Saturday, October 22, 2011

in the moment

I cherish the wise, gracious friends that God has placed in my life for this season.

Yesterday I met with Joy and we talked about the concept of "living in the moment." Worship in each moment. Not analyzing the past. Not worrying over the future. But enjoying, rejoicing, obeying in the present. God has made me to walk the Earth in this moment.

As an immortal soul trapped in time, we get to worship our Creator each moment. Not that I always do this. But that we are able to.

I'm with Megan at the ocean right now. Listening to Pachabel's canon on my iTunes. Drinking an iced soy mocha. Sitting at a table made of reclaimed teak. Watching the rain from our cabin window.

Worship seems simple right now.

What about Monday morning? Will worship be my obvious response? Will I embrace the moment when 9th graders are throwing golfballs at each other as I try to film for National Boards? Lord, give me the strength to worship you in each moment.

Those who know and love me have expressed a lot of concern this week about my boundaries. October is like drinking from a fire hose. I have said "yes" and made myself irreplaceable in far too many situations. Part of the path to living in the moment is to set and defend healthy boundaries for my life. Lord, give me wisdom to set and defend boundaries that allow me to worship you.

"Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD. The LORD is God, and he made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar! You are my God; and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!" -Psalm 118:19-29

1 comment:

  1. Pom PomOctober 29, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    Hello dear one. Thank you for the letter and the photographs! Oh, you DO know me and my heart! You are wise to take this day as it comes to you, worshiping Him, KNOWING Him, and housekeeping in your soul.
    He has given you a gift of teaching and He will use that gift in a purposeful manner. You are His vessel. He'll give you the light you need to navigate boundaries. I love you.

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Ephesians 5

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving. For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them, for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – and find out what pleases the Lord. Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. But all things being exposed by the light are made evident. For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says:

“Awake, O sleeper!

Rise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you!”

Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body. But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, so that he may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This mystery is great – but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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