So I get up this morning and come out to my computer desk to boot up my work computer. My son fell asleep on the sofa - leaving the TV on who knows what channel. Well, whatever the channel, Joyce Meyers was on. The topic was something along the lines of "it is a process - whether it be God changing us, cleaning our homes (yep, she actually mentioned that), or whatever we do - a process - little by little. Then she went on to something about being able to run the race. About this time, I swivelled in my chair to see....a grown woman laying on the stage - flat on her back! She was saying she used to think she could run that way. Then she starts moving her legs and arms like she was runnin -while still laying on her back! She said it was funny how so many of us would just give up and lay down - thinking we could run from that position. To run, she said, was a PROCESS. First you HAVE TO GET UP!
I didn't hear all of her sermon today, but what I heard definitely makes sense. Whatever we are doing, it is a process - little by little is how we get there. If we are 'laying on our backs', we first have to roll over and sit up. Then we have to get strong enough to stand...then to walk...and finally to run. Even if we are not running, we are still in the process - little by little.
That being said - and I hope the visual made you laugh as it did me - where are you in 'the process'? Better yet, what 'processes' are you in to begin with? Stop and think about it. I know it isn't always easy to 'air out' some of this 'dirty laundry', but what else are we all here for if not to support and encourage one another as we walk through life? This crazy world has a purpose, right? We are each here for a reason. God didn't make us to walk alone. So...while you are laying there on your back, do some plotting on your ceiling...it's time to rejoin the process and the race called life - even when it has knocked you once again flat on your back!
21 April 2009
01 April 2009
When in....look here
When in sorrow .... John 14
When people fail you .... Psalm 27
When you have sinned .... Psalm 51, 1 John 1:9
When you worry .... Philippians 4:6-9
When you are in danger .... Psalm 91
When God seems far away .... Psalm 139
When your faith needs stirring .... Hebrews 11
When you are lonely and fearful .... Psalm 23
When you grow bitter and critical .... I Corinthians 13
When you feel down and out .... Romans 8:39
When you want peace and rest .... Matthew 11:28-30
When you want assurance .... 1 John 1:9
When you leave home for work or travel .... Psalm 107:23-31
When you need courage for a task .... Joshua 1
When the world seems bigger than God .... Psalm 90
When you’re broke .... Matthew 6: 25-34
When you want to be fruitful .... John 15: 1-17
When you need to know how to get along with others … Romans 12
When you’re looking for an invitation .... Isaiah 55
When people fail you .... Psalm 27
When you have sinned .... Psalm 51, 1 John 1:9
When you worry .... Philippians 4:6-9
When you are in danger .... Psalm 91
When God seems far away .... Psalm 139
When your faith needs stirring .... Hebrews 11
When you are lonely and fearful .... Psalm 23
When you grow bitter and critical .... I Corinthians 13
When you feel down and out .... Romans 8:39
When you want peace and rest .... Matthew 11:28-30
When you want assurance .... 1 John 1:9
When you leave home for work or travel .... Psalm 107:23-31
When you need courage for a task .... Joshua 1
When the world seems bigger than God .... Psalm 90
When you’re broke .... Matthew 6: 25-34
When you want to be fruitful .... John 15: 1-17
When you need to know how to get along with others … Romans 12
When you’re looking for an invitation .... Isaiah 55
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