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Reflection Journal, Day 49
Day 49: How old were you when the internet became part of your daily life? If you remember life before the internet, how (more)
Decline of Intimate Communication
Trying to navigate spaces as your fully authentic self with people who are reserved and calculated with their interactions leads to some form of malfunction. For me, my malfunction revolved around processing the deep emotional hurts that didn’t seem to derive from real interactions or full conversations.
Are you listening?
I have not yet mastered having a conversation while doing something else that requires my attention. When people call to speak to me about their lives, I sit and listen. If they want advice, I offer what I have. If they don’t want advice, I may share my observations or not.
Poem: Without Reservation
My efforts have proven useless against your inaction.[…]
I must resist that part of me until you present that part of yourself to me.
Sermon: God’s Original Idea, Part 1 by Myles Munroe
Myles Munroe is one of the most phenomenal Bible teachers I’ve ever listened to and read. I came across him early in my studies, so I’m sure some of his explanations are embedded in my thinking. I’ve been listening to sermons this weekend and thought about him. He and his wife died in a planeContinueContinue reading “Sermon: God’s Original Idea, Part 1 by Myles Munroe”
He is my sweetness.
He is my sweetness. When we aren’t right He is the source of all my Bitterness.
ACAD – Blessings: Genesis 49
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall. The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely, yet his bow remained unmoved; his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers. {Follow the link to read all the blessings.}
ACAD – Blessings: Genesis 48
When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.” Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”
An Open Letter: Woman to Man
Relationships are built on mutuality and thrive on reciprocity. I cannot build with someone who is constantly attacking me. Passive aggressive behavior is violent in nature. You may “only” be emotionally dismissive, neglectful, and stoic, but each instance is an attack on everything I see in and believe about you….I will not chase anyone who is not pursuing me. I am the good thing you are responsible for shepherding, but I am also responsible for where I choose to go. You lead, I follow. When you stop leading, I stop following. Remember that.
Harvest Life 