I missed part of this session because I was having coffee with my friend, Jeremy DeWeerdt. I have so much respect for him and Jen and it was great to be able to sit for a few minutes and catch up.
I walked into the arena and a man named Wintley Phipps was talking about the song Amazing Grace. He told the story and sang it beautifully (below is a YouTube video of the same thing in another setting). But, the powerful thing he had to say was...
"It is in the quiet crucible of our personal private sufferings that our noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given."
What is your first response to this thought?
06 October 2007
Catalyst - Session 009
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This is really not to be trite or whatever but I would love to hear your response to this thought. I don't know that I have had any really great personal tragedies. Sure, we all ahve things that are painful and sorrowful, but after watching the video and thinking about so many others who have had real personal tragedies, I feel like my life has been perfect. Even now in our journey with our son, I feel that it is nothing compared to the trials of others. Yes, it is personal and heart-breaking and I would wish it on me rather than my child, but he's going to be great. He's going to survive.
Maybe this is the wrong attitude--comparing myself and my struggles to others. No matter the struggle, I do beleive this thought is true. Maybe I should just stop looking around and look upward and just see what God can say and do in the midst of this.
Thanks for being thought-provoking as always.
Sometimes in the middle of feeling sorry for ourselves, or not even that, just feeling like everything is against us, those are really the moments that God is shaping you. The time that He may be using to grow you into the person that is capable of doing bigger things. In the middle of a circumstance it is sometimes quite hard to understand "why." I guess that is why we are not supposed to lean on our own understanding. I can say this. I am thankful for those moments of sorrow and those times I didn't think I was going to make it. It may sound crazy, but I am looking forward to those times to come as well. I won't maybe while I am in it, but then I know that God is just preparing me for something even better.
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