Many of us pray for more. More opportunity, more of God, more blessing, more money, etc. We often ask God to take us to the ‘next level’. But what happens when He grants us our request? What happens when when the opportunity does come? When He does bless us? The promotion comes and breakthrough is happening? I think it is similar to the revolutionary overthrowing the goverment of oppression and asking themself: ‘Now what?’
One of the temptations that is common when God takes us to the next level, is to believe that we are going to be able to do what we did at the last level on the NEXT level to achieve the desired results, outcomes, etc. When God promotes us, He is entrusting us with greater responsibility as well as a bigger chance. ‘To much that has been given, much is required’ (Luke 12:48). So in order to be faithful with the added responsibilty, we have to be courageous enough to handle the new challenges. A friend of mine says often, ‘new levels, new devils’.
So how do we deal with the ‘new devils’ in the new place of opportunity?
We have to go DEEPER.
Deeper in prayer, deeper in the word, deeper in Jesus.
We can’t expect to live past levels lives in our leadership, our relationships, and our families when we are on the NEXT level. On the NEXT level we have to get deeper in our passion, deeper in our sense of purpose and mission, deeper in our resolve.
We have been given much, and God has high expectations for us.
This past Saturday, my 3 little princesses and I (Mom was having a ‘Mommy weekend’ to relax and enjoy herself) drove to Vacaville and went to a wedding. Now a friend’s wedding is always a special occasion. But this was an EXTRA special wedding. You see, this was a chance to celebrate the goodness of God.
Years ago, I met Elisha while working at a dental laboratory in Dublin, Ca. We were in the ‘customer service’ department. That may sound cool, but it was far from that. ‘Customer Service’ consisted of dipping dentures and impressions from people’s mouths in a cleaning solution and putting them into plastic containers. It was grisly work to say the least. I was a youth pastor at a church in the Bay Area at the time, and was working there to make ends meet.
My plan was to work there for a few months and then I would be at the church full time. My plan was a short term one. What I didn’t know was God’s had a different idea. I worked there for 3 years. When I stepped into the lab during one of my first days there, Elisha greeted me with a smile and offered me the stool next to her. I said okay, put on my rubber gloves and started dipping. As we mindlessly dipped dental materials in the disinfectant, we talked about life. I learned that she was living with her boyfriend and his mother. I found out that she was experiementing with New Age stuff and reading a lot. But what I noticed, even though there were some different challenges going on in her life, she was sincerely seeking God. She had a hunger for Jesus, but was looking in the wrong places. So after a while, Tiffany and I would pray for Elisha and ask God to come into her world.
At work I would do my best to be a good example and representation of Jesus. I would read my bible during lunch time and breaks. I would pray for people when the opportunity presented itself. I told jokes and laughed at myself (and others). And over time, I saw God working in Elisha’s heart. She was more open to hear some of the things that I had to say and God was making Himself real to her. Time went by and finally during a Friday night service at our little church in Martinez, Elisha surrendered her life to Jesus. It was awesome.
This past Saturday I got to celebrate with Elisha and the man of God that the Lord brought into her life. There were probably 150-200 people there, many from her church. I got a chance to see some old friends/co-workers that used to laugh and tease me (without my knowledge) for my faith. These are people (Nicole and Heidi) that Elisha was able to bring to Jesus after God moved me on to another place.
I am amazed how God used a frustrated, out of sorts youth pastor working in a dental lab, to extend His kingdom. I am so happy to see Him do so much with so very little. We can never underestimate our influence on the world around us. When we get to heaven, I think we are going to be surprised about how much of an impact we have made.
While working on my laptop the other day I happenend upon a story that originated in November 2003, about a woman who found an artistic masterpiece thrown in the trash that was worth 1 million dollars. It was stolen 20 years ago and was not heard of again. Until now. Elizabeth Gibson tells her story about when she saw the 1970 painting entitled ‘Tres Personajes’ (Three People), by Rufino Tamayo, (Click for story) saying that ” “I did not even understand it. I walked past it the first time. I had my morning coffee and said, ‘I cannot leave this piece of art in the trash.’ ”
When I read this, I was blown away. I mean, how many 1 million dollar paintings are in your trash can? But even though the whole scenerio bugged me out, it also made me think of the mystery of the whole thing. How many people passed the painting by and didn’t pick it up? What about the people that initially threw it away? How did it get there? Who stole it, and why don’t they have it anymore? It is a mystery. But a “regular lady” on a morning walk found something valuable along the way. She is not sure what it all means, but over time, after digging, she discovered a beautiful treasure along with the morning trash.
In addition to these initial questions, there were a couple more observations that spoke to me:
Observation #1. How many treasures do we pass by that are in the trash, but because we are not aware or paying attention, they go undiscovered.
Observation #2. What about the things are in our life that appear to be trash, but because we don’t have the trained eye to see it properly; we don’t see it for the treasure that it truly is. And because of our ignorance of the mystery, we do our best to throw it away rather than embracing it, but God mercifully keeps bringing it back. It may look like trash now, but it is a priceless treasure.
The Book of John talks about this aspect of misdiagnosis where he writes, “He was in the world but the world did not recognize Him” (John 1:10).
It doesn’t say they didn’t see Him. It says they didn’t RECOGNIZE Him.
Is Jesus anywhere in our personal world right now where we don’t recognize Him? Is God trying to teach us something and we are not listening? What is He trying to say? And if we are in a difficult place, is there a hidden treasure behind that trash?
As I read through some my past journals a couple of days ago, I can see much more frustration rather than joyful celebration. Much more trash than treasure in the perspective that I had available to me at that point in my journey. In fact as I read some of my words, I even laughed out loud. Some entries are pure comedy. Time gives us a unique perspective on our past circumstances. What is funny now, was deathly serious then. Things that were funny then can make us cry in the present. Many of the things that I thought were curses turned out to be blessings, treasures in disguise. And there were things that I thought were treasures and blessings that turned out to be cloaked curses.
In Laurie Beth Jones’ book, ‘Jesus CEO’ which takes a creative look at some of the relational and leadership qualities of Jesus, she has a chapter entitled, ‘Jesus did not kick the donkey’. She references the story in the Old Testament (Numbrs 22: 21-33) where Balaam the seer is on a donkey traveling and the donkey suddenly stops. He gets upset and yells and beats the donkey. He is angry enough to fight. As he is in the middle of his temper tantrum, an angel appears. And the angel tells him that if it wasn’t for the donkey that had the eyes to see the angel in the road, he would have been dead, because he was going in the wrong direction.The point that Laurie Beth is trying to make is that all of us have different things in our life that can be (not always) categorized as donkeys. Delays, setbacks, etc. She is saying, don’t kick the donkeys because their might be an angel behind it.
And before you throw out the trash, check for treasure first.
I am always looking for different perspectives and insight from other creative voices. Two blogs that I love from a couple of amazing thinkers and writers are Seth Godin’s blog as well as Kevin Carrol’s. Creative thinkers and leaders that have stepped outside of the box and are helping lead others there. Books by both of these guys that you HAVE to read (and I added another one by Gordon Mackenzie that I like) are Rules of the Red Rubber Ball, The Big Moo, and Orbiting the Giant Hairball (Click on Names and Titles).
Hey dreamers! The website is up, and you can now visit us at FC2NOW.com (Click Link) to keep up with current events and happenings. We are just starting out and will continue tweaking it, so it is just the beginning. Let me know what you think.
Have you ever given someone instruction and/or device then realized that you need to take it yourself? Or that you were telling someone to do something that you weren’t doing? Well, that happenend to me a couple of days ago (At least the last time I was actually aware of it). I was speaking at our Wed. Night Bible Study about Jesus’s words on how we need to become like children to enter into the kingdom of God (Matt. 18:1-5). As I talked about the different aspects of being like children (Wonder, Freedom to Create and Play, Freedom to Be, Innocence and Trust, etc) I explained how we needed to stop looking at the world through the eyes of “grown ups”. Then after we put our “grown up” eyes away, we could re-discover these aspects of a kid’s personality that can greatly enrich our life.
To give an example, I told a story about something my daughters do every once in a while because they of they love me. On a Saturday morning upon occassion, 3 little chefs would make breakfast for their Mom and me. I let the crowd know that while I appreciated the gesture, I wouldn’t eat what they made because I “didn’t know what they were doing back there (the kitchen)”. I made these comments and continued on to my next point.
After a few minutes I stopped speaking. It suddenly occurred to me that I was living in absolute contrast to what I was teaching and encouraging others to do. If I was going to get out of being a “grown up”, I needed to eat the breakfast my little chefs made for me, germs and sanitation notwithstanding. After my quick moment of revelation, I told the poeple how ironic it was that I would share a personal story that showed exposed my contradiction and hypocrisy. Later, in a moment alone, I thought of how completely ridiculous I can be. I won’t eat with 3 little kids make in a clean kitchen, but I will go to a restaurant and not even question the sanitation or germ levels when I really don’t know what is going on ‘back there’.
I know, it doesn’t make sense to me either. The human condition, at least my human condition is fraught with inconsistencies, contradictions, and utter weirdness. When I think about it all, it is a good thing God is patient.
Looks like I need to eat my breakfast.
No matter what my little chefs are doing ‘back there’.
Behind the smiles, happy faces, and pretty veneers, we are all broken vessels. And unfortuanately, too often we run away from Jesus and from each other when we are in the most pain. Church, and the family that we were born into when we came to Christ is supposed to be a place where we can receive the healing we need. But far too often, rather that get the help and healing we need, we run away and retreat in isolation. When I hear stories of hurting people that don’t feel they can get the healing grace from God from Him and through His people ( I heard two such stories today), my heart sinks.
I was going in and out, up and down in the ‘blogosphere’, and I happened across this STORY( Click STORY). I think this is the way that God intended the church to make people feel. I am inspired and challenged.
I am sure you have heard of the term’ groupies’. Groupies are people that follow bands, basketball teams, famous people, to receive gifts, cash, clothes, and other perks. They can be male or female, and their main aim to hang on or hang around so they can get stuff that they didn’t work or pay for. There are almost countless stories of fallen celebrities and stars that have been taken down by the people that they let into their world. They find out, too late of course, that these “friends” are not real friends at all, and are simply trying to serve themselves.
A couple of days ago I was thinking about how we can be “groupie-ish” when it comes to our relationship with Jesus. We hang out, hang on, join the party and get “stuff”. But after a while, I think we need to ask ourselves: Are we here because we get “stuff”, or because we truly love Jesus?
When Jesus was here on earth as a human being, He had to deal with groupies back then too. They were “bread groupies”. One day after finding Him and asking Him how he got where He got, Jesus doesn’t even say hello. He said, “..I tell you, you are looking for Me, not because saw the signs I performed but because you ate loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life which the Son of Man can give you.” (John 6:26-27)
Jesus was saying: ‘Don’t be a groupie that is just running around looking for the the next free meal. That sort of stuff doesn’t last. But expend your energy and effort on the things that don’t expire in an afternoon. The things that are eternal and don’t fade away. And only I can give that to you. Seek Me for Me, not for free lunch’.
More times than we would care to admit, we have been looking for free lunch instead of looking for Jesus. Even though we are people that are designed to live in forever, we conduct ourselves as if all that matters is the next few minutes. Let’s be passionate seekers of Him, and live for eternity. For Him, and not just bread.
After finishing a time of fasting and prayer some time back, I was amazed on how often I use food to comfort myself (Now I know it is just me!). Whether it is stress, anxiety, fatigue, or frustration (or something else) I have my ‘pet foods’ to comfort me.
When you are not eating for a while, it is always sobering to think of how much energy we give to it. And how not eating and praying brings this back into balance. Jesus is the only one that can truly ease the aches of our soul. Now I am not saying that an ice cream every once in awhile is not okay, but I think is wise to take a step back and make sure that Jesus is our refuge and the one we run to.
Many of us pray for more. More opportunity, more of God, more blessing, more money, etc. We often ask God to take us to the ‘next level’. But what happens when He grants us our request? What happens when when the opportunity does come? When He does bless us? The promotion comes and breakthrough is happening? I think it is similar to the revolutionary overthrowing the goverment of oppression and asking themself: ‘Now what?’
One of the temptations that is common when God takes us to the next level, is to believe that we are going to be able to do what we did at the last level on the NEXT level to achieve the desired results, outcomes, etc. When God promotes us, He is entrusting us with greater responsibility as well as a bigger chance. ‘To much that has been given, much is required’ (Luke 12:48). So in order to be faithful with the added responsibilty, we have to be courageous enough to handle the new challenges. A friend of mine says often, ‘new levels, new devils’.
So how do we deal with the ‘new devils’ in the new place of opportunity?
We have to go DEEPER.
Deeper in prayer, deeper in the word, deeper in Jesus.
We can’t expect to live past levels lives in our leadership, our relationships, and our families when we are on the NEXT level. On the NEXT level we have to get deeper in our passion, deeper in our sense of purpose and mission, deeper in our resolve.
We have been given much, and God has high expectations for us.
Go Deeper.
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This past Saturday, my 3 little princesses and I (Mom was having a ‘Mommy weekend’ to relax and enjoy herself) drove to Vacaville and went to a wedding. Now a friend’s wedding is always a special occasion. But this was an EXTRA special wedding. You see, this was a chance to celebrate the goodness of God.
Years ago, I met Elisha while working at a dental laboratory in Dublin, Ca. We were in the ‘customer service’ department. That may sound cool, but it was far from that. ‘Customer Service’ consisted of dipping dentures and impressions from people’s mouths in a cleaning solution and putting them into plastic containers. It was grisly work to say the least. I was a youth pastor at a church in the Bay Area at the time, and was working there to make ends meet.
My plan was to work there for a few months and then I would be at the church full time. My plan was a short term one. What I didn’t know was God’s had a different idea. I worked there for 3 years. When I stepped into the lab during one of my first days there, Elisha greeted me with a smile and offered me the stool next to her. I said okay, put on my rubber gloves and started dipping. As we mindlessly dipped dental materials in the disinfectant, we talked about life. I learned that she was living with her boyfriend and his mother. I found out that she was experiementing with New Age stuff and reading a lot. But what I noticed, even though there were some different challenges going on in her life, she was sincerely seeking God. She had a hunger for Jesus, but was looking in the wrong places. So after a while, Tiffany and I would pray for Elisha and ask God to come into her world.
At work I would do my best to be a good example and representation of Jesus. I would read my bible during lunch time and breaks. I would pray for people when the opportunity presented itself. I told jokes and laughed at myself (and others). And over time, I saw God working in Elisha’s heart. She was more open to hear some of the things that I had to say and God was making Himself real to her. Time went by and finally during a Friday night service at our little church in Martinez, Elisha surrendered her life to Jesus. It was awesome.
This past Saturday I got to celebrate with Elisha and the man of God that the Lord brought into her life. There were probably 150-200 people there, many from her church. I got a chance to see some old friends/co-workers that used to laugh and tease me (without my knowledge) for my faith. These are people (Nicole and Heidi) that Elisha was able to bring to Jesus after God moved me on to another place.
I am amazed how God used a frustrated, out of sorts youth pastor working in a dental lab, to extend His kingdom. I am so happy to see Him do so much with so very little. We can never underestimate our influence on the world around us. When we get to heaven, I think we are going to be surprised about how much of an impact we have made.
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While working on my laptop the other day I happenend upon a story that originated in November 2003, about a woman who found an artistic masterpiece thrown in the trash that was worth 1 million dollars. It was stolen 20 years ago and was not heard of again. Until now. Elizabeth Gibson tells her story about when she saw the 1970 painting entitled ‘Tres Personajes’ (Three People), by Rufino Tamayo, (Click for story) saying that ” “I did not even understand it. I walked past it the first time. I had my morning coffee and said, ‘I cannot leave this piece of art in the trash.’ ”
When I read this, I was blown away. I mean, how many 1 million dollar paintings are in your trash can? But even though the whole scenerio bugged me out, it also made me think of the mystery of the whole thing. How many people passed the painting by and didn’t pick it up? What about the people that initially threw it away? How did it get there? Who stole it, and why don’t they have it anymore? It is a mystery. But a “regular lady” on a morning walk found something valuable along the way. She is not sure what it all means, but over time, after digging, she discovered a beautiful treasure along with the morning trash.
In addition to these initial questions, there were a couple more observations that spoke to me:
Observation #1. How many treasures do we pass by that are in the trash, but because we are not aware or paying attention, they go undiscovered.
Observation #2. What about the things are in our life that appear to be trash, but because we don’t have the trained eye to see it properly; we don’t see it for the treasure that it truly is. And because of our ignorance of the mystery, we do our best to throw it away rather than embracing it, but God mercifully keeps bringing it back. It may look like trash now, but it is a priceless treasure.
The Book of John talks about this aspect of misdiagnosis where he writes, “He was in the world but the world did not recognize Him” (John 1:10).
It doesn’t say they didn’t see Him. It says they didn’t RECOGNIZE Him.
Is Jesus anywhere in our personal world right now where we don’t recognize Him? Is God trying to teach us something and we are not listening? What is He trying to say? And if we are in a difficult place, is there a hidden treasure behind that trash?
As I read through some my past journals a couple of days ago, I can see much more frustration rather than joyful celebration. Much more trash than treasure in the perspective that I had available to me at that point in my journey. In fact as I read some of my words, I even laughed out loud. Some entries are pure comedy. Time gives us a unique perspective on our past circumstances. What is funny now, was deathly serious then. Things that were funny then can make us cry in the present. Many of the things that I thought were curses turned out to be blessings, treasures in disguise. And there were things that I thought were treasures and blessings that turned out to be cloaked curses.
In Laurie Beth Jones’ book, ‘Jesus CEO’ which takes a creative look at some of the relational and leadership qualities of Jesus, she has a chapter entitled, ‘Jesus did not kick the donkey’. She references the story in the Old Testament (Numbrs 22: 21-33) where Balaam the seer is on a donkey traveling and the donkey suddenly stops. He gets upset and yells and beats the donkey. He is angry enough to fight. As he is in the middle of his temper tantrum, an angel appears. And the angel tells him that if it wasn’t for the donkey that had the eyes to see the angel in the road, he would have been dead, because he was going in the wrong direction.The point that Laurie Beth is trying to make is that all of us have different things in our life that can be (not always) categorized as donkeys. Delays, setbacks, etc. She is saying, don’t kick the donkeys because their might be an angel behind it.
And before you throw out the trash, check for treasure first.
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I am always looking for different perspectives and insight from other creative voices. Two blogs that I love from a couple of amazing thinkers and writers are Seth Godin’s blog as well as Kevin Carrol’s. Creative thinkers and leaders that have stepped outside of the box and are helping lead others there. Books by both of these guys that you HAVE to read (and I added another one by Gordon Mackenzie that I like) are Rules of the Red Rubber Ball, The Big Moo, and Orbiting the Giant Hairball (Click on Names and Titles).
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Hey dreamers! The website is up, and you can now visit us at FC2NOW.com (Click Link) to keep up with current events and happenings. We are just starting out and will continue tweaking it, so it is just the beginning. Let me know what you think.
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A friend sent this poem written by Maya Angelou that I wanted to share:
Christians
by Maya Angelou
A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ
that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.
When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not shouting “I’m clean livin’”
I’m whispering “I was lost, Now I’m found and forgiven.”
When I say… “I am a Christian” I don’t speak of this with pride.
I’m confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not trying to be strong.
I’m professing that I’m weak and need His strength to carry on.
When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not bragging of success.
I’m admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.
When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible but, God believes I am worth it.
When I say… “I am a Christian” I still feel the sting of pain…
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.
When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not holier than thou,
I’m just a simple sinner Who received God’s good grace, somehow!
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Have you ever given someone instruction and/or device then realized that you need to take it yourself? Or that you were telling someone to do something that you weren’t doing? Well, that happenend to me a couple of days ago (At least the last time I was actually aware of it). I was speaking at our Wed. Night Bible Study about Jesus’s words on how we need to become like children to enter into the kingdom of God (Matt. 18:1-5). As I talked about the different aspects of being like children (Wonder, Freedom to Create and Play, Freedom to Be, Innocence and Trust, etc) I explained how we needed to stop looking at the world through the eyes of “grown ups”. Then after we put our “grown up” eyes away, we could re-discover these aspects of a kid’s personality that can greatly enrich our life.
To give an example, I told a story about something my daughters do every once in a while because they of they love me. On a Saturday morning upon occassion, 3 little chefs would make breakfast for their Mom and me. I let the crowd know that while I appreciated the gesture, I wouldn’t eat what they made because I “didn’t know what they were doing back there (the kitchen)”. I made these comments and continued on to my next point.
After a few minutes I stopped speaking. It suddenly occurred to me that I was living in absolute contrast to what I was teaching and encouraging others to do. If I was going to get out of being a “grown up”, I needed to eat the breakfast my little chefs made for me, germs and sanitation notwithstanding. After my quick moment of revelation, I told the poeple how ironic it was that I would share a personal story that showed exposed my contradiction and hypocrisy. Later, in a moment alone, I thought of how completely ridiculous I can be. I won’t eat with 3 little kids make in a clean kitchen, but I will go to a restaurant and not even question the sanitation or germ levels when I really don’t know what is going on ‘back there’.
I know, it doesn’t make sense to me either. The human condition, at least my human condition is fraught with inconsistencies, contradictions, and utter weirdness. When I think about it all, it is a good thing God is patient.
Looks like I need to eat my breakfast.
No matter what my little chefs are doing ‘back there’.
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Behind the smiles, happy faces, and pretty veneers, we are all broken vessels. And unfortuanately, too often we run away from Jesus and from each other when we are in the most pain. Church, and the family that we were born into when we came to Christ is supposed to be a place where we can receive the healing we need. But far too often, rather that get the help and healing we need, we run away and retreat in isolation. When I hear stories of hurting people that don’t feel they can get the healing grace from God from Him and through His people ( I heard two such stories today), my heart sinks.
We are not alone,
and we desperately need each other.
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I was going in and out, up and down in the ‘blogosphere’, and I happened across this STORY( Click STORY). I think this is the way that God intended the church to make people feel. I am inspired and challenged.
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I am sure you have heard of the term’ groupies’. Groupies are people that follow bands, basketball teams, famous people, to receive gifts, cash, clothes, and other perks. They can be male or female, and their main aim to hang on or hang around so they can get stuff that they didn’t work or pay for. There are almost countless stories of fallen celebrities and stars that have been taken down by the people that they let into their world. They find out, too late of course, that these “friends” are not real friends at all, and are simply trying to serve themselves.
A couple of days ago I was thinking about how we can be “groupie-ish” when it comes to our relationship with Jesus. We hang out, hang on, join the party and get “stuff”. But after a while, I think we need to ask ourselves: Are we here because we get “stuff”, or because we truly love Jesus?
When Jesus was here on earth as a human being, He had to deal with groupies back then too. They were “bread groupies”. One day after finding Him and asking Him how he got where He got, Jesus doesn’t even say hello. He said, “..I tell you, you are looking for Me, not because saw the signs I performed but because you ate loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life which the Son of Man can give you.” (John 6:26-27)
Jesus was saying: ‘Don’t be a groupie that is just running around looking for the the next free meal. That sort of stuff doesn’t last. But expend your energy and effort on the things that don’t expire in an afternoon. The things that are eternal and don’t fade away. And only I can give that to you. Seek Me for Me, not for free lunch’.
More times than we would care to admit, we have been looking for free lunch instead of looking for Jesus. Even though we are people that are designed to live in forever, we conduct ourselves as if all that matters is the next few minutes. Let’s be passionate seekers of Him, and live for eternity. For Him, and not just bread.
Don’t be a groupie.
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After finishing a time of fasting and prayer some time back, I was amazed on how often I use food to comfort myself (Now I know it is just me!). Whether it is stress, anxiety, fatigue, or frustration (or something else) I have my ‘pet foods’ to comfort me.
When you are not eating for a while, it is always sobering to think of how much energy we give to it. And how not eating and praying brings this back into balance. Jesus is the only one that can truly ease the aches of our soul. Now I am not saying that an ice cream every once in awhile is not okay, but I think is wise to take a step back and make sure that Jesus is our refuge and the one we run to.
No substitutes.
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