Have you ever had an experience where your random thoughts coalesce around a bigger thought or idea? Well, that is what I am ruminating on right now. My 4 X 10 white board in my office at work (I do this on breaks and at lunch)is full of what appear to be random ideas, concepts, verses, and such. My task now is to decipher the larger meanings. What is it that ties them all together? Here are a few of the components on my white board: The Barbarian Sheep (see prior posting), Serving Him by Serving You, the chorus form Lifesong by Casting Crowns, Joshua 1, Proverbs 3:5-6, 1 Peter 3, a meta-narrative for the entire Bible (similar to the Why God? postings).
The reason I share this is in part to ask "How is God talking to you?" These thoughts come from Scripture, music, books, studies, and other people. You see God talks to us in a variety of ways. Now don't misunderstand me, I am not say that all these are divine revelation, this I reserve only for Scripture, however, I am saying that God more specifically the Holy Spirit can use a variety of ways to teach us more about who God is and how we should live our lives in a way that honors and glorifies Him.
In Lifesong the chorus has this line: "I want to sign Your name at the end of this day Knowing that my heart was true..." This is how I want to live. I want to know that at the end of day God would be proud of who I lived it.
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