Wakeup conference

November 21 2009

It's- been a long time since I've felt stretched and free -- these past 2 weekends have been good for me.
Thoughts:

*Teamwork is what we are missing need to come under leasership that is working rather than trying to fill old wineskins

*Don't worry about future...don't let it crowd out God and trusting him
Write down some pros and cons make a decision --just do it like the book I'm reading (Just do it -- Kevin de Young)

*Adopt a child?? -- small seed of maybe after reading Castaway Kid

Work...

It seems as though I am blogging more about other people's blogs these days than writing stuff myself. Maybe i just find other people's thoughts better written!
Was pointed toward a really good article (although quite long & at times hard to understand) about work & the Christian view of it and economics and such. Rather interesting if you would like to read the whole article by Dorothy L Sayers then click here.

Here's a few snippets of what I especially enjoyed...

"But is it astonishing? How can any one remain interested in a religion which seems to have no concern with nine-tenths of his life? The Church’s approach to an intelligent carpenter is usually confined to exhorting him not to be drunk and disorderly in his leisure hours, and to come to church on Sundays. What the Church should be telling him is this: that the very first demand that his religion makes upon him is that he should make good tables.

The official Church wastes time and energy, and moreover, commits sacrilege, in demanding that secular workers should neglect their proper vocation in order to do Christian work – by which She means ecclesiastical work. The only Christian work is good work well done. Let the Church see to it that the workers are Christian people and do their work well, as to God: then all the work will be Christian work, whether it is church embroidery, or sewage farming. As Jacques Maritain says: “If you want to produce Christian work, be a Christian, and try to make a work of beauty into which you have put your heart; do not adopt a Christian pose.” He is right. And let the Church remember that the beauty of the work will be judged by its own, and not by ecclesiastical standards."

Weathering the storms of life

I got the following excerpt from this blog. I really like it. Learning to dwell deeply & weather the storms of life that inevitabley come shows maturity and not being tossed about by the stuff on the surface. I like the picture this paints...

“The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philipians 4:7)

There are depths in the ocean, I am told, which no tempest ever stirs – beyond the reach of all storms that sweep and agitate the surface of the sea. And there are heights in the blue sky above, to which no cloud ever ascends; where no tempest ever rages; where all is perpetual sunshine; where naught exists to disturb the deep serenity. Even at the center of the cyclone there is rest. Each of these is an emblem of the soul which Jesus visits, to whom He speaks peace, whose fear He dispels, whose lamps of hope He trims.

During the test of a submarine it remained submerged for many hours. When it had returned to the harbor, the commander was asked: “Well, how did the storm affect you last night?” The commander looked at him in surprise and said: “Storm? We knew nothing of any storm!”

Dwell deep. When doubts assail and stealthy shadows creep across your sky, filling you with a sense of doom. Where thunders roar, and lightnings frighten with their glare, and old foundations seem to crumble beneath your feet. Dwell deep and rest your soul amid eternal things. Upon the surface storms may rage, and billows break on every beach of life, and fling disaster far and wide. If your soul is dwelling quiet in the depths, naught can harm you evermore. Therefore dwell deep, and rest your head upon the heart of God.

- Anonymous

“When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble” – (Job 34:29)