(this is a continuation of the last blog)
The second day I took over two pages of notes! They ended with this picture. (I'm not much of an artist but doodling pictures of things I'm learning helps me instantly remember what is written in my journal there. Almost like a book marker.)
The quote above the picture is from the Keith Green song Rushing Wind and it says, "Rushing winds blow through this temple, blowing out the dust within." I felt as if God was calling me to allowing His Spirit free reign in my mind to cast out misconceptions and doubts. This always takes an act of surrendering as our level of comfort often drops when we branch out of our usual thinking, but it's also necessary for growth unless we think we already have grasped all there is to know about God. So for me it was like entering an area of my mind, depicted as a temple, and preparing for the rekindling of God's activity through surrender. (If this makes no sense just go with the flow and read on...)
Secondly, that day Dr. Curtiss mentioned that God wants to spend our lives. All of it. To me this somehow computed to mean that we shouldn't be like a gift card that limits where or how God can use us. It meant that God deposited a balance of "X" number of days into our lives and expected to use each one where and how he so pleased. So I drew this card...
Some quotes from his lectures:
"Jesus never practiced what he preached. He preached what he practiced."
""Whose image is on the coin?""Caesar's.""Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's.""But whose image are we made in? The Lords! So give to Him what is his.""
"Worst than being blind is having sight without a vision." -Helen Keller-
"Vision is like a burst of "Ah! Ha!" inside you."
By day two things Dr. Curtiss was saying resonated with me. I couldn't help but admit my recognize the disbelief and judgement I'd passed on him before I even knew who he was. As the week continued it just got better.
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