Hello all! I am currently at school. My 11am class got canceled, love the teacher, but she also coaches....recruiting, etc. means missing classes...mrr...but that's ok. I got to spend some time reading and with Jesus. So it was all good. Lost my credit card a week ago and couldn't find it. Finally called it in as lost on Saturday, realizing that I would probably find it than. Well, my assumption was correct. It was hiding in my address book that was in my backpack...hmmm... Wonder what that says. But it's all good. I knew it was somewhere and God was taking care of it. I think that was God's way of telling me to cancel it. But...mrr. Life is good. Man, I just have to tell you that I am reading this book called, "Dare to Desire" by John Eldredge...so amazingly good. Soulfood. I just love it, this is the second time I am reading through it, though I highlighted the important stuff, so I'm reading that plus a few other things that catch my eye. He goes into thought about how society has formed us to deny our desires and be prim and proper, efficient and nice. Who wants to be merely nice? I want to be dangerous, in a good way. Y'know....let's see if I can find the passage...
Tangent...here's a good one:
"God has rigged the world so that it only works when we embrace risks as the theme of our lives, when we live by faith."
He says that you can find your desire....
"How is God's department: He is asking you what. What is written in your heart? What makes you come alive?"
ooooo....
here's another one....
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
Here's more of a gender-separate thing:
"Most men in church seem to believe that God put them on the earth to be good boys. The problem with men, we are told, is that they don't know how to keep their promises, be spiritual leaders, talk to their wives, or raise their children. But, if they will try hard they can reach the lofty summit of becoming a really nice guy. Now, male readers, in all your boyhood dreams, did you ever dream of just becoming a nice guy? Ladies, was the prince of your dreams dashing? or merely nice? And what of a woman's heart? How has life handled her deepest desires? The world kills a woman's heart when it tells her to be tough, efficient, and independent. She learns early that she must fight for herself because no one else will. There is no great adventure to be swept up into, only chores and errands and "to do" lists. And the arrow that pierces her heart over the years leave her doubting she may be the beauty in any story....You'd have to admit a Christian woman is tired. All we've offered the feminine soul is pressure to "be a good servant." Ladies, which would you rather have said of you -- that you are a "tireless worker," or that you are a "captivating woman?"
And men, which would you rather be said of you: "Harry? Sure I know him. He's a real sweet guy." Or, "Yes, I know all about Harry. He's a dangerous man...in a really good way."
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What happens when we abandon the deepest desires of our own heart is that we end up ruled by others' desires and demands."
That last bit there is funny, because if everyone else's desires are being lived through "us" than we will live our desires through someone else b/c we never were able to live them b/c we were too busy and pressured to live someone else's. Are we all living someone elses' life? Hmmm....
Food for thought.
Well, I must go, I have a date....with the most dangerous Man of all. Also, wanted to say, this week has been wonderful and pray for me as I continue to share my relationship with Jesus with my unsaved friends. For summer staff!!! and for the concert I'm in next week....yay!
My plan for the rest of my life is to fulfill my God-given desires which include but are not limited to: singing, baking, missions work, and being friends with the unsaved....
What are yours?
Always in Christ,
C.
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