I have had a lot of things to think about and process during the last week - God has been so faithful and loving, patient and understanding. And I don't think that I could have done anything that I have done without His full support and strength.
Not my will, but Yours be done, Lord.
The idea that God wants to give us a Technicolor view of the world has been rolling around in my head, over and over again. I just have to say right off the bat - the word 'Technicolor' dates me. I don't even know what the highest definition televisions are even called any more. In my head when I am thinking about this concept, I see the movie, The Wizard of Oz, one of my favorites, where Dorothy goes from living in her black and white world (which do you even realize how muted THAT world was at the time! Technology is amazing...), to walking into a world full of color and wonder and amazement. For her, it was just a dream (sorry for the spoiler, LOL) but I believe that for us, God wants it to be a reality.
I really do think that the closer one gets to God, the more our eyes, ears and hearts will be open to the world around us. Inasmuch as the world is filled with ugliness (due to the Fall - our world is a sinful one), our world is also beautiful. Our lives can be beautiful - filled with love and joy and kindness. Our eyes can be opened to what God wants for us to see - and I truly do believe that we can and will see more when we allow God to clean out the inner recesses of our own lives - those secret sins and dark places where we might harbor bitterness or resentment.
I am to the point in my own life where I don't even want to jeopardize my self with even the tiniest of sins (not that they are rated or on a scale, but some of you will know what I mean.) I desire to do the will of God in my own life and I have seen so many blessings. Some people might say - but your life is not perfect, you still deal with this or that - and yes, I do have to still work through the consequences of old past mistakes. And it is because I am living and working through those things that keeps my heart and mind closer to what God wants for me and my life.
FYI - we live in a spiritual world. We are being attacked each and every day, whether we like it or even know it. It is because of this that we read in scripture that we are to put on the 'full armor of God' - just one example of how God wants to protect us, because He knows that we have to live here, even if for a short time. I know that the closer one gets to God, the more that the Evil one wants to destroy you... like moths to a light, those who are shining the light of God will attract those who yearn to get out of the darkness, and that makes someone very unhappy.
So as I have been saying to a few people... why would you want to hold on to sin (a 'willful transgression of the known law') which will keep you from seeing the absolute amazing beauty that God wants to show you - because He wants to reveal so much more to us, but He can't if we are holding on to things that prevent us from growing closer to Him...
Testimony from this last week: because I have been able to do some humanly 'impossible' things, I have been blessed with things that I might not have seen or recognized before... A homeless man who needed direction, who simply asked for a piece of candy (and I said yes) - who then returned about 30 minutes later and asked for another. It wasn't about the candy - he saw kindness in me and when I saw him the second time, I could sense his relief in finding shelter and warmth. The candy was just an added bonus. <3 A woman who was seeking help for her brother with HIV - I gave her direction and sent her on her way. She returned to thank me, even though she unfortunately did not get what she was needing - but she saw something in me to return and asked me to pray for her and her brother.
It's these brief glimpses of Heaven that keep me going when I am hit with a brief punch of self-pity or jealousy or sorrow. God is bigger. God is stronger. God is able.
Why don't we let Him do what needs to be done so we can do what He wants for us to do?
Be free, my friends.
M
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