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| Hello again, xangaland. I'm still alive and well... just checking in.
I feel like my life is passing so quickly. Sometimes I wonder whether I'm really taking the time to live it to the fullest, and with the purpose that God intended for me. Lately I haven't been as reflective or analytical about everything... which I think is ok, but also different (for me).
Jonathan and I are doing well. Things are pretty serious actually. Although, I don't like using the word "serious" because it sounds vaguely negative or ominous. Anyway, it's good... for the most part. Still some big things that are unresolved in my mind, but nothing I'm not committed to working through. Pray for me and us that we make good decisions for ourselves and for each other and for our relationship. | | |
| Today my fortune cookie said, "You will be singled out for a promotion."
Wow! I don't know when this is happening, but just to speed things up a bit, I read it to my boss as an FYI. He then sarcastically replied, "Yes... you're moving to Operations where you'll be working with Monty and Mike."
Hahahahaha.... yeah, a promotion. | | |
| Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with Me. - Revelation 3:20
A friend of mine tells the story of an encounter he had with a very important government official - the head of state for a country. In the course of some meetings with my friend, the official came up to him and said, "I perceive that there is a difference between you and me. Is it because I come from a different denomination?" My friend began to explain why there was a difference.
"If you were to come to my home, I would invite you in as an honored guest. As my guest, you would enjoy everything I had in my home. However, you would still be a guest. You would not have the keys to the home, and your authority in that home would be merely as a guest. However, if I said to you that I am turning over my home to you and you now have the keys to my home, I would be your servant with the responsibility to run the home through your counsel and direction." My friend continued, "This is the difference between you and me. I have given Jesus the keys to my home [heart]. You have merely invited Him in to yours as an honored guest."
"How can I do this too?" the man replied.
"All you have to do is invite Him in as the new owner."
The man did this and is now allowing Jesus to rule and reign in every detail of his life.
So often many of us enter a relationship with God that brings us salvation. This is the gospel of salvation. But what God really desires for us is to experience the gospel of the Kingdom. He wants us to experience His power and presence every day of our lives and to see His hand at work in us. This only happens when we give Him the key to our life; He must be more than an honored guest.
-- Os Hillman
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I read this devotion on Friday, and I was really convicted. It's hard to know how to really surrender the key. | | |
| Oh my gosh... I'm so frustrated with work. What a weird and bad day this has been.
Life is screwed up -- I'm not satisfied with the way things are playing out. I just don't know whether I want to push fast forward or rewind. | | |
| Christmas picture of the kids... :)
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