I think I spend too much time with
GOD.
Hmm.
Now how can someone spend too much time with GOD?
Well,
I realized that when I am reading
HIS WORD
and ingesting all that
HE has for me,
I experience a PERFECT WORLD
in the IMPERFECT.
And it is in my GOD BUBBLE,
in my safe place,
where
the HOLY SPIRIT gently
brings conviction to my soul,
so that I am renewed,
as I release those parts of me
that are so very IMPERFECT.
Oh how I love being in my GOD BUBBLE.
For when you I am in my
GOD BUBBLE,
I BELIEVE GOOD is all around me.
I LOVE everyone.
I just want to be KIND to everyone.
I want to FORGIVE everyone.
I want to PATIENTLY WAIT in TRUSTING GOD every second.
I become so overwhelmed with a PEACE that erases all ANXIETY.
I become so COURAGEOUS so that I want to take BOLD steps
to LIVE LIFE to the fullest.
I want to take the steps to take care of my BODY,
by treat it as a temple.
Oh how LIFE IS BEAUTIFULLY PERFECT.
And then it happens.
LIFE.
It comes right at you.
Someone says the wrong thing.
It starts to rain on you sunshiney day.
You get IMPATIENT.
FEAR fills your being,
You don't want to FORGIVE, again
You don't want to LOVE everyone.
And you wonder what happened?
So you run back into your GOD BUBBLE and never want to leave,
because when you spend time with GOD you never want to leave,
because you experience HIS PERFECTION,
and don't even want to think there is such a thing as
IMPERFECTION!
But then again,
when I get out of my GOD BUBBLE,
oh how the IMPERFECTION IN ME takes over,
because I am so human.
I am nothing without GOD.
Because without GOD, I would never have JESUS.
And if I don't have JESUS then
I would never experience
HIS PEACE
when the IMPERFECT ruffles my feathers,
when it comes in the shape of
ANXIETY.
And
HIS PATIENCE
that is birthed in the IMPATIENT WAIT.
And
HIS COURAGE
that
overwhelms DISCOURAGEMENT.
And
HIS HOPE
that becomes the sweet spot of surrender
in a HOPELESS circumstance.
And
HIS FORGIVENESS
that bleeds over BITTERNESS,
putting it to death.
So does GOD wants us to stay in HIS BUBBLE?
Oh yes!
For GOD wants us to be in the world, but not of it~
"So here’s what I want you to do, GOD helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before GOD as an offering.
Embracing what GOD does for you is the best thing you can do for HIM.
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.
Instead, fix your attention on GOD.
You’ll be changed from the inside out.
Readily recognize what HE wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity,
GOD brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you"
(Romans 12:1-2 MSG).
So how do we stay IN HIS BUBBLE?
By LIVING IN JESUS
who is IN us~
"I have been crucified with CHRIST [that is, in HIM I have shared HIS crucifixion];
ti is no longer I who live, but CHRIST lives in me.
The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the SON OF GOD, who loved me and gave HIMSELF up for me"
(Galatians 2:20).
Doesn't this make you want to jump up and down with such
JOY,
that you just can't keep it inside,
so that you have to go out into the world
and let
HIM SHINE.
GOD doesn't want us to hide HIM under a bushel
GOD doesn't want us to horde
HIS LIGHT,
and remain hidden behind closed doors,
to avoid the IMPERFECT.
Get Ready. Get Set.
And GO,
for you never go alone.
So that when the IMPERFECT hits you,
like an arrow that pierces heart,
coming in the form of an
OFFENSE,
HIS FORGIVENESS is IN you
for you to RECEIVE and to give.
And when an IMPERFECT circumstance hits you
like an arrow,
HOPE is IN YOU
to keep you pressing forward in TRUST.
And when an IMPERFECT thought hits you like an arrow,
that starts taking our your MIND,
there is HIS PERFECT TRUTH
that renews your mind,
empowering you to
LIVE IN THIS WORLD
but not of it,
as you take the path that GOD has for you,
taking your BUBBLE wherever you go.
For you are a beacon on a hill
who was born to
SHINE.
So...
don't let anything or anyone pop your BUBBLE,
because when you are LIVING IN CHRIST
you are UNSTOPPABLE.
Therefore,
"THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE I'M GOING TO SHINE"
(listen to the song below)
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