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Thursday, March 23, 2006

Faith

resilient -- re·sil·ient
  1. Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune.
  2. Capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed.
hmm...that makes me wonder...

can i call myself resilient?

1. being able to recover readily, as from misfortune... this is only available to me through my faith in Jesus Christ... the more circumstances are put in front of me, the more i realize how completely powerless i am without God... that being said, sometimes i feel like i can't seem to recover as readily as i should... it's not i dont' have enough faith to see past the situation at hand and God's Sovereignty in it... but sometimes at the end of the day, i can feel so mentally exhausted... can i be recovering readily while being metally spent at the same time? it doesn't quite work out all the time... the only thing that keeps me sane in the midst of the whirlwind of life is the times of solitude and the weekly (or however often i can manage) Sabbath times... Thank God for those times of renewal...

somebody brought up the point that while it's great for me to have these times of solitude, sabbath, bloggin, etc... they are all done alone... mostly away from other brothers and sisters in Christ... and prolly the closest thing you will get from me in terms of constant sharing is through this blog of mine... but...how healthy is that? if you ask me what's up, i won't shy away from telling you things... but i think it's prolly in my nature to initally keep these things to myself and work my thoughts and actions out with God first... and then share with others... i prefer not to do it the other way around... =) thank you to those who consistently keep up with me... i do appreciate it.

2. Capable of returning to an original shape or position -- what's my original shape or position? ^_^ --> 1 Peter 2:9-10

"9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

=) i'm gonna try the morning short meditation periods again.. last time i did them consistently, they were really amazing... how great would it be if the first thing i thought of after i woke up each morning was "i belong to God; He has called me out of darkness and into His marvelous light" hehe... OH YEAH!!! good mornign to you too =) we'll see how this works out...

posted by ~*~VaNeSsA~*~  -- 9:05 p.m.

2 Comments:

It is wonderful that you have learnt this skill of prayer.

-Bruce

By Blogger Michael, at 4:04 p.m.  

who are you?

By Blogger ~*~VaNeSsA~*~, at 1:04 a.m.  

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