“Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.”
1 Timothy 4:15
*I promise.
You can call me up…
because you know I’ll be there.
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Tag: scripture
Dear Sr. Mary-Agnes,
Scattered within the many notes of my journals I have written unannotated words of various bloggers & authors reminding me frequently how…
“We desperately need each other.”
“Jesus never intended for us to live the Christian life alone.”
“The Lord God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him.”
Genesis 2:18
Yet, so often I forget just how much I need others.
Certainly I know that we need to live our lives out with others & throughout Scripture God tells us to “lift one another up!”
“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding… “
Colossians 1:9
Indeed, “we need one another to get through this life.”
Most especially God tells us to pray for one another.
“that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.”
1 Timothy 2:1-2
Undeniably, He would not tell us to pray for one another if he didn’t intend to answer those prayers.
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creativity takes courage
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’m practicing how to be courageous.
And let me tell you, “It’s hard!“
So I’ve let go of false expectation and instead I’ve just started to be, as Christ invites us, as a child again.
At that time the disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.
Matthew 18: 1-5
…like a child standing at the edge of the water – knees bent, fingers pinched over my nose, prepared to leap off feet first with one enthusiastic JUMP!
…who wonders, “Will water sneak up my nose?”
“Will my toes touch the bottom?”
“Will I make a big splash?”
…yet is surprisingly okay that
I DON’T KNOW!
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