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On Monday, our devotional was about the ways we sometimes spiritually flail and panic, ignoring the voice of God telling us to relax, go slow, and enjoy the process. In fact, in Scripture God is clear: we are not to be anxious about anything. The heartbeat of God is that we rest in Him, and keep swimming.
Our question this week is: how easy or difficult is it for you to believe God’s reassurances (to keep swimming, not flailing)? And how do you experience those reassurances? Do you find certain messages from God easier to hear than others?
"The heartbeat of God is that we rest in Him and keep swimming." Beautiful! For me it's gotten easier. But only because I have come to see the futility of alternatives...it feels to me we are in an energy in which there is a tremendous amount of grace but also clarity about what is not serving the highest God/divine will. It feels like less work because it is so clear.
Perks! I love it! This morning I went on a walk and a neighbor poked her head out to say good morning in her PJs. She was struggling with the letting go of all the external stuff going on (carrying it/holding it) and came to tears...meanwhile I had been feeling lonely as I have lost so many people and communities in the course of being true to the truth/Truth as best I understand it. So when she apologized for what she thought was unloading on me, I was able to let her know that actually she was a blessing! I asked her when was the last time she was in her happy place and she mentioned staring at a cloud earlier in the morning. We had a marvelous conversation about clouds...how versatile they are!
I agree with Lily and Megan. It’s gotten easier because I can look back and see His provision throughout so many trials in my life. When I feel myself starting to flail, I have to open my Bible and rest in His promises. At night if I am lying awake with thoughts starting to race, I choose some Scripture and begin reciting it over and over. Those words always give me the reassurance I need that everything is going to be alright.
"The heartbeat of God is that we rest in Him and keep swimming." Beautiful! For me it's gotten easier. But only because I have come to see the futility of alternatives...it feels to me we are in an energy in which there is a tremendous amount of grace but also clarity about what is not serving the highest God/divine will. It feels like less work because it is so clear.
Gotten easier because of seeing the futility of alternatives.... YES. Truth. One of the perks of growing older and growing in wisdom.
Perks! I love it! This morning I went on a walk and a neighbor poked her head out to say good morning in her PJs. She was struggling with the letting go of all the external stuff going on (carrying it/holding it) and came to tears...meanwhile I had been feeling lonely as I have lost so many people and communities in the course of being true to the truth/Truth as best I understand it. So when she apologized for what she thought was unloading on me, I was able to let her know that actually she was a blessing! I asked her when was the last time she was in her happy place and she mentioned staring at a cloud earlier in the morning. We had a marvelous conversation about clouds...how versatile they are!
I agree with Lily and Megan. It’s gotten easier because I can look back and see His provision throughout so many trials in my life. When I feel myself starting to flail, I have to open my Bible and rest in His promises. At night if I am lying awake with thoughts starting to race, I choose some Scripture and begin reciting it over and over. Those words always give me the reassurance I need that everything is going to be alright.