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So good and timely. Reminds me of the many times I have flown into O’Hara and found myself pacing back and forth glancing at the monitors hanging from the hallways. Fear of missing a flight would force me to exhaust my nervous energy. So I guess the question for me needs to be one of motives. What motivates me to consistently scan the horizon of my “monitors?” is it fear of defeat or failure or do is it from the assurance that I can live from the weight of my glory and offer that?
I’m guessing you checked the monitors on your way home, so you were able to post this…
Thank you so much for coming to Michigan and leading me closer to my own heart. It feels good to cut through the fog that I have allowed to envelop me, my whole life. For me, the first step has been to admit that everything has not been alright–to know true joy, I must work with God to heal my wounds. (It’s good that our Dad is the Great Physician.)
Thank you again for speaking into my life. You’re speaking God’s love into my life with the work you do and the loving spirit with which you go about it.
I had a very good interaction with you five years ago at Crooked Creek at the end of a Boot Camp. You encouraged me face to face to move forward in confidence with exploration of new directions. I’ve continued to do so with both exciting and disappointing encounters along the way. What I’m learning about the most through all of it is the art of relational interaction (conversational intimacy) with my Father. I couldn’t ask for a better result.
What your kind of encouragement does is exactly what your presenting in this blog. You have encouraged people like me to continue checking the monitors and keeping ourselves increasingly open to divine promptings.
It’s worth any complications and delays along the way (and those are to be expected in the metaphorical context of an airport) to live with a certainty that He has my destination well in hand and that I can get there while enjoying the mean time with Him.
Your insight reminds me of this verse from Job 23:10-11, “He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.”
The only way I can come forth as gold and not turn aside is if I am constantly checking the monitors. I believe that much of what we learn about who we are comes in the form of tests from God. Tests designed for us to pass in order to confirm things we know about ourselves and to also teach us something we don’t know.
Very appropriate analogy Gary. I’m not a super frequent travel and in airports, often feel clueless. And I’m not a detail guy, at all. I’m very prone to ending up at the wrong gate, or at the right one but not paying attention to the monitors, literally. Only by God’s grace have I not ended up on a flight to Swahili at some point.
Thanks Gary. You have a good pulse on Calling and all it entails. Check the monitors is just another application we NEED to do for life.
many blessings brother.
So good and timely. Reminds me of the many times I have flown into O’Hara and found myself pacing back and forth glancing at the monitors hanging from the hallways. Fear of missing a flight would force me to exhaust my nervous energy. So I guess the question for me needs to be one of motives. What motivates me to consistently scan the horizon of my “monitors?” is it fear of defeat or failure or do is it from the assurance that I can live from the weight of my glory and offer that?
Gary,
Thanks for that insight. I love this format.
Alex
I’m guessing you checked the monitors on your way home, so you were able to post this…
Thank you so much for coming to Michigan and leading me closer to my own heart. It feels good to cut through the fog that I have allowed to envelop me, my whole life. For me, the first step has been to admit that everything has not been alright–to know true joy, I must work with God to heal my wounds. (It’s good that our Dad is the Great Physician.)
Gary,
Thank you again for speaking into my life. You’re speaking God’s love into my life with the work you do and the loving spirit with which you go about it.
I had a very good interaction with you five years ago at Crooked Creek at the end of a Boot Camp. You encouraged me face to face to move forward in confidence with exploration of new directions. I’ve continued to do so with both exciting and disappointing encounters along the way. What I’m learning about the most through all of it is the art of relational interaction (conversational intimacy) with my Father. I couldn’t ask for a better result.
What your kind of encouragement does is exactly what your presenting in this blog. You have encouraged people like me to continue checking the monitors and keeping ourselves increasingly open to divine promptings.
It’s worth any complications and delays along the way (and those are to be expected in the metaphorical context of an airport) to live with a certainty that He has my destination well in hand and that I can get there while enjoying the mean time with Him.
Blessings to you,
Bob Cain
Bob, I love your story. Thank you for offering this to me. And well said. Gary
Your insight reminds me of this verse from Job 23:10-11, “He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.”
The only way I can come forth as gold and not turn aside is if I am constantly checking the monitors. I believe that much of what we learn about who we are comes in the form of tests from God. Tests designed for us to pass in order to confirm things we know about ourselves and to also teach us something we don’t know.
Well said Russell. Thank you.
Very appropriate analogy Gary. I’m not a super frequent travel and in airports, often feel clueless. And I’m not a detail guy, at all. I’m very prone to ending up at the wrong gate, or at the right one but not paying attention to the monitors, literally. Only by God’s grace have I not ended up on a flight to Swahili at some point.
In life…I can barrel ahead in like fashion.
So…check the monitors. Thanks brother.
Yea, it’s especially easy to not check in when you’re in a strong, fast current.
Great insight Gary. I think most of us just wander around hoping to end up somewhere good.
Thanks Gary. You have a good pulse on Calling and all it entails. Check the monitors is just another application we NEED to do for life.
many blessings brother.
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise”
Nothing like being at the right gate….