Love, Community, Holiness: A Potpuorri of Thoughts

The more I receive protection from
Him, the less I need it from other sources.

The more I allow His blood and love to cover me, the less I need that from others.

The more I am with Him, the more I cover friendship, but not because it protects me.

Emotional and spiritual connection are what I seek with others, not protection that brings them legitimacy.

The less I need you to protect me, the less energy you expend and the more you can spend time as a son executing.

Holiness is not just “set apart”.

Biblically, holiness is execution on the cause-and-effect that produces changes and moves us from glory to glory, faith to faith, strength to strength, and deep to deep.

Movement that flows from being set apart….the process more than the product….followed by the product that leads to change….change…that is holy.

That is, holiness is way more transformational than positional.

This is why reconciliation is the point of the gospel, rather than salvation……process, not point.

The reality is, will I let Him control me, if others attempt to co-opt that authority, or will I reject the awe of man when it comes time to choose this day whom I will serve.
This is the gospel of grace in Joshua 24:15

”Choose this day whom you will serve…. But as for me and my house, we will serve the L-rd.”

From Journeys Downward to Tandems Outward

There are those who have spoken to the dynamics of the 18-inch journey…

From the brain to the heart…

However, I have seen too many of these that say the heart is more important than the mind…

And they move to ignore the mind increasingly and growing the heart.

So, which is it? Mind or heart?

Depending on whom one asks, and the frame of mind one is in, the answer will vary.

But, must we choose? Either/Or.

I contend no.

There is a use for both…

And this “One-or-the-Other” mindset misses another member of the thinking/judging/perceiving group: the Kidneys and the Adrenals, known collectively as The Reins.

We must grow in our understanding and skill in utilizing the gifts of the mind, heart, and reins together, and so, instead of making an eighteen-inch journey, let us engage in the tandem of 24 inches.

Be blessed, gang. Just some thoughts as we step into this season.