It's so hard sometimes to not be able to hang out with your closest friends when you want to. Thanks to all of you who have called me to let me know you forgave me for not calling you...hahah
Even though i haven't had the chance to hang out with them, God has been faithful to show up and give me opportunities to meet new ones. There were two people i met today and it started out like a typical :strangers, block of ice , me: type of thing. So i struck a conversation with them. I asked the usual question to chip away the ice between us and it seem to get no where for awhile because i only got one word replies. but, stubborn old me, just couldn't given in and let that block of ice win. so i asked them to pick only two words to describe who they were. The guy Derek said, "I'm Cold" and Lindie said "I'm dorkie". so i'm like...ooookay....and then Bam!!! God ushered me to give them two words that would describe them as God would describe them. To Lindie i said "you are God's Jewel" To Derek i said "you are His Precious"
And in that moment their countenance changed and something lit in their eyes. Lindie gave me a hug and Derek just kinda smiled at me but i knew something inside of him was chipping off.
God is so awesome and so incredible and only He knows how to provide the need of His children accordingly. I don't know what God is doing inside of them but i know that somehow, they went home knowing something about themselves they never knew before; their identity in Christ is not what they thought it was. Praise the Lord!!
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So, am I still your friend? So, are you gonna eventually come back, when it's summer?
yes, you will always be my homie romey...no matter how far apart (only 10 mins away)..heheheh
Your friends miss you.
"Intimacy with God is a hard thing to attain. The word "intimacy" carries with it the aspects of a relationship with someone where you are vulnerable, loving, trusting, etc. To have an intimate relationship with God means that the deepest part of you is having a relationship with a deep part of God. Of course, we cannot fathom the deepest part of God, but He condescends to our level and reveals a part of Himself that only the Christian (through the cross of Christ) can enjoy. In addition, in heaven, this intimacy will not be hindered by sin.
"The model of true intimacy is the Trinity. God is a Trinity of persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Therefore, our intimacy with God (and with each other) is ultimately a reflection of God’s intimacy within the members of the Godhead. This means that intimacy is an essential part of the very nature of God and because we are made in His image, it is natural to us as well. This is why we are capable of intimacy with others and with God. It is in our nature."
http://www.carm.org/devotions/intimacy.htm
Another long quote. Sorry.
"More recently, some theologians suggest that the image does not at all have to do with some ability or aspect of the way God has constituted us as individuals, rather they suggest the "image" has to do with our God-given responsibility or relatedness. Both of these non-constitutional views are argued from the context in which the Bible first mentions that we are made in His image. After Genesis declares that "God created man in his own image" the verse goes on to elaborate "male and female he created them." Theologians like Karl Barth understand this to mean that just as God has eternally been in relationship among the members of the Trinity, so God made us in relationship between men and woman."
http://www.leaderu.com/isot/docs/enjoygod/chapter5.html
What do you think?
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