"You have to engage with God."
Engage- to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons):
-to attract and hold fast
Engage- to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons):
-to attract and hold fast
I know I have heard that saying one one close to it in my life before. I might have even wrote an entry about it. Yet I feel like it was more towards my career or future/dreams, which the dreams have changed since then. This entry and time is about my relationships and becoming the woman God wants me to be. It hit me in church this past Sunday like that.
Why and what?, You might ask. Because I have been struggling with being the woman God wants me to be. I have put other things before myself. While that can be good, it can also be getting too much. Things like looking for my future husband. I have thought finding that person would make me that prefect wife.
I was way wrong and off course. It felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders when I finally did let go of that thought. Here is why that saying got to me. I was thinking for weeks, "What does a women of God look like and how do I become one?" Because you hear people say all the time telling you to become the wife for your future husband or you two will work together on it and so on. While that might be good and true to some point, it's not all true.
When my pastor said, "Engage with God", everything just clicked and this is what I mean by it just cleaning clicking. The word "Engage" means two things or I just really like two out of the 3 meanings. The two meanings I like are "to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons)" and "to attract and hold fast". You can also use both of them while talking about God because you do hold the attention or efforts but yet you can also be attracted and hold fast to God too. I think I like the "attracted and hold fast" meaning best. Why? Because just thinking about how God is attracted to you since the start of Time and never let's go is a powerful thing. Not only do you want that in God but you what that in people too but not as strong.
Then, when it says "hold fast", it makes you think that no matter what happens you can hold fast to God. You can hold on to Him with all your might and He will get you through. He won't ever leave your side. Isn't that what you want in other people do especially someone like a future spouse? Don't you want someone that will always be with you in the good and bad times?
People can tell you those things, that I mentioned earlier above, and more but it it not til you are full connected to God that you can be connected to another person especially a spouse. You can't really love that person or people if you don't know what true love it. You can't really connected if you have no idea who you are at all. You wouldn't know how to engage in a marriage if you don't know how to engage with God. Isn't that what marriage is truly all about?
Not only is it about holding fast and being attached to a person. It is also about engaging in activities and love with that special someone. It is about doing what that person loves. It is about really understand how that person feels and why. It is really about feeling what the other person feels in all things. It is all about being CONNECTED!!!! How can you truly be connected to or engaging in a human when you aren't connected to or engaging in God.
Engaging in God is the best way to live life! I can't think of a better way to follow Him!
Why and what?, You might ask. Because I have been struggling with being the woman God wants me to be. I have put other things before myself. While that can be good, it can also be getting too much. Things like looking for my future husband. I have thought finding that person would make me that prefect wife.
I was way wrong and off course. It felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders when I finally did let go of that thought. Here is why that saying got to me. I was thinking for weeks, "What does a women of God look like and how do I become one?" Because you hear people say all the time telling you to become the wife for your future husband or you two will work together on it and so on. While that might be good and true to some point, it's not all true.
When my pastor said, "Engage with God", everything just clicked and this is what I mean by it just cleaning clicking. The word "Engage" means two things or I just really like two out of the 3 meanings. The two meanings I like are "to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons)" and "to attract and hold fast". You can also use both of them while talking about God because you do hold the attention or efforts but yet you can also be attracted and hold fast to God too. I think I like the "attracted and hold fast" meaning best. Why? Because just thinking about how God is attracted to you since the start of Time and never let's go is a powerful thing. Not only do you want that in God but you what that in people too but not as strong.
Then, when it says "hold fast", it makes you think that no matter what happens you can hold fast to God. You can hold on to Him with all your might and He will get you through. He won't ever leave your side. Isn't that what you want in other people do especially someone like a future spouse? Don't you want someone that will always be with you in the good and bad times?
People can tell you those things, that I mentioned earlier above, and more but it it not til you are full connected to God that you can be connected to another person especially a spouse. You can't really love that person or people if you don't know what true love it. You can't really connected if you have no idea who you are at all. You wouldn't know how to engage in a marriage if you don't know how to engage with God. Isn't that what marriage is truly all about?
Not only is it about holding fast and being attached to a person. It is also about engaging in activities and love with that special someone. It is about doing what that person loves. It is about really understand how that person feels and why. It is really about feeling what the other person feels in all things. It is all about being CONNECTED!!!! How can you truly be connected to or engaging in a human when you aren't connected to or engaging in God.
Engaging in God is the best way to live life! I can't think of a better way to follow Him!
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