Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Learning to rest
This is the word God has given me for 2006. Rest. In this Bruce and I have decided to take a step back from ministries we just took for granted. Music and singing have always been a real huge part of my life and so that is where I have always placed myself. I drug Bruce into it, and I mean drag. I remember the first time he came to a choir practice and literally sounded like Lucy Ball when she sang "Sweet Sue, its you" But he prevailed and learned to love it and even took a theory class to learn to read music. I have sung in musicals since I was 15 and just loved it. But during this last musical at Christmas God spoke so clear to me that I needed to step back and rest. To allow Him to do a work in me that can only come from this type of rest and study in His word. So Bruce and I have backed out of worhip and the musicals for this year to pour ourselves into resting and listening to Him. To spend that extra time being refreshed, and spending time with our family. A regrouping if you will. This is so hard for me, but I am learning to seek Him in everything I do. Taking a deep breath and finding joy in the little things. To see and enjoy the things that are important, and let go of those things that I have been holding onto that only brought anger and sorrow. I love the messages that Pastor Louie has been sharing with us, it is just what I know God is wanting me to hear. It makes me think and seek. I need that. Here I am at 51 years old and I feel like I am starting all over again. It is very exciting, I can't wait to see what God has in store.
# posted by Grandma B @ 11:39 AM 
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This is the beginning of another season in your life. God has so much more for us to learn and so much that we will be able to share with others because of these lessons. You are being prepared for your new roles as grandparents. Your going to love it!
I believe that too CC. I do feel like I am being prepared for new things in my life. I sometimes mourn the person that I use to be and am not anymore, and then am excited about what God is doing in me now. Learning to put aside things I thought were so important and resting in His peace. Walking in the pure light of His presence daily. Or maybe just being more aware, because I know He was always there. Like John 10:10 says, Gods purpose is to give life in all its fullness. I like that. And I want that.
We are such adaptable creatures, and I believe that we can shine through most anything thrown our way. Technological advances, war, climate changes, genocide, and mass immigration are all things which would have extinct many other species. People, while fearing change, sometimes need it. What better change in life than one you choose yourself? You are lucky, to have been able to make such a choice for your life, in order to determine your own happiness. Charge forward brave one, with the beauty and grace that only you can bring to the situation. <3
I always go back to the meaning of worship and also that of church. Church isn't about worship, musicals, or any of the programs. Chursh is about the people. And worship isn't music, it is a lifestyle. When the things that we serve God with start to become 'jobs', sometimes we do need to step back and "re-boot" (if you will) our view on life. Jer 29:11-13
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