Quiet study and prayer taught you how to hear, slow down, and recognize His direction. Now the lessons are moving into real situations, real relationships, and real decisions.
Every interaction with the people now in your life becomes an opportunity to walk in what you learned instead of only thinking about it.
It is one thing to understand surrender in isolation. It is another thing to choose patience, restraint, obedience, humility, and trust while pressures, emotions, interruptions, and unexpected situations are constantly pulling on your will.
This phase is not a distraction from the learning. It is the proving ground for it..
It’s more than a like. I can feel that moment. Two years ago this week I retired. It wasn’t at all like the way it is presented in media or in the public imagination. I had worked 22 years with the same man who was my employer, who by the time we retired was a sole practitioner. I was his legal assistant/office manager long past being a secretary. We had a mutual unwritten understanding that when either of us retired the other one would also. It turned out that we came to that point at the same time. We dismantled the office and the practice over a period of two weeks, and then it was over. We were retired. I was completely unprepared for what that felt like. While reading this I discovered I had never asked the Lord what should I do with my time. Two years later I still haven’t asked. It makes me question how I have lived a life committed to Christ without asking that question. For most of it I just did whatever was the next thing to do. In that sense, when I retired I had no idea what to do with my time or myself. Some of it is fulfilling certain responsibilities that continue, the rest of it I floundered. Still flounder. No wonder why I feel like I do. Reading your thoughts and realizing it is time I begin to ask. Thank you.
You're going to do fine, brother. What a joy it is to watch your mind at work as you write your pieces. I just got up. a great way to start a day. May the Lord bless you, real good.
The waiting, a gift of peace before the harvest.
Nicely put. I need to remind myself of this regularly. 🙏🏿✝🕊
Quiet study and prayer taught you how to hear, slow down, and recognize His direction. Now the lessons are moving into real situations, real relationships, and real decisions.
Every interaction with the people now in your life becomes an opportunity to walk in what you learned instead of only thinking about it.
It is one thing to understand surrender in isolation. It is another thing to choose patience, restraint, obedience, humility, and trust while pressures, emotions, interruptions, and unexpected situations are constantly pulling on your will.
This phase is not a distraction from the learning. It is the proving ground for it..
I hear you. I appreciate you. And thank you! 🙏🏿✝🕊
It’s more than a like. I can feel that moment. Two years ago this week I retired. It wasn’t at all like the way it is presented in media or in the public imagination. I had worked 22 years with the same man who was my employer, who by the time we retired was a sole practitioner. I was his legal assistant/office manager long past being a secretary. We had a mutual unwritten understanding that when either of us retired the other one would also. It turned out that we came to that point at the same time. We dismantled the office and the practice over a period of two weeks, and then it was over. We were retired. I was completely unprepared for what that felt like. While reading this I discovered I had never asked the Lord what should I do with my time. Two years later I still haven’t asked. It makes me question how I have lived a life committed to Christ without asking that question. For most of it I just did whatever was the next thing to do. In that sense, when I retired I had no idea what to do with my time or myself. Some of it is fulfilling certain responsibilities that continue, the rest of it I floundered. Still flounder. No wonder why I feel like I do. Reading your thoughts and realizing it is time I begin to ask. Thank you.
You're going to do fine, brother. What a joy it is to watch your mind at work as you write your pieces. I just got up. a great way to start a day. May the Lord bless you, real good.
All glory and praise goes to the Most High. I’m merely trying to be one of His obedient servants. 👍🏿🙏🏿✝🕊
Obviously.
I’m just trying to encourage your madness.
😅👍🏿🤗🙏🏿💗
My dear friend David, it is a joy to be with you as the first part of your day.
Thank you and may our Lord and Savior be with you too, brother. 🙏🏿✝🕊