Walking the Passage: Lessons Learned on a Three Year Hiatus

Friday, December 4, 2009

Lessons Learned on a Three Year Hiatus

"Is this community big enough for us to not be friends?" You read it right... That question began one of the most honest conversations that I had ever had with a friend..... Yes, we were friends. But we lived in a community where at times... well, we joke and say it was the best of times and the worst of times....... and then another friend of mine and I joke that when we write the book ... well, that time in our lives will have it's own chapter... (atleast)

What am I saying? Why this morning.... why these words..... Well I just read an article that moved me..... a commentator expressing his views on watching the movie "Blind Side." Which I loved by the way... side note.... It talked about appreciating what we have and knowing what is truly important....

That friend of mine that I had that conversation with ... well, she is an incredible person... and I love knowing her... she is full of life and energy and a vibrancy that shakes the world.... knowing her changed me... helped me see that some things weren't always as important as I would make them out to be... helped me loosen up a bit....

So the article.. go read it .. I linked it on my facebook page as well.. originally found on CNN.... talked about entitlement.... that we have lost an appreciation for well.. being appreciative because we feel we are due something or owed something... while forgetting to just be grateful and thankful...

For all of my Christian walk I have been in Charismatic circles... having been on a hiatus for more than three years belonging to no congregation nor attending any where weekly... I have gone through many journeys..... the one I am the most grateful for is the break from Charis mania.. a striving to walk in gifts more than character.. more than love.... a looking for anointing before embracing the person next to you for who they are......

That is what had brought my friend and I to the point of that previously mentioned conversation... I had lost the essence of what being a Christian truly means.... and jealousy and envy had taken root.... The bible says where those things are so does every evil thing exist....... and its true... we had lost love because we had thought that the favor or the anointing one had was more important than the actual person standing in front of us ...

Now don't get me wrong... I love ... LOVE ... The gifts of God... but the journey I have been on these last three years has shown me that love, friendship, and family is the greatest of these.... truly.... as people who pursue the movements of God ... let us first pursue love.... because one day prophecy will pass away.. all will pass away... BUT Love will endure forever!

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Anonymous said...: Mims, thank you for sharing! I totally understand what you're saying and I too will have a chapter on this in my book someday. :) Here's to love being number one!!!; December 9, 2009 at 8:55 AM

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One of my Favorite Narnian Quotes...

“One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping because of the pain. “One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world that makes you real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for the Overland.

A Brilliant Quote from Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,

but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking

so that others won't feel unsure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in every one.

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.