Redemptive Reality says "Come" against my stated wish for a magic solution "Just tell me what to do!". Romans 4:18
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Insight-producing activity making assessment therapeutic. Romans 1:11,12
Emptying myself feels like I'm running on empty, but I'm running, still. Galatians 2:20
Driving myself insane trying to be good. Actually thought I could.
A mind surrendered is life and peace.
My faith, without cease, self-generating increase
came not from just having heard
but hears perfectly timed words.
By faith of Christ,
freedom from what I would.
Not doing only what I could.
No longer "I should"
or knock on wood.
I'm free to be
what I see that He
made fearfully
wonderfully me.
Whole, no goody-goody.
This is done bit by bit. Human nature is impatient with and resistant to the obedient call of wholeheartedly drilling deeply. The feeling is often that we're under the drill rather than thrilled. Do you dig it? Deuteronomy 8:9
The blessing given to others by not one-upping them with your own story after they've shared theirs with you. Galatians 6:2-4
The perpetual state of demanding innocent blood, fear killing hope. Matthew 27:22,23 Rather than demanding justice, I learn to act justly. Micah 6:8
Acting justly at the injustice of past or current wrongs is expressed by the pouring out from my heart the hurt and anger in surrender.
Commitment to the process of surrender ushers me from Robin Hood-style acts of robbery into the liberating, strong, and loving hand that puts me back on offence. Have a ball! Psalm 62
If you allow what lies deep within to be drawn out of you, push less often comes to shove away or flee. Proverbs 19:2 Who pulls me up waits patiently for me to stop pushing due to letting myself down or only letting go of what won't let me go . Get in the Oh! zone by going with the flow. Job 11:13-16
To be, or not to do it. Example with a message. 1 Thessalonians 1:5-8
The manipulative use of techniques by a control freak not only suppresses the freedom of expression through actions as simple as blowing bubbles by a child, but also suppresses the imagination involved. Being boxed in carries the risk of leading one away from use of this precious imagination in the future. Addiction to technique kills ceativity and innovation, i.e. the Spirit. Colossians 3:21
If I haven't demonstrated power by my own changes, I'm no threat to lead change in others. 1 Timothy 4:15,16
We all seem to have the innate ability to recognize what seems safe and what seems threatening. The problem lies in the misguided self-interest that often calls something safe that actually threatens and something threatening that is actually safe. This is human nature's inclination to resistance to change. Isaiah 5:20
Voice-activated touch. Zephaniah 3:9
Able to see and enjoy the mysterious unfolding of beauty in front and inside of me. Enlightened by new patterns of thought forming through mirrors of experientially timely words, timing becomes more important than time. Proverbs 25:11 An awareness grows of being empowered into freedom from the use of brute force that is replaced by the strength of influential gentleness. From Cyclops to single-eyed focus, I'm learning to live without the monstrous blind spots created by cultural myths that darken truth, its expression, and its joy. Matthew 6:22,23
I gradually move out of the reflective suffering of the status quo that counsels me not to commit because of the wasted energy of worrying about what people think.
My overdeveloped analytical abilities and underdeveloped will no longer have power to keep me from the fresh commitments I can now make to the One who has the combination unlocking my heart and mind.
I unlearn the commitments that have defined me which are unstated and usually unrecognized.
Slowly, the painfully harsh judgements against my emotions are being lifted. I can now listen for and interpret who I am through my emotions as they create the background music for my new life and its beauty. 1 Corinthians 14:15