tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post756080601920538072..comments2023-05-26T10:59:55.287-04:00Comments on "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" -Mary Oliver: Another wonderful theological surpriseJessica Stockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944990982584233095noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post-67316916830033696272008-10-14T16:16:00.000-04:002008-10-14T16:16:00.000-04:00This is beautiful! I revel in these quiet moments ...This is beautiful! I revel in these quiet moments of revelation! and so true...they often come through the DOING rather than the analyzing. <BR/><BR/>I have thought often about the irony of those who supposedly "knew" missing the person and the very idea of Jesus.<BR/><BR/>I was also struck by this:<BR/>The woman then left her waterpot and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, and see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? . . .<BR/><BR/>Isn't this all that any of us really want? To be sought-out . . . thoroughly known . . . set free from our past . . . a new and meaningful life. Could it be that true worship is as uncomplicated as this? A redeemed life. . . Spirit and Truth.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I love that her response to her newfound knowledge and freedom was to SHARE it with others. So often I shy away from that, assuming I'm not a good enough example to lead anyone to Christ. Or assuming they don't want what I just happen to have. But she was a Samaritan...and yet so briming over with His fullness she couldn't help herself, had to share! And who doesn't want to be sought out, recognized, set free.<BR/><BR/>When you have a minute, I have an interesting post on my other blog that goes along with this idea of being known, seen recognized. Here's the address: http://parkinpage.blogspot.com/2008/07/no-one-goes-unnoticed-in-his-eyes.htmlcharrettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351177033783487168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post-20792201725520552142008-10-11T18:08:00.000-04:002008-10-11T18:08:00.000-04:00oh, ya...i love what chambers says about our spiri...oh, ya...i love what chambers says about our spiritual relationship NOT being a step by step process...we either ARE or WE ARE NOT. it is more about surrender than studying the Bible inside and out....more about BEING born again than trying to figure out HOW and how much we can get by with and still feel like a good Christian. yadda yadda yadda...=) luv you again =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post-50393391532593418122008-10-11T18:04:00.000-04:002008-10-11T18:04:00.000-04:00jess, i love love your last couple of posts! exact...jess, i love love your last couple of posts! exactly part of what God has been working on in our lives! i wouldn't even know where to start or stop. the youtube video gave me so much comfort and drove me to tears. i know that often God's way doesnt looks successful or wise or even make sense in human eyes...that is where we are right now...nothing looks good or successful or really makes much sense, but, honestly, matt and i feel so satisfied and free in Christ...and it IS NOT because of "health wealth and prosperity". and the excerpt from chambers...mmmm. mmm. good.!!! luv you guysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post-68433543792709613572008-10-10T21:05:00.000-04:002008-10-10T21:05:00.000-04:00NO, it's not just you. I had my own recent re-vis...NO, it's not just you. I had my own recent re-visit to the well in looking at these scriptures. And you've given me even more to chew on here. I love it. I love that this story strips away all my guilt, the feeling that I don't measure up. <BR/><BR/>So often I fall into this mentality of not crossing enough t's or dotting enough i's. The story of the woman at the well shakes me by the shoulders. I love it.<BR/><BR/>Thank you! (:Heather of the EOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607422301391841377noreply@blogger.com