Sunday,
July 7, 2013
Three Lives? continued
The title of the previous blog Three Lives? with the question mark calls for a
response upon considering the information presented. So I'll be the first to
respond with a resounding, "Yes!" I have led three lives.
No, I'm not a communist or a counter spy as intriguing as it may sound,
just a woman who's been divided within herself more than I ever understood.
Unfortunately many of us can answer it the same way, but now is the time
to begin the process of leading one life, unified, integrated, whole...and
boy!, am I ready! Since it was God's original design and plan for us as
those created in His image and likeness when He breathed the "breath of
lives" into Adam making him a living spirit, soul and body, and though
three (like God), also one whole being without schism under God's
influence, it would be to our great advantage to pursue Him to receive that
unity of ourselves under His influence restored.
Though the process has begun, "MY Goodness!" it's not necessarily fun...just being honest here. I've been on this journey for a while now, but it seems the farther I go, the greater the obstacles. Not because God intended for it to be that way, but because our old nature has to be dealt with along the way, and we have to be strengthened to "see" ourselves, our condition, and our lives the way they really are, and deal with them head-on without excuse or blame, by taking ownership for how we've lived our lives-deceived or not! It kind of stings a bit just writing that down! Woo hoo....not fun at all to have to get down in the the middle of this sort of thing....
So here's a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. God is for us, not against us. He's forgiven everything already, all we need to do is to remember that and receive cleansing. No condemnation here! He just wants us to be healed and whole-fully functional sons and daughters participating in the family business under His healing influence. Remember what Jesus said to His disciples about having much more to say to them, but they were not yet able to bear it, (John 16:12)? That's what it's still like today. It takes not only a head knowledge of this love for us as individuals but a revelation of His goodness and a receiving of His love and grace for us personally to be empowered to go to the deep places with Him. How else can we deal with a real issue without taking full ownership of it? Otherwise it must be someone else's fault we're the way we are and if that were true, it would leave us in the VICTIM status having given up all control over our own lives and condition-and that's exactly what Adam and Eve did once they were already in disobedience to the Divine order. Taking no responsibility for our actions comes with the territory- it's the lower nature's way, the deceivers way, the way of darkness. Granted, there might be reasons and very good ones, that we have come to the place we are-even through no fault of our own- but however we got there or here is not the issue. The issue is coming out of it into wholeness, into the Light. If we play the blame-game or if we're in denial concerning our true state, then we can go no further with Him in a particular area, and in this case, we can go no farther on a particular journey until we deal with the obstacles in the way. The Good News here is this: He will take us as far as we can go and strengthen us to go farther on the next go round as we're willing. He won't make us go anywhere we don't want to go. He won't overrule our choice, our will. He's not a thief, He's our advocate, our Helper.
Often the most valuable assets are attained by doing whatever it takes to achieve them no matter how difficult the task at hand. So again I'll add, things in the spirit realm are often gained by similar processes as in the natural. We find the laws or procedures that govern what we desire and co-operate with those laws or rules necessary to reach a given destination, or to achieve the desired goal.
I hope to share more concerning this journey that I'm on of coming into a more integrated life with a heart less divided. For now I'll end with a verse or two from The Message. It's one of my favorites and one I've shared before concerning the "unforced rhythms of grace..."
Though the process has begun, "MY Goodness!" it's not necessarily fun...just being honest here. I've been on this journey for a while now, but it seems the farther I go, the greater the obstacles. Not because God intended for it to be that way, but because our old nature has to be dealt with along the way, and we have to be strengthened to "see" ourselves, our condition, and our lives the way they really are, and deal with them head-on without excuse or blame, by taking ownership for how we've lived our lives-deceived or not! It kind of stings a bit just writing that down! Woo hoo....not fun at all to have to get down in the the middle of this sort of thing....
So here's a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. God is for us, not against us. He's forgiven everything already, all we need to do is to remember that and receive cleansing. No condemnation here! He just wants us to be healed and whole-fully functional sons and daughters participating in the family business under His healing influence. Remember what Jesus said to His disciples about having much more to say to them, but they were not yet able to bear it, (John 16:12)? That's what it's still like today. It takes not only a head knowledge of this love for us as individuals but a revelation of His goodness and a receiving of His love and grace for us personally to be empowered to go to the deep places with Him. How else can we deal with a real issue without taking full ownership of it? Otherwise it must be someone else's fault we're the way we are and if that were true, it would leave us in the VICTIM status having given up all control over our own lives and condition-and that's exactly what Adam and Eve did once they were already in disobedience to the Divine order. Taking no responsibility for our actions comes with the territory- it's the lower nature's way, the deceivers way, the way of darkness. Granted, there might be reasons and very good ones, that we have come to the place we are-even through no fault of our own- but however we got there or here is not the issue. The issue is coming out of it into wholeness, into the Light. If we play the blame-game or if we're in denial concerning our true state, then we can go no further with Him in a particular area, and in this case, we can go no farther on a particular journey until we deal with the obstacles in the way. The Good News here is this: He will take us as far as we can go and strengthen us to go farther on the next go round as we're willing. He won't make us go anywhere we don't want to go. He won't overrule our choice, our will. He's not a thief, He's our advocate, our Helper.
Often the most valuable assets are attained by doing whatever it takes to achieve them no matter how difficult the task at hand. So again I'll add, things in the spirit realm are often gained by similar processes as in the natural. We find the laws or procedures that govern what we desire and co-operate with those laws or rules necessary to reach a given destination, or to achieve the desired goal.
I hope to share more concerning this journey that I'm on of coming into a more integrated life with a heart less divided. For now I'll end with a verse or two from The Message. It's one of my favorites and one I've shared before concerning the "unforced rhythms of grace..."
Matthew 11:27-30
The Message (MSG)
27 Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way the Father does, nor the Father the way the Son does. But I’m not keeping it to myself; I’m ready to go over it line by line with anyone willing to listen.
28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
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