2/23/05
The Lord is really doing a work in me. I love it when I can feel him move. I went to the men's retreat this last weekend. And I learned alot. It was a series of significant realizations. The first was a surrender of what Faith thinks about me as a Man of God or even just as respect. When I let go of this I found that I could then forgive her for things I considered sins against me. Or more specifically and acurately disrespectful things. I learned in Ephesians (passages that i have read several times) that her relationship with me is between her and God. WOW. I know its simple but I had never really taken it to heart and had somehow slowly found myself fighting her for her love/respect/passion. And holding it against her when she rejected me. Thats a stupid and impossible place to be. Now after letting go and forgiving I am free to love her, again. The great thing is that her response has been incredible. People like being loved... imagine that! I must now stay focused on living by the Spirit. -I desperately dont want to be drug back into the fleshly living. "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." is that a statement about our physical death or our spiritual living?
John 14:6
"I am the way and the truth and the life."
First when I was 6 he was the way for me to get to heaven. The way out of hell. The way to get forgiveness of sins. The way I prayed. The way to salvation.
Then when I was 28 he became the truth. I craved more knowledge constantly and I needed to be learning something new all the time. Exploring mysteries it frstrated me that not everything about God could be known. The truth destroyed towers of lies that had been built in me over the years.
He is now becoming the life in me. The life I depend on to get me through the day and glorify his name. The life from which all joy comes. The life eternal that I can share in now. The life of spirit that denies the flesh.
John 14:6
"I am the way and the truth and the life."
First when I was 6 he was the way for me to get to heaven. The way out of hell. The way to get forgiveness of sins. The way I prayed. The way to salvation.
Then when I was 28 he became the truth. I craved more knowledge constantly and I needed to be learning something new all the time. Exploring mysteries it frstrated me that not everything about God could be known. The truth destroyed towers of lies that had been built in me over the years.
He is now becoming the life in me. The life I depend on to get me through the day and glorify his name. The life from which all joy comes. The life eternal that I can share in now. The life of spirit that denies the flesh.
posted by Brad McFadden at 9:59 AM
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