tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post3615222355532679463..comments2022-11-05T06:02:53.418-07:00Comments on Dawn Ponderings: Always Abounding…Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-68702126229728239392016-05-06T19:50:06.432-07:002016-05-06T19:50:06.432-07:00Thank you Nann for bringing your 'talent' ...Thank you Nann for bringing your 'talent' and perspective to my attention. I do feel I'm called to spend time in the Word, but sometimes it feels so 'impractical' in terms of blessing others...and yet, who am I to question the way the Potter has made me? I can ask for opportunity but I'm dependent on Him to open the doors. Thank you for being faithful with your 'one talent'.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-84390722127387397602016-05-06T19:44:54.958-07:002016-05-06T19:44:54.958-07:00Oh, Michele, I love hearing from you. I wish we li...Oh, Michele, I love hearing from you. I wish we lived closer. I'm sure we would find things in common and I would so like to be in your SS classes! God is amazing how he calls and fits us for His callings... thanks for sharing your perspective here ( ; My apologies for taking all week to let you know I have seen and been encouraged by your words this week. I've started back in with I Cor 15 from the beginning--some choice verses there! And they're good in the night when sleep eludes me ( :Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-85472257643656720282016-05-06T19:41:24.009-07:002016-05-06T19:41:24.009-07:00Thank-you Meema for taking time to weigh in with y...Thank-you Meema for taking time to weigh in with your life lessons here... I value your perspective. It's incredible that we are called to be servants at all! Why should I think I need to measure that service? I'm reminded of Luke 17:10 "So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'" Being, not doing. A recurring theme I find hard to get. Thanks for this encouragement!!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-39638286824435807572016-05-02T11:15:52.785-07:002016-05-02T11:15:52.785-07:00You are not alone on this pathway! I, too, look ...You are not alone on this pathway! I, too, look around and see all the need and think that surely I could do more. Yet I know that studying to show ourselves an approved workman and taking the time to treasure His Word deep in our hearts is a wonderful thing. Spending time with our King is an honor and a privilege!<br /><br />Luke 15:7-10 tells us heaven rejoices over one repentant heart. Jesus did not heal, deliver nor save every person on the earth while He walked here. The ones that believed and came to Him are the ones that received. <br /><br />So it seems to me that if I continue to study, and stay close to Jesus (He must increase and I must decrease), and be available to Him, He can send to me those that are seeking and I can then be of service.<br /><br />I may not be a "10 talent" person, but I must be faithful with my one talent. That is all God expects of us. Be the best "Kingdom of God" citizen where ever, when ever and how ever you can.<br /><br />Nannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752706598297857540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-53333268779484651522016-05-01T12:24:46.139-07:002016-05-01T12:24:46.139-07:00I could just say "amen" to the amazing M...I could just say "amen" to the amazing Meema, but instead I will say, "Thank you."<br />I am also an unexpected abounder -- never planned to get married, had not expectation of home or hearth, and now here it all is, by grace. I spent Friday with my grand boy (thank heavens the 14 year old was here to help!) and can just barely believe he's real. <br />I'm finishing up Matthew 6 right now, and was wondering what to memorize next. Since I'm reading in I Cor. this year, I'm going to give serious consideration to the chunk you just finished! Congratulations for persevering!Michele Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814119096056835884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-13469217534000072702016-05-01T06:25:13.733-07:002016-05-01T06:25:13.733-07:00Amen! Truth is as truth does. Several times of lat...Amen! Truth is as truth does. Several times of late I’ve addressed this with others who have been wrestling with the issue of ‘worth’ and proper, visible ‘service’. It seems to be a common theme as we become more seekers than doers. I do get it because I have also done hand to hand combat with the same soul-digging questions. Wearied and worn down by this eventually I asked for a simple answer to this complex issue because that’s how I roll. I just needed to cut to the chase. Here’s what I got:<br /><br />First we need to grasp that God is not bound by our increments, either in measurements of time, space, whether mental concepts or physical attributes. The Sovereign Creator pays no attention to BIG or SMALL. Time is not linear for Him as it is for us. He knows from the beginning to the end. Thus He doesn’t measure anything by our standards. <br /><br />See where I am going with this?<br /><br />The heart that is surrendered to Christ, the soul that longs to know Him more than it longs to be seen as serving Him, serves Him in ways it cannot fathom. In everything be His will, not just desiring to do it requires kicking the old measuring stick aside. <br /><br />To be a serious prayer warrior, free to stop, drop and pray with no worldly distractions like a ‘job’ is perhaps the most honorable service one can aspire to. <br /><br />God doesn’t need us to DO His will, He needs us to BE His will, as He calls us to whatever He requires of us. Big? Small? There are no such designations that can apply to true service. He knows what we cannot. We are simply called to be open willing vessels.<br /><br />And perhaps you have overlooked - you have no idea how far and wide your words spread and to whom and for what, every time you post to this blog. But He knows who needs to read it and points them to it. <br /><br />Is this not service? I never get over how utterly amazing that reality is. ;-)meemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104303592278897991noreply@blogger.com