SE05 The Next Right Thing[SE05] DAY 05 - Offer Your Work with Hope Part 1
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보배합2024-02-06 23:14
Word of the day: long for
If we are given one box from our Creator, and He asks us to offer our lives by putting everything of our lives in the box, what would we put in there? What would He call our boxes when He receivess them? Treasure Box? or Empty box? or even trash can? I desire to put my life as an artist in the box, choosing to make art in a way that God has designed me to live fully. Opening the new season of Giving Table was one of ways of exploring my God-given self, because I feel most alive when I am connected with people with directed, articulated, and purposeful conversation. So I can't thank you enough, my fellow members, for sitting at the (life-)Giving table with me. I long for this season of my life would be seen as treasure in God's eye.
If we are given one box from our Creator, and He asks us to offer our lives by putting everything of our lives in the box, what would we put in there? What would He call our boxes when He receivess them? Treasure Box? or Empty box? or even trash can? I desire to put my life as an artist in the box, choosing to make art in a way that God has designed me to live fully. Opening the new season of Giving Table was one of ways of exploring my God-given self, because I feel most alive when I am connected with people with directed, articulated, and purposeful conversation. So I can't thank you enough, my fellow members, for sitting at the (life-)Giving table with me. I long for this season of my life would be seen as treasure in God's eye.
손단비(Andrea)2024-02-07 11:35
My word of the day is ‘particular’.
We are all unique.
Because God created human being each differently. So my quantity and quality of desire are different from others’. At the same time, other people have desire to do particular things. There is diversity in this world. God who is an artist created the world in that way.
Therefore I need to acknowledge and admit our uniqueness and differentiation between me and people. I should not push my way and thoughts to other, even to myself.
Because sometimes I evaluate myself based on not God’s will but my will.
God considers my life as an artifact and call me particularly as my name which is given by God from the beginning.
I want to accept God’s perspective then see not only myself but also other people around me through God’s eyes.
I hope I will face my true self and recover the deepest desire of my soul which God planted.
We are all unique.
Because God created human being each differently. So my quantity and quality of desire are different from others’. At the same time, other people have desire to do particular things. There is diversity in this world. God who is an artist created the world in that way.
Therefore I need to acknowledge and admit our uniqueness and differentiation between me and people. I should not push my way and thoughts to other, even to myself.
Because sometimes I evaluate myself based on not God’s will but my will.
God considers my life as an artifact and call me particularly as my name which is given by God from the beginning.
I want to accept God’s perspective then see not only myself but also other people around me through God’s eyes.
I hope I will face my true self and recover the deepest desire of my soul which God planted.
&Now2024-02-07 20:22
Amen. Me too. I don’t know how much I looked at myself with my own eyes rather than by the will of the Lord.
&Now2024-02-07 20:42
Today, I also remember various words and sentences, and Henri Nouwen’s sentence. What is the *true identity* of me before the Lord? What was I afraid of *tucked away? What is the real thing hidden *inside* me?
It's a simple article, but the journey to find what made me hesitate and hesitate every time is difficult and difficult. I thought I was a good person to tell my story honestly, but sometimes I remembered myself sitting in a worship seat, serving mechanically, hidden. It's because I often get angry and disappointed at how I am, saying that I want the Lord to love me as I am.
I think I was at peace only when I read a book and blanked out at the playground. The process of finding the shadow that prevented me from recovering from the depression of my daily life is difficult for me, but it's a must-have time, so I'm sure you're giving me this gift-like process, right?
Rather than trying to do something big for the world, I hope you do well in your own work and be willing to do it for the present. I cried a lot while reading this phrase. Please pray for me.
It's a simple article, but the journey to find what made me hesitate and hesitate every time is difficult and difficult. I thought I was a good person to tell my story honestly, but sometimes I remembered myself sitting in a worship seat, serving mechanically, hidden. It's because I often get angry and disappointed at how I am, saying that I want the Lord to love me as I am.
I think I was at peace only when I read a book and blanked out at the playground. The process of finding the shadow that prevented me from recovering from the depression of my daily life is difficult for me, but it's a must-have time, so I'm sure you're giving me this gift-like process, right?
Rather than trying to do something big for the world, I hope you do well in your own work and be willing to do it for the present. I cried a lot while reading this phrase. Please pray for me.
김지윤2024-02-08 00:19
I pray that you find peace and recover from you shadow. I also liked the sentence you mentioned ;-)
김지윤2024-02-08 00:12
My word for the day is come alive
It's more important than ever to make art!
This sentence is the one I'll keep in my mind for myself today,
It is art of living and loving life that makes us come alive and brings back to our true desire, The art in me to create and express ,what is inside me has to come out!
Thinking about what makes me come alive, I think being honest and true to myself and express that through writings or paintings makes me come alive,
Praying out loud in the presence of God makes me come alive, walking in the beautiful nature which God has created makes me come alive.
Just thinking about these things makes me come alive.
I like the part when Emily wrote " As citizens of an invisible kingdom, we refuse to take our living cues from the world that says to build, grow, measure, and rush to keep up, instead
we take our cues from the new hopes alive within us, from the life of Christ who has made our hearts His home, We'll stop trying to keep up with the fast-moving world. And instead , we'll settle down and keep company with the small moments of our lives "
I want to walk in heaven's rhythm and find life and joy in it. living in it I'll come alive with the life of christ!
It's more important than ever to make art!
This sentence is the one I'll keep in my mind for myself today,
It is art of living and loving life that makes us come alive and brings back to our true desire, The art in me to create and express ,what is inside me has to come out!
Thinking about what makes me come alive, I think being honest and true to myself and express that through writings or paintings makes me come alive,
Praying out loud in the presence of God makes me come alive, walking in the beautiful nature which God has created makes me come alive.
Just thinking about these things makes me come alive.
I like the part when Emily wrote " As citizens of an invisible kingdom, we refuse to take our living cues from the world that says to build, grow, measure, and rush to keep up, instead
we take our cues from the new hopes alive within us, from the life of Christ who has made our hearts His home, We'll stop trying to keep up with the fast-moving world. And instead , we'll settle down and keep company with the small moments of our lives "
I want to walk in heaven's rhythm and find life and joy in it. living in it I'll come alive with the life of christ!
Brielle2024-02-12 16:14
My word for the day: Impotence
How can I be content? More than 10 years of the work, which I believed it was totally meant for me had to be let go during Covid season. From then, I had to fight with constant feeling of impotence and discourgment. And while listening to the message of Emily, I realized I am called by God to be part of his new, different plans. I think I was afraid and tried so hard to avoid the job of mothering, writing, organizing, learning new things.
I was not content with the new setting that I had to adjust to. Like what the author said, I was grieving because I could not find myplace, when God was already directing me to the new opportunities which I wouldn't dare myself if I hadn't gave up on the former vocation.
My Lord, I ask for your help that my life be united with your will and you word!
How can I be content? More than 10 years of the work, which I believed it was totally meant for me had to be let go during Covid season. From then, I had to fight with constant feeling of impotence and discourgment. And while listening to the message of Emily, I realized I am called by God to be part of his new, different plans. I think I was afraid and tried so hard to avoid the job of mothering, writing, organizing, learning new things.
I was not content with the new setting that I had to adjust to. Like what the author said, I was grieving because I could not find myplace, when God was already directing me to the new opportunities which I wouldn't dare myself if I hadn't gave up on the former vocation.
My Lord, I ask for your help that my life be united with your will and you word!
Hey there, welcome to the fifth day of SE 5. We are listening to Emily P. Freeman's 5th episode, <Offer Your Work with Hope>. Because this episode is so inspiring, we will continue to listen to the same episode tomorrow also :) So, let's dive in!