#Listening to God
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"Getting to know God is fundamentally a matter of listening. He takes the first step in this business and looks to us to respond. If we know God, it is because we have let Him speak to us.
~H.R. Mackintosh
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#headphones#tumblr polls#random polls#poll time#my polls#polls#ears#music#easy listening#survey#data#dataa#what im listening to#listening to music#listening to god#currently listening to#now listening
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Self-inflicted
Moses screwed up everything.
Moses should have been killed as a child. Instead, he gets adopted by Pharoah’s daughter.
Moses grows up in the palace. He’s got every advantage. But he’s still in touch with his own people.
He’s got everything he needs to succeed, and he’s doing it without losing who he is.
Then (as today’s first reading shows us) Moses tries to protect one of his own people and ends up killing an Egyptian.
His own people turn on him. Pharoah orders him to be put to death. And Moses flees for his life.
In one day, Moses loses everything. And it’s all his fault.
From a human perspective, that sounds like the end of the story.
I’m sure that’s how it looked to Moses. And yet we know it’s actually the beginning.
This is the backstory of one of the greatest liberators in human history. Which makes no sense at all.
How is that even possible after a self-inflicted disaster like this?
The reason that his story doesn’t end with an execution, the reason he becomes the Moses we know from the Exodus, comes down to one thing.
Moses listened to God.
Mind you, Moses didn’t start listening to God until after his self-inflicted disaster.
In fact, Moses didn’t start listening to God until he had already been hiding out on the back side of the desert for 40 years. Moses was not a quick study.
None of that bothered God in the least.
When Moses finally started listening to God, God didn’t tell Moses that he’d waited to long.
God didn’t say, “If you’d started listening to me years ago, I would have been willing to help.”
God didn’t tell Moses that he’d thrown away too many opportunities or that he was too far gone.
God didn’t say, “You could have done great things, if you hadn’t killed that Egyptian.”
Instead, God begins with Moses like it’s day one. Like nothing has happened that could derail God’s plans for Moses. Because it hasn’t.
Not because Moses is anything special.
After all that’s happened, it’s not easy for Moses to trust God. He even gets into an argument with God, telling God all the reasons why God’s plans won’t work and why he’s not the right person.
None of that matters to God. Because (as Isaiah tells us) God’s ways are not our ways and God’s thoughts are not our thoughts.
Again, not because Moses is anything special. But because this is who God is. And this is how God looks at each one of us.
No matter how long it’s been. No matter what we’ve done.
Even if it’s self-inflicted.
None of that matters to God.
With God, what looks like an end to us, is really a beginning.
One that starts with listening to God.
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#Self-Inflicted#Listening to God#God#Jesus#Catholic#Christian#Church#Beginnings#Moses#Backstory#Too Far Gone#Too Long#Moments Before Mass
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Me: Dear Lord, I feel so torn and confused. I don't know where I'm supposed to be or what I'm meant to be doing. Please guide me so that I can do your will for my life, even though your plan may look different than mine
God: *gives me signs for the the thing that I don't want to do*
Me:
Me: Damn it
#listening to the Lord got me like 'FINE we'll do it YOUR way!'#god#prayer#praying#christian#christianity#listening to god#didn't know that that was a tag#progressive christian#queer christian#lgbtq+ christian
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Not Having an AI Companion – Mary Sheltie Jones
From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem. Acts 13:13 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. Acts 16:6 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my…
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#quotes#poem#poetryislove#spilled ink#herheartpoetry#poetry lines#golden wind#windy#blouse and skirt#the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy#freedom#like wind on a dry branch#breeze#listening to god#skirt
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Virginity is priceless! Hold your purity steadfast for as long as you can. The world will rush you to give up your innocence...even try to take it from you...
I'm pretty sure there's a Bible scripture that suggests it is better for a woman to keep her purity and her virginity and stay unmarried and untouched by a man (way too late for me in that area, but hell, you youngins still got a good chance), and instead devote her life to the righteous integrity of God's body and God's true love for her.
But also says something like if a woman must have sexual relations, take a husband and be one with him and live righteously unto the man, as you would unto God. But, I mean...no sex with no man, but staying true to God in mind, heart, body, spirit, and soul instead is the first instruction, I do declare. Wish I would have paid more attention to that when I was young...wish my molester would have read that scripture and given a damn.
Now, I will indeed google that scripture to post as a reference to my thoughts here today. Regardless, the "no sex with no man" is a good rule to live by. There would be less broken hearts, less confusion, less STD's, less unwanted pregnancies, less abortions, less unwanted babies and children, less unmarried mothers, less unwanted children in the system (foster care, etc)...God always knows best, you see.
Maybe we women should start listening to Him and applying.
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i never knew there were men in the room for this, “that was tough” oh man they were not prepared XD
#theres probably nothing more terrifying or crushing for straight men#than to listen to women debate attractive male characters#only 10 seconds of the women talking and i feel like i’m there#god i wish i could hear more#funny videos#behind the scenes#disney#tangled#animation#animated#animated movies#male character#flynn rider#eugene fitzherbert#attractive#animated characters#3d animation#character design
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How to use Meditation for real peace. It's important.
The Bad Rap Meditation has gotten a bad rap among Christians, although I see a changing trend. I can remember being critical of Yoga because of its “Eastern” transcendental philosophy. Sometimes, I practice Yoga myself occasionally when I can’t work out due to my feet. I may offend some Christians, but if we don’t look at the issues that tickle our sensitivities, we’ll never understand…
#Christian meditation different than Yoga#Christians and meditation#Eastern meditation#God&039;s voice#hearing God#Jesus and meditatation#listening to God#meditation#mind#Yoga
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Love Never Behaves Inappropriately, a personal aside
To understand how to love people in each specific situation, I must ask God and listen to His answer. This is particularly important to me because of my condition. I can't fake it.
Link to the passage: 1 Corinthians 13. Most of my writing over many years has been driven by real problems in my own life, not simply academic curiosity. The recent series are no exception. Some may wonder, if there really is only one kind of love, if this means that we should treat everyone in exactly the same way. The answer is no. Every person and every relationship is different. Love never…
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#asking God#autism#empathy#God#hearing God&039;s voice#Holy Spirit#how to love others#listening to God#Love#loving others#predictive empathy#social disability#waiting for God&039;s answer
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Arguing with Dad--Acts 22:1-23
Listening, and hearing the Truth God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to. Continue reading Arguing with Dad–Acts 22:1-23
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The Grace of Redemption and Gratitude (Exodus 37:1-16)
No matter how you slice or dice it, it always comes out as grace.
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. And he…
#ark of the covenant#exodus#exodus 37#fellowship#forgiveness#give thanks#god&039;s grace#god&039;s holiness#god&039;s mercy#god&039;s purpose#god&039;s pursuit#god&039;s sovereignty#good#grace#gratitude#listening to god#mercy#obedience#obeying god#redemption#sin#the table
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June 14, 2024 Memory Verse
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#Blessings#come upon you#Deuteronomy 28:2#Listen#Listening To God#Memory Verse#overtake#voice of God
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Listen
I used to work with Jon, a man on the autism spectrum. He could be hard to communicate with.
Some of what he said seemed random. Unrelated to…much of anything. But there were also flashes of brilliance. Insights and ideas that were amazingly helpful for our work together.
Because what I did understand of what he was saying was so good, I wanted more of it. So, I made it my business to learn to speak Jon.
At first, it was a slog. There’s no app for learning to speak Jon. It took a lot of listening. It was maybe a year or more before I started to get it.
The random stories? They were his way of thinking through ideas he didn’t have words for. By making analogies, by drawing comparisons. They were Jon’s parables.
As I learned to speak Jon, it became clear that so much of what seemed scattershot and unrelated was actually dead on.
To connect with Jon, I had to learn to speak Jon. Because the only way to really communicate with him was on his terms.
Truth be told, it’s the only way we can truly communicate with anyone. On their terms.
No matter who it is, until we learn to speak them, most of what they say won’t mean much. There may be flashes of brilliance. But most of it will be pretty random.
And if we try to impose our expectations on them for how we want them to think and communicate?
We won’t get much of anything out of it. We’ll be confused and frustrated. Maybe even angry at them. For not following our preconceived ideas.
It’s especially true for how we understand God.
The burden of our expectations is why so many people are confused and frustrated by God. We get angry at God for not following our preconceived ideas.
In His love, God is drawing each one of us to Himself. God is calling out to you, heart to heart.
If you’re not feeling that. If you’re not hearing God’s call to you.
Then it’s time to drop the preconceived ideas. And just listen.
It’s time to learn to speak God.
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#Listen#God's Call#God#Jesus#Catholic#Christian#Church#Autism#Communicate#Expectations#Preconceived ideas#Listening to God#Moments Before Mass
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when will we talk about the willful helplessness epidemic on here. So many people on this god forsaken website demand to have any and all things that exist outside their personal experiences directly, personally pre-chewed and spoonfed to them. And when you do, they'll then ask for you to swallow for them, too, because, you see, in THEIR experience..,
#this is about people who show up in the replies asking shit that has already been answered in the replies#this is about people who show up in reblogs asking people to explain very obvious things to them that'd take one second of listening to#others' experiences to be aware of#For the love of god if you're presented with information or turns of ohrase that conflict with your personal experience don't just sit down#Consider that perhaps things unlike you exist and that things that are one way for you may be different for others#This isn't difficult you just need to stop centering yourself as the only point of reference you have#you're not. There is so much more than you out there. And you can hold it and know it#you just need to get the FUCK OVER YOURSELF#fucking christ#mumblr#problemnyatic thoughts
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More than Oneself
“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:18 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for…
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