how long are we willing to wait?

"David spent most of his adult life waiting on the Lord to deliver him."

George Robertson, TE
First Pres.
Augusta GA

posted by eurorebs at 3:19 PM 2 comments

our propensity is to self-effort & self-trust

When our lives are empty, our hearts unsatisfied, our spirits waiting,

Christ of Bethlehem stable, be born in us.

When we find temptation and the seduction of power, wealth, ease and pleasure hard to face,

Christ of the desert wilderness, pray with us.

When we rejoice in health, happiness and well-being, and feel the warmth of God's love on our faces,

Christ of the roads of Galilee, walk with us.

When we seek our own interest, our own good before that of others and God,

Christ of the temple cleansing, deal with us.

When decisions are hard, our paths stony, and we cannot see our way,

Christ of Gethsemane, weep with us.

When we face bitter paths of suffering and loss and our hearts cry out, "Why me, Lord?"

Christ of Calvary, stay with us.

When last we end our journey and bring ourselves into Your keeping,

Christ of the empty tomb, welcome us.

Author Unknown

*Thanks "Moses McCarty" for the reminder!

posted by eurorebs at 10:52 PM 1 comments

know thyself

I've been learning a lot about myself through this entire experience, as to be expected. Yes, in the last four years I've had to dig deep into my soul, the Spirit has revealed a lot of my sin to me (and thus also caused me to look more at Jesus and the Cross more than I ever have), and wounds that were puss-filled and infected have been cleaned out, and are in the process of fully healing. But, let's take a moment to look at two "practical" things I've learned about myself.

First of all, I've always tested as an off-the-charts extrovert. A person that thrives and gets all of her energy from being around other people. But what I've been discovering more and more, as of late, is that I think I'm a lot closer to introvert than I ever thought. No, I'm not an introvert, but I'm closer to the introvert/extrovert line than once believed. As I've heard from a friend with a similar diagnosis later in life, "You're more of an introvert with exceptional people skills." I tend to agree.

Have you ever heard about the best environment to work in depending on what you're doing? For example, if you're working on something more creative, such as design or art, having a large, open space with light colors and high ceilings is usually the best way to go. It helps your mind and soul think more creatively. But if you've got to work on more detailed projects, smaller spaces with lower ceilings are better. Ok. So why am I rambling about this? Because I tend to be on the creative/imaginative/daydreaming side of things. And for months I've been wondering why I can't seem to get much of anything accomplished when I sit out in the kitchen/living room/dining room area with it's high ceilings and wide open spaces. So I moved into the office. Small, confined space with not much to look at out the window. Ta-da!! Work is (usually) getting accomplished! Needless to say, I'm not a task-oriented person. Anyone that's spent any significant amount of time with me knows that. And what is raising support?? So feckin' task oriented I'm going crazy and being stretched beyond words. It's painful for me, really. I like the people part, but the task part is killin' me. (Smalls)

I'm holing up in the office again...

posted by eurorebs at 9:03 PM 0 comments

half way

Hit the 50 percent mark last night.

I had a glass of celebratory wine.

posted by eurorebs at 10:57 PM 2 comments

winter already!?

I shuffled out to the kitchen this morning, looking my usual early morning, unkempt self with my hair in crazy directions, my glasses on (although barely seeing) and my sweatpants and fleece keeping me cozy. I put on a fresh pot of coffee, and wandered over to the living room, when suddenly I stopped while simultaneously noticing something out of the corner of my eye... What is this?!

posted by eurorebs at 1:59 PM 0 comments

how to pray for "crazy" people

So, I came across this article on WHM's homepage. I learned so much from it myself that I wanted to share it with you. Check it out when you have five minutes. :)

posted by eurorebs at 1:49 PM 1 comments

inspiration

Currently listening to Jesse Harris

I was thinking today about inspiration. Particularly because I’ve been inspired to spend more time actually posting things on my blog, rather than going months without writing, feeling guilty that there’s nothing new on it, and then just writing something completely random – a randomness that bores even me! (Thank you to all of you who still “lurk” on it, and read it, and pray for me. ☺ Means a lot.)

But I was thinking about what inspired me…and then I felt a little stupid. I felt like I was, oh, 15 years old again…and boy crazy. And then I had that thought that nudged me to blog – does it matter what inspires us, as long as we are inspired?

Eh. I don’t know. Maybe if the object of our inspiration is of high quality, then our work will also be of “high quality”. And by quality I mean glorifying and pleasing to God.

"No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought." C.S. Lewis

Just a thought.

posted by eurorebs at 6:34 PM 2 comments