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this isn't nuclear fission, folks. : ) make it easy on yourself if you want.
to get the ball rolling,i have two:
1. who is your favorite artist? right now, that's gustav klimmer, who's more famously known for this:
2. what color is your hair? well, mostly light brown. but i have this tiny, 1/4" square patch (sort of behind my ear) that's like, silver/whitish. it's creepy and i love it.
to get the ball rolling,i have two:
1. who is your favorite artist? right now, that's gustav klimmer, who's more famously known for this:
2. what color is your hair? well, mostly light brown. but i have this tiny, 1/4" square patch (sort of behind my ear) that's like, silver/whitish. it's creepy and i love it.
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J
Wow...this took some thought.
THE QUESTION:
What was the most revealingly personal moment in your walk with the Lord?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About a year after God brought amazing changes into my life and gave me such passion for His Word, odd things began to happen. Things I could not explain.
EXAMPLES:
- I felt that God was "telling me" to go see my supervisor who was in the hospital and tell her something very specific. I didn't want to. It kinda freaked me out. I kept arguing about it, even while riding up to her room on the elevator. When I entered her room, the thing I'd been told to say came out of my mouth. (Jeremiah 20:9) Word for word. She began to cry, thanked me for coming and it changed her view about God. She died soon after.
- I had cleaned out closets and had a trunk full of men's clothing that I intended to take to Goodwill, but something kept telling me to wait. I waited. Weeks. Then one evening I was led to a CERTAIN location to a CERTAIN person who needed them. After I gave the things to the homeless man who was riding his bike, I looked up and saw something that was an answer to a prayer I'd been praying for quite some time. Something I'd forgotten about, but God had not.
As some of you know, as a teen I had attempted to take my life. I don't want to go into that, but the short version is that I did hear God's voice telling me that if I did that, I would go to hell. It was not an angry voice, just a stern, matter of fact warning - a "this is how it will be" thing. I stopped what I was doing, went to bed and nothing like that ever happened again.
These are three examples of what I'm talking about. It was....weird. I began to pray, asking why this was happening. I didn't know who to talk with about it (did not have a church at the time; had been doing intensive Bible study on my own). I had so many questions. And then He answered me....He said two things:
1. Read 1 Samuel
2. Call your mother
I did both.
I told my mom long distance what'd I'd read about Hannah and Samuel, and that God had told me to call and ask her why I'd been led to that passage. It was a few moments before she was able to speak because she was crying. When she calmed down a bit she reminded me of something she'd told me when I was younger. When I was around 3 years old, my mom was in a car accident and suffered a severe head injury, for which they'd given her phenobarbital. While everyone was sleeping, I went into her purse and ate almost all of them. I was unconscious by the time they found me. We were staying with my gramma (a nurse) while mom recovered (my parents were divorced by then), so they immediately took me to a local doctor (the hospital was too far away). The elderly doctor sent his other patients home and worked to save my life all afternoon. He allowed my gramma to stay because he needed the help, but my mom was sent out of the room.
Mom said that she paced the hall all afternoon, praying and crying out to God. She told Him essentially the same thing Hannah did, that if He would give her me, she would give me back to Him for His purposes.
No one expected me to live. No one expected me to function normally if I did.
I had known about getting into her purse and taking her meds, but knew nothing of the details or of her very personal experience that day. When she'd finished I was in tears and could barely speak. There was nothing to say.
We all have a purpose in the Kingdom of God. We all have questions. We all have different experiences/functions within the Body of Christ. We also all have moments of doubt. But, if we diligently seek Him, He is faithful to answer and reveal in HIS time. Whenever I doubt. Whenever I question. Whenever life tries to beat me down, I remember this. I remember Whose I am. I know that I know that I know I belong to I AM.
Let this life within me cry that I know my Redeemer LIVES
[video=youtube;6QvX4CwSmwY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QvX4CwSmwY[/video]
THE QUESTION:
What was the most revealingly personal moment in your walk with the Lord?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About a year after God brought amazing changes into my life and gave me such passion for His Word, odd things began to happen. Things I could not explain.
EXAMPLES:
- I felt that God was "telling me" to go see my supervisor who was in the hospital and tell her something very specific. I didn't want to. It kinda freaked me out. I kept arguing about it, even while riding up to her room on the elevator. When I entered her room, the thing I'd been told to say came out of my mouth. (Jeremiah 20:9) Word for word. She began to cry, thanked me for coming and it changed her view about God. She died soon after.
- I had cleaned out closets and had a trunk full of men's clothing that I intended to take to Goodwill, but something kept telling me to wait. I waited. Weeks. Then one evening I was led to a CERTAIN location to a CERTAIN person who needed them. After I gave the things to the homeless man who was riding his bike, I looked up and saw something that was an answer to a prayer I'd been praying for quite some time. Something I'd forgotten about, but God had not.
As some of you know, as a teen I had attempted to take my life. I don't want to go into that, but the short version is that I did hear God's voice telling me that if I did that, I would go to hell. It was not an angry voice, just a stern, matter of fact warning - a "this is how it will be" thing. I stopped what I was doing, went to bed and nothing like that ever happened again.
These are three examples of what I'm talking about. It was....weird. I began to pray, asking why this was happening. I didn't know who to talk with about it (did not have a church at the time; had been doing intensive Bible study on my own). I had so many questions. And then He answered me....He said two things:
1. Read 1 Samuel
2. Call your mother
I did both.
I told my mom long distance what'd I'd read about Hannah and Samuel, and that God had told me to call and ask her why I'd been led to that passage. It was a few moments before she was able to speak because she was crying. When she calmed down a bit she reminded me of something she'd told me when I was younger. When I was around 3 years old, my mom was in a car accident and suffered a severe head injury, for which they'd given her phenobarbital. While everyone was sleeping, I went into her purse and ate almost all of them. I was unconscious by the time they found me. We were staying with my gramma (a nurse) while mom recovered (my parents were divorced by then), so they immediately took me to a local doctor (the hospital was too far away). The elderly doctor sent his other patients home and worked to save my life all afternoon. He allowed my gramma to stay because he needed the help, but my mom was sent out of the room.
Mom said that she paced the hall all afternoon, praying and crying out to God. She told Him essentially the same thing Hannah did, that if He would give her me, she would give me back to Him for His purposes.
No one expected me to live. No one expected me to function normally if I did.
I had known about getting into her purse and taking her meds, but knew nothing of the details or of her very personal experience that day. When she'd finished I was in tears and could barely speak. There was nothing to say.
We all have a purpose in the Kingdom of God. We all have questions. We all have different experiences/functions within the Body of Christ. We also all have moments of doubt. But, if we diligently seek Him, He is faithful to answer and reveal in HIS time. Whenever I doubt. Whenever I question. Whenever life tries to beat me down, I remember this. I remember Whose I am. I know that I know that I know I belong to I AM.
Let this life within me cry that I know my Redeemer LIVES
[video=youtube;6QvX4CwSmwY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QvX4CwSmwY[/video]
M
Hmm...
Either:
Q1: What's your issue with tumbleweeds?
or
Q2: Why is it important that people show an affinity for rubber ducks?
To which I say...
A1: They're killers. Seriously. I have nightmares about them.
and
A2: If a person can't appreciate the simple silliness of a little yellow rubber ducky, they're taking life (and themselves) too seriously.
Either:
Q1: What's your issue with tumbleweeds?
or
Q2: Why is it important that people show an affinity for rubber ducks?
To which I say...
A1: They're killers. Seriously. I have nightmares about them.
and
A2: If a person can't appreciate the simple silliness of a little yellow rubber ducky, they're taking life (and themselves) too seriously.
I
Q: "How do you still find me worthy of loving with all the crap I've told you about myself & my past?"
A: "Because all of us have a "past",it doesn't matter if you were addicted to drugs or slept with a million people,if you were in jail,or if you cheated on yer' term paper. Who am I to judge you? God doesn't hold that against you,why should I? I know the YOU of today...not the YOU of before. All that matters is now."
(actual question asked of me by a friend,and my answer)
A: "Because all of us have a "past",it doesn't matter if you were addicted to drugs or slept with a million people,if you were in jail,or if you cheated on yer' term paper. Who am I to judge you? God doesn't hold that against you,why should I? I know the YOU of today...not the YOU of before. All that matters is now."
(actual question asked of me by a friend,and my answer)
B
Sometimes simply questions can be interestingly revealing to my curiosity. For examples,
1. What ticks you off?
2. How would I make you happy?
3. How often do you sing hymns & participate in the Lord's Supper?
4. What are bottom 3 factors you least care about?
5. What are 2 topics I should not inquire of you?
6. Besides God, family & friends, what 5 things calms you down?
7. How much interest do you have in mathematics?
8. What are the top 3 important factors in you life?
9. If you were commissioned to dispose of $7,000, how would you fulfill your assignment?
10. How would you explain the importance of Jesus to a 3rd-grader and to a teenager?
11. How do you handle trolls, crossed people and atheists?
12. How do you handle constructive criticism towards you?
13. What 3 adjectives describe you?
14. What 3 verbs describe you?
15. What 3 animals describe your mother (or the parent who raised you), and why?
1. What ticks you off?
2. How would I make you happy?
3. How often do you sing hymns & participate in the Lord's Supper?
4. What are bottom 3 factors you least care about?
5. What are 2 topics I should not inquire of you?
6. Besides God, family & friends, what 5 things calms you down?
7. How much interest do you have in mathematics?
8. What are the top 3 important factors in you life?
9. If you were commissioned to dispose of $7,000, how would you fulfill your assignment?
10. How would you explain the importance of Jesus to a 3rd-grader and to a teenager?
11. How do you handle trolls, crossed people and atheists?
12. How do you handle constructive criticism towards you?
13. What 3 adjectives describe you?
14. What 3 verbs describe you?
15. What 3 animals describe your mother (or the parent who raised you), and why?
1. everything
2. internet people dont make me happy. they only exist on a screen. and go away when I turn off said screen
3. I dont sing
4. what?
5. everything. I know nothing.
6. calm, things, meh.
7. meh
8. I got nothing.
9. I would burn it in a parking lot.
10. me around a kid? are you kidding? dude I am a hermit.
11. troll back, what, meh
12, meh
13. whats a adjective?
14. whats a verb.
15. I got nothing.
16. I cant read.
2. internet people dont make me happy. they only exist on a screen. and go away when I turn off said screen
3. I dont sing
4. what?
5. everything. I know nothing.
6. calm, things, meh.
7. meh
8. I got nothing.
9. I would burn it in a parking lot.
10. me around a kid? are you kidding? dude I am a hermit.
11. troll back, what, meh
12, meh
13. whats a adjective?
14. whats a verb.
15. I got nothing.
16. I cant read.
1. I would say Charles Reiffel is one of my favorite artists. California post impressionist. His landscapes are beautiful and sometimes have a subtle cartoonish element to them that makes his paintings fun. The city scapes are just as beautiful and similarly have a touch of whimsy.
2. Hair - a dark blond, I guess....kind of that non-color. Lighter in the summer, darker in the winter. I've had a little patch behind my right ear at the temple of grey. I've had that since I was a teenager. I hoped that when I grey, the patch indicated that I would have these cool grey streaks at the temples that would make me look very distinguished as I aged. But alas, that's still the only grey I have....unless I less my stubble go for a few days, then it shows up there.
2. Hair - a dark blond, I guess....kind of that non-color. Lighter in the summer, darker in the winter. I've had a little patch behind my right ear at the temple of grey. I've had that since I was a teenager. I hoped that when I grey, the patch indicated that I would have these cool grey streaks at the temples that would make me look very distinguished as I aged. But alas, that's still the only grey I have....unless I less my stubble go for a few days, then it shows up there.
A piano student of mine asked me at his second-to-last lesson, "What is your favorite movie?" I responded with "Young Frankenstein," which is ONE of my favorites, and the first thing I thought of. He was only five, so he wasn't familiar with the movie, and I was wondering why he asked me.
At his next (and last) lesson, he gave me a Frankenstein rubber duckie. This was three or four years ago. It's still prominently displayed in the "guest" bathroom atop the snooty rolled towels.
At his next (and last) lesson, he gave me a Frankenstein rubber duckie. This was three or four years ago. It's still prominently displayed in the "guest" bathroom atop the snooty rolled towels.
I think a better title might have been.. Whats the one question you always wished someone would ask you (or something like that) 
Can't think of any right now.. thinking too much about dinner
Can't think of any right now.. thinking too much about dinner
i was just relating what i've literally said over and over to people in personal and business situations. it really IS my favorite all-purpose question.
in theory, we can only ask within the scope of what we imagine to be relevant or appropriate. we all have subjects or details about ourselves that are so unusual that no one would probably ask you that.
maybe it translates better live that online. : )