I really had no plans on posting anything tonight because I really just didn't feel I had anything to say. But while working through some blogs I love to check in on, I was reminded of a prayer that took on such significance for me early last year. Tina was sharing some things Father is work at in her to set her free from. The illusion of CONTROL and all the crap that travels with it.
This became a powerful prayer for me. It's linked....Check it out.
ELEVATION and here are the lyrics
If you feel so led, say a prayer for Tina.
5 comments:
Hi Kent,
glad you posted...u2 really is a great band yeah?
I'm thankful for Tina's candor....control issues...hmmmmm
I know for me (and I struggle like plenty of people) when the urge to "control" gets really noticeable...it just makes the weight even heavier....
stop by and comment when you have a chance
on the journey,
Todd
control, expectations, fear, manipulation.....and all along a good dose of attempting to twist God's arm to get him to endorse what we want. hmmmmmmm...is right.
One of the first things that attracted me to "The Shack" was reading a little bit about Paul himself....I love this quote as "it speaketh to my condition" (regarding control issues, trying to twist God's arm, etc.) as the quakers would say...ha ha!
"For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Papa’s grace and presence."
hard not to take a quote like that into your experience..... :)
T
Todd, that quote describes well what happened to me. It is how I am learning to live.
All the things beyond Father, my brother Jesus, the Holy Spirit and relationships that he allows to develope in my life, don't mean that much to me any longer.
I'm not fighting those things any longer nor do I have any longing for them. They just are what they are.
Kent, thank you for praying.
"the wastefulness of Papa's grace and presence." (to quote Todd quoting Paul) I had read that before but had never noticed it. Wow.
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