SE01 A Million Little WaysDAY 07 - Confine
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김지윤2022-05-17 08:52
I don't want to confine myself because of my weakness and shortcomings but I want to stretch out and overcome the weakness and challenge and broaden myself.
Being sort of individualist , I prefer spending time alone but as a member of church as a group sometimes it is challenging for me to join in all the gatherings and meetings of church. But I'm learning the meaning of fellowship and unite into church.
Being sort of individualist , I prefer spending time alone but as a member of church as a group sometimes it is challenging for me to join in all the gatherings and meetings of church. But I'm learning the meaning of fellowship and unite into church.
보배합2022-05-17 21:33
Dear Gen, thank you so much for choosing to become an inspiration for us by sharing your writing.
I believe that's a God-given desire--the desire to stretch out and broaden your soul as a member of church.
I can't imagine how much God would be pleased with your confession. Thank you and thank you, Gen! :)
I believe that's a God-given desire--the desire to stretch out and broaden your soul as a member of church.
I can't imagine how much God would be pleased with your confession. Thank you and thank you, Gen! :)
헬렌2022-05-17 09:02
I agree with you, Ashley. God wants us to be free, so He confines us in the boundary that He sets. The features of each boundary differ by people, for example, when and where I was born, how I was educated with whom, etc. Even Christians compare to each other's boundary and think that the others have loose boundaries meaning more freedom. However, the size of the boudary just fits each person, including me. In this boundary, I seek for God and depend on Him completely. It is the way that I can be myself as He created and be free in His arms.
보배합2022-05-17 21:41
Dear Helen, thank you so much for sharing your writing with us! Such an inspiration.
Like you said, boundaries are something that God has designed for every one of us in accordance with his plan.
It's like a fingerprint because everyone has a different size of boundary!
It remeinds me of our book, <A Million Little Ways>.
May God use every piece of our souls to glorify His name.
Like you said, boundaries are something that God has designed for every one of us in accordance with his plan.
It's like a fingerprint because everyone has a different size of boundary!
It remeinds me of our book, <A Million Little Ways>.
May God use every piece of our souls to glorify His name.
Stella2022-05-17 09:09
Before knowing Jesus, I had lived on my own because independence was one of the most important values for me. To deny myself and to put God at the center of me, I struggle with them every day. I pray again, help me confine myself to and live in true freedom with Christ.
보배합2022-05-17 21:45
Dear Stella, thank you so much for choosing to write and share your beautiful piece of writing with us! How wonderful!
Denying myself and putting God at the center of myself is something every believer, including myself, struggles every day.
That's why we need a faithful community where we pray together, like you, Stella.
Thank you so much, once again, for giving us this wonderful opportunity to walk with you. Please keep up the good work! :)
Denying myself and putting God at the center of myself is something every believer, including myself, struggles every day.
That's why we need a faithful community where we pray together, like you, Stella.
Thank you so much, once again, for giving us this wonderful opportunity to walk with you. Please keep up the good work! :)
Daniella2022-05-17 13:32
It was indescribable touching moment when I first realized the fact that Jejus confined himself as God’s perfect servant in all of his behaviors on earth for all of us, paying our sin debt. Even though he is almighty, high above all, he happily confined himself to what Bible said in prophesies because he so loved us. That is the most perfect and powerful love I can’t even imagine!
보배합2022-05-17 21:50
Dear Daniella, thank you so much for choosing to become an inspiration for all of us by sharing your beautiful piece of confession.
Yes! Jesus is the perfect example of whom confined himself to God's will completely with joy. The most perfect and powerful love we've heard of!
It reminds me of a verb, '추앙하다'. Jesus would be the only one who could ever 추앙 anyone. ^^
Yes! Jesus is the perfect example of whom confined himself to God's will completely with joy. The most perfect and powerful love we've heard of!
It reminds me of a verb, '추앙하다'. Jesus would be the only one who could ever 추앙 anyone. ^^
은혜 Caris2022-05-17 22:02
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은혜 Caris2022-05-17 22:15
I am a poem.
I don't confine myself to be artsy, it releases me to be me!
I don't confine myself to be artsy, it releases me to be me!
보배합2022-05-17 22:53
Yes!!!!!!! You are a beautiful and adorable poem.
겨울밤공기2022-05-18 21:23
What can I do in this situation with covid-19?
When I confined me God said with his gentle voice. "Just do whatever you like enjoying these monents."
Yes. That's ok though the things that I want to do don't seem to be productive works. Actually those are my real lyrics overflowing outside from inside of me.
When I confined me God said with his gentle voice. "Just do whatever you like enjoying these monents."
Yes. That's ok though the things that I want to do don't seem to be productive works. Actually those are my real lyrics overflowing outside from inside of me.
보배합2022-05-18 22:33
Dear Dana, thank you so much for sharing your precious writing with us.
Although the pandemic phase of COVID-19 looks to be ending, it will never change the fact that we would never be able to go back to the days when COVID-19 didn't exist. At the same time, it has opened other possibilities of living that we haven't thought of before. I grieve all the losses it has caused; but at the same time I praise God for leading us into the unprecedened era. It makes me wonder what kind of lyrics are overflowing from you :) Keep up the good work, Dana! You are doing great!
Although the pandemic phase of COVID-19 looks to be ending, it will never change the fact that we would never be able to go back to the days when COVID-19 didn't exist. At the same time, it has opened other possibilities of living that we haven't thought of before. I grieve all the losses it has caused; but at the same time I praise God for leading us into the unprecedened era. It makes me wonder what kind of lyrics are overflowing from you :) Keep up the good work, Dana! You are doing great!
Joy2022-05-20 15:42
I feel secure and peaceful when I am in God's boundary. When He called us to be His children, He set His boundary for us clearly in the Bible. I was the one who shouted FREEDOM and off the line but came back repeatedly because I realized that I did not have real freedom. I feel comfortable when I am resting under his wings. I want to tell my kids to be confined not by the world that stops them, but in the boundary God sets for them.
보배합2022-05-21 00:45
Amen. I totally agree with you, Joy. We are believers who are committed to live within the boundary that God has set for us.
Only when we are under His wings, we are free to live as the ways we are designed to live.
Thank you, Joy, for sharing your beautiful piece of writing. I pray that the day when our children would confess this truth through their souls would come soon.
Only when we are under His wings, we are free to live as the ways we are designed to live.
Thank you, Joy, for sharing your beautiful piece of writing. I pray that the day when our children would confess this truth through their souls would come soon.
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From the Book
Being his workmanship doesn’t mean we are all poets. It means we are all poems, individuals created works of a creative God. And this poetry comes out uniquely through us as we worship, think, love, pray, rest, work, and exist.
Jesus reminds us we are art and empowers us to make art.
There isn’t only one right way to do the job of glorifying God. There are many ways, a million little ways, that Christ is formed in us and spills out of us into the world.
Knowing you are a poem doesn’t confine you to be artsy, it releases you to be you. We are art, every one of us. No matter our personality, skill, talent, or inclinations. The essence of being human is that we were made by design with the hands of the Divine Artist.
Christ came to reestablish our identity, showing us what it means to be fully alive as a human—how to live on earth as we were intended to live—a life of complete dependence on the Father. He lived as an exact representation of his Father as he fulfilled the law, saved the world, made wine in water pots and blind men see. He lived as a son, a brother, a friend, a teacher, a carpenter, and a savior.
<A Million Little Ways> Emily P. Freeman p29
Ashley's Note
Fish are most fully alive when they breath under water. Only when they live in the water, they are free to be who they are. Only when we live a life of complete dependence on the Father, we are free to be who we are. That’s the graceful irony I’m willing to confine myself to.
Today’s Mission
Write your sentences with today’s expression, ‘confine’. Your sentences don’t need to be long. Just one sentence would be alright. Remember. This place is the place to make mistakes and errors. Have fun.