So I ran across a bunch of stuff I've written in the past. I think I'm going to start posting some of it here. I don't really know how to classify alot of it, but here goes...
This one was the result of a though process, not sure entirely how I feel about the accuracy of it, but its something to think about.
The Hunger of Love - 4/24/06
"You must obey the law. Follow where He leads. Pray this prayer and you will be a Christian. Love the lost, feed the poor, clothe the naked, and you will be sanctified. You must witness and spread God's word. Then you will gain access to Heaven." said She.
"To be I must do?" asked I. "Does love begin in the heart or the deed? Indeed, does the action of eating make one hungry? Or is it a deeper longing for nourishment? To be I must do? I think not. I think to do I must be. In order to show the love of Christ to others I must first be His love and He be mine. A love of God does not flow from our own actions, but from His. We cannot make ourselves love God by what we do. Out of the heart we act. Our heart does not change because of our deeds. A person could eat and eat and eat, but the more she eats, the less hungry she becomes. How can she know the hunger, the deep desire unless she allows herself to wait for that desire to come? You, ma'am, continually eat by serving; by singing at church, by attending Bible study, by daily studying yoru devotion. All things that are good and well. But the reason you eat is for taste. When you do these things it makes you feel better about yourself. You don't eat for the deep desire for the nourishment these things provide. And by constantly feeding your belly with these things, having the wrong motive, it doesn't provide you with satisfaction. In fact, the more you eat with the lack of hunger, the more you feel you must eat. Food eaten outside of hunger does not provide nourishment. It does not go to the health of the body but to its puffing up. As does doing good deeds without the deep desire for Christ. I challenge you, ma'am, to not read yoru Bible. Don't pick it up until you can't bear living without it anymore. Instead listen to what God is softly speaking to your heart. Hear as He woos you to His glorious self. Listen to the simple sweetness He whispers in your ear. Be captivated by the mysteries that He will reveal to you. You know your Bible front and back. You know what it says. Now listen to what He speaks. Then, when you've heard Him, when you've experienced His wonder, then and only then pick up the Letters of adoration He has written for you. Let their breath become your breath, their life, yours. As you go through the day, breathe in God, breathe Him out; allow His romance to surround you and smother you. Once you allow His wondrous love to completely engulf your being, your actions will naturally flow from a heart overflowing with love. Y es, you, even you need to allow your heart to be loved by your Creator in its deepest depths, its most hidden places. He longsf or you; He weeps for you. He craves your love, covets your company. He yearns for your heart. Will you keep Him yet waiting as you fill your belly with deeds instead of filling your heart with His love?
This one was the result of a though process, not sure entirely how I feel about the accuracy of it, but its something to think about.
The Hunger of Love - 4/24/06
"You must obey the law. Follow where He leads. Pray this prayer and you will be a Christian. Love the lost, feed the poor, clothe the naked, and you will be sanctified. You must witness and spread God's word. Then you will gain access to Heaven." said She.
"To be I must do?" asked I. "Does love begin in the heart or the deed? Indeed, does the action of eating make one hungry? Or is it a deeper longing for nourishment? To be I must do? I think not. I think to do I must be. In order to show the love of Christ to others I must first be His love and He be mine. A love of God does not flow from our own actions, but from His. We cannot make ourselves love God by what we do. Out of the heart we act. Our heart does not change because of our deeds. A person could eat and eat and eat, but the more she eats, the less hungry she becomes. How can she know the hunger, the deep desire unless she allows herself to wait for that desire to come? You, ma'am, continually eat by serving; by singing at church, by attending Bible study, by daily studying yoru devotion. All things that are good and well. But the reason you eat is for taste. When you do these things it makes you feel better about yourself. You don't eat for the deep desire for the nourishment these things provide. And by constantly feeding your belly with these things, having the wrong motive, it doesn't provide you with satisfaction. In fact, the more you eat with the lack of hunger, the more you feel you must eat. Food eaten outside of hunger does not provide nourishment. It does not go to the health of the body but to its puffing up. As does doing good deeds without the deep desire for Christ. I challenge you, ma'am, to not read yoru Bible. Don't pick it up until you can't bear living without it anymore. Instead listen to what God is softly speaking to your heart. Hear as He woos you to His glorious self. Listen to the simple sweetness He whispers in your ear. Be captivated by the mysteries that He will reveal to you. You know your Bible front and back. You know what it says. Now listen to what He speaks. Then, when you've heard Him, when you've experienced His wonder, then and only then pick up the Letters of adoration He has written for you. Let their breath become your breath, their life, yours. As you go through the day, breathe in God, breathe Him out; allow His romance to surround you and smother you. Once you allow His wondrous love to completely engulf your being, your actions will naturally flow from a heart overflowing with love. Y es, you, even you need to allow your heart to be loved by your Creator in its deepest depths, its most hidden places. He longsf or you; He weeps for you. He craves your love, covets your company. He yearns for your heart. Will you keep Him yet waiting as you fill your belly with deeds instead of filling your heart with His love?
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