Lynse Leanne

After a crazy week of sad, and emotional writing and sharing my story i decided i would let off you guys a little bit and do something lighter….so this is my sad attempt…..

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Sunday morning on my way into work i had about 45 minutes to spare so i planted at Starbucks and decided i would spend some time in the Word. I was hurting, alone and broken….so it was a good time to open the Bible.

This is what i read….

I would like to know what you guys think…how cool and awesome is that statement?

Last night we were in life group with Crystal, David and Diane and Rindy….we just started discussing the book Ragamuffin Gospel…one of my absolute favourites…and this was one of the best parts for me. It made my heart jump. It may be the season of life that i am in, but it moved me.

“Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness.  It strikes us when we walk through the dark valley of meaningless and empty life….it strikes us when, year after year, the longed for perfection does not appear, when the old compulsions reign within us as they have for decades, when despair destroys all joy and courage.  Sometimes at the moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is a though a voice were saying, “You are accepted,  You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know.  Do not ask for the name now, perhaps you will find it later.  Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek anything, do not perform anything, do not intend anything.  Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.  If that happens to us, we are experiencing grace.” 

-quote from Paul Tillich in The Shaking of the Foundations

You are accepted…plain and simple….you are accepted. DANG!! I mean, think about that for just a minute…you are accepted. that’s powerful!

I would love to know your thoughts?

ok…so i didnt write this, my friend Tam did, but i wish i did. for several reasons….

1. its really good!
2. because if i did i would have this perspective and “get it”…which i am working on
3. i would be further along in my walk.

The reason i am posting what she wrote is cause it has messed with me all week. with all the junk i have been through in my life i lose perspective…i blame God…but He didnt do it…just caused my paradigm to shift a bit so i wanted to share it with you…so enjoy…

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sovereign…in control, authority, supreme, power, prerogative.

i think i am one of the few people who can honestly say this…but, i do not question God. i dont. i cant. i mean, i can – i am able, i just will not do it. in light of His sovereignty, being in control, having all authority in and of this universe, reigning supreme, all powerful with the prerogative to do as He sees fit cause He sees all…nope, i will not question that.

have there been times in my life when i could’ve questioned God? sure. i can think of several times. when i look down at my arm and my stomach and see the scars from beatings received from my mothers boyfriend – i could have questioned God. when i think of how my first marriage ended with a gun to my head then ultimately my husband taking his own life – i could have questioned God. when i think of the baby i miscarried – i could have questioned God. and i could go on and on and on.

but were any of those instances really Gods fault? the question i hear most from believers and unbelievers is “why would a sovereign God let this happen?” i guess im more of a simple thinker, i dont know, but i say we let this stuff happen. God didnt make that mean man beat me or molest me. although He knew it was going to happen and knew when it was happening, it wasnt Gods choice….it was the abusers choice. the abuser who exercised free will.

free will. a gift from God. a gift that is abused and can turn into a curse for others.

yet, He is still in control and sovereign. in the end…He wins. its the middle that concerns me. do we recognize His sovereignty in the darkest of times? looking back now on all those personal circumstances, and more, i see how God weaved and crafted everything together to get me here now. and He’s not done yet. is it a path i would’ve chosen? well, some of it i did choose. and God did allow that. and like the Gentleman He is, He didnt force me into something else. free will. but because He is in control He will allow these times to shape me, to grow me, to stretch and refine my character. and im quite fine with that. He’s working it together.

so, instead of questioning a sovereign God for the worlds injustices…i need to look inward, and at my fellow man, and question our own motives and defiant natures…not Gods Sovereignty.

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I would love to know your thoughts….