Release.
Who am I?
The question was asked in a not-so-subtle manner. And it made me think. Who am i? Who am i striving to be? Character defined... what is true in our inner person? Character grounds me, ni my actions, makes me consistent... and defined... defines me. Who am i... really?
Am i living proof that Jesus is real, without a doubt?
Am i living what i believe?
Am i becoming all that He made me to be?
The question was asked in a not-so-subtle manner. And it made me think. Who am i? Who am i striving to be? Character defined... what is true in our inner person? Character grounds me, ni my actions, makes me consistent... and defined... defines me. Who am i... really?
Am i living proof that Jesus is real, without a doubt?
Am i living what i believe?
Am i becoming all that He made me to be?
My witness in the world isn't grounded in what i say, but in
who i am.
Am I
honest in my position?
Am i
releasing all that i can, in order to
receive all that i can be?
Am i willing...
to be molded?
And let
G-d do the molding?
As I was baking brownies with my sisters the other day, i stuck a spoon in the bowl, and pulled it out again. A moment later, there was no trace of what had struck it. Unlike the times i throw clay on the potter wheel, and it spins round and round; i keep my finger in the same place, it traces, and
remains imprinted.
Am i
humble, pliable, malleable?
1 Peter 5:6- "
humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of G-d..."
Do i have that emptying,
constant submission, teachability?
Am I saying, on a daily basis,
"
i don't have the capacity to be ______ without You?
You are my source?"
How could i even do that in my own condition?
i take ballroom dancing classes.
one of the hardest things for me to conquer during the first week, was to trust someone i had only met minutes before, and let him lead me without restraint.
Am i
willing to be
led?
How,
how can i ask to be His student if i go the easy way?
And in light of dancing,
how much more skill am i developing if i am only taught how to waltz, instead of tackling swing to perfection?
How much
character can i develop if life is easy?
Am i saying, wholeheartedly, when faced with a challenge,
"
G-d- what do You want me to get out of this? "
What-- or
Who is molding me?
Character defining... who are what do i "follow?"
Am i remaining
patient, in His
constant plan,
with humility, knowing that
i am nothing, have nothing, except for what He chooses to give me?
He
does, after all, have the perfect plan.
"
Wait on the L-rd..."
the words drift back to me as i sigh, not so much with relief as with pure gladness.
Friends,
remember- a diamond is just a lump of coal.
Let us look forward to the coming days, not with terror, but with excitement, and joy. And "He who began a good work in you will be
faithful to complete it."
blessings.
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