Faithful Friday!

I met God very young on a “you’re real” level before ever knowing Jesus and the Spirit.  If this makes sense.  I didn’t have that knowledge or access to it or being as young as 4 that kind of grasping for all that but I knew God; that maintained and sustained ME in all my horror growing up—it is in that I am closest to God. God was (is) my go to.

I also in some way, even young, knew others at places of deep sorrow without them telling me—I helped myself by helping others know joy.  Not being it for them, that’s when things have gotten messy for me in life prior…when people become like an addict (dependent) or v.v..

Not to be joy but rather enhance life and in turn the sharing God.

Most folks as an adult I find super uptight often lol lol I relate best when the childlike is visible or reachable in others because that IS my being.  It isn’t regression it is more an undoing of all the situational and environmental twisting, bending and breaking.  A have taken back that prepubescent wonder, awe and innocence, not sinless by any stretch.

This is a struggle, the uptight who guard that child in them with white knuckles… “Let the children come to me.”  We need not white knuckle to cling to Him, however, we do it rather than “let the children come to me.”

One flashing his batman key ring the other day when I wore my Robin shirt!! (childlike)

I suppose why I am sharing this is because this is Church for me “let the children come to me. Don’t stop them!”
This is my life.  There is no separate--Church life and life life are one = childlike not foolish nor infantile; I have come to Him and I love when others do too, especially with me and He.

God is this really cool toy I have and I want to share it with all the “kids” and not just for show and tell!

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MY CALL

Discomfort
Unnerve
Rattle


Shame?


Jump back
Ten feet for every square inch
shared
Pointing fingers
Deer in the headlights
Projecting blame


Scared?


Pure as can be
Want of nothing
Tangible
On earth as it is in Heaven


Misconstrued
Misconceptions
Conceptual Overload--


Busting at the seams, overflowing
Consuming
God's love
manifesting--


Abnormality!

Excluded.

http://m.13wham.com/article?id=4634956&categoryid=1096&election=&provider=  (controversy over opening meetings with prayer)
Personally, this small step is a victory, I am not a Greece resident.

When I was in sixth grade, some thirty years ago, one morning during the beginning of the Pledge of Allegiance "the new kid" (whose name I still recall) said he couldn't say it.

I grew up in the 'farm country' of New York, where you said the Pledge and we also learned Darwinism along with Creationism.

Needless to say, all eyes on the boy as the teacher asked politely why not.  He was Canadian was his answer as well as in more laymen terms, it would go against his allegiance to Canada.  He was excluded from having to do so and allowed to sit down.

None of us ever thought negatively, more respect for his loyalty.  Later on we learned much about Canada, including the national anthem, which we gladly added to our morning routine at some point.

No lawyers, lawsuits, anger or disrespect, that I recall.  Just proving things can always be worked out.

I myself am mindful to approach things positively, maybe an eye brow raised time to time, though always willing to listen and work.  

I am curious why there's no HUGE deal about "In God We Trust" on our money.  All people use it, jus' sayin' -- things that make you go hmmmm