A Soul Seeking

  A Soul Seeking… GRACE & LOVE One thing I learned about journeying with God through Christian discipleship is that the experience requires a “rotational viewpoint.”   WHAT?!… What is a “ rotational viewpoint ?”   It is the process of perpetually shifting your view in various directions in order to keep growing and moving.    There are moments when we need to  look at  the Presence of God in our  present  circumstances.   There are moments when we need to  look back  to acknowledge our God-given grace and avoid the pitfalls of the  past .   There are moments when we need to  look ahead  in order to align our life trajectory with God’s plan for our  future .   A “rotational viewpoint” positions us to stay closely connected with the heart and voice of God to know  where to look, and  when  to look… so we don’t end up distracted or disoriented.    My time of “Soul Seeking”...

“A Soul Seeking… PERFECTION?… Really! Ok, before you get all nervous or start moving down a mental spiral about this week’s topic, take a breath!   Breath. Clear your mind of preconceptions. Breath. Let the grace we found in the last blog post ground you in this moment.  Breath!   Let the heart and voice of God meet you in this moment with this verse found in Psalms 46:10 NLT   “ Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! ”   And … He will be exalted in and through our  imperfect  lives!   To frame our conversations and even the conversion of our perspectives, let us share a common definition of the word “PERFECT.”   Oxford dictionary defines perfect as… “ having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be ”   That definition does not sound so bad… “ as good as it is possible to be”  would suggest that there is some...