776682010-10-09T13:37:59.358-04:002010-10-09T13:37:59.358-04:00How you fight, I feel, is usually more important t...How you fight, I feel, is usually more important than fighting.<br /><br />You may enjoy “Real Warriors Are Gentle & Meek” at http://is.gd/fTpOf<br /><br />Blessings all!Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257498105097735091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-43190627103106841152010-08-27T18:01:24.156-04:002010-08-27T18:01:24.156-04:00Thanks, Shawna, and yes I agree wholeheartedly. I ...Thanks, Shawna, and yes I agree wholeheartedly. I think what you are talking about here has to do with the "abiding" that Jesus invites us into and which He exemplified in His own life...<br />j.PaulandJannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857690396077313173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-37446918961059234132010-08-27T16:44:17.434-04:002010-08-27T16:44:17.434-04:00I like the picture you picked. Like you say, it&#...I like the picture you picked. Like you say, it's more than butting heads. It is the warring against something that is pure and for us 100%, but not knowing that we are pushing and moving Papa's plan for us out of the center of our lives.<br /><br />I really struggle with the thought, when people say that God didn't make us morons, so we don't have to ask him about everything.<br /><br />But why not? When you are in relationship with someone, you ask then their opinion, what they want to do and how they feel about things in your life. Why then, is it different when it comes to Him?<br /><br />Thanks Jan ....Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739891742371767135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-21258746847802574182010-07-26T23:42:11.253-04:002010-07-26T23:42:11.253-04:00I feel like you are right on. I feel like it is a...I feel like you are right on. I feel like it is a passionate topic for Papa. That men for far to long, have been under the sheet of dullness. Thank you for posting!Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739891742371767135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003521343085198370.post-5757837919615092562010-07-25T20:37:44.523-04:002010-07-25T20:37:44.523-04:00You don't post often (compared to many in blog...You don't post often (compared to many in blogland) but when you do I get excited. God speaks through you and I am listening. Be blessed and encouraged that your efforts are worthwhile.Larissa Qhttp://www.larissaquinn.com/blognoreply@blogger.com