DLL
05-28-2005, 10:16 AM
i told you i think toooo much.
i was grocery shoppping and of course still thinking bout things when this thought came to me.
there is a parable in the bible that tells of a woman who had 10 peices of silver but lost one. and she searched and searched, doing everything she knew to find it. this piece was very important to her.
i think we are like this woman. we have all lost something, whether it be a church, friendships, family, meaning, or whatever. and we are searching with everything we know to find it. thats why i cant "just let it go" like everybody tells me to because it is very important to me.
i HAVE lost something and i know it will never be the "same" again but that doesnt keep me from searching for what ive lost and that doesnt keep it from being very important to me.
i have LOST...i cant put my hands(or my heart) on it, so i know its not in my control or possesion anymore.
so what did this woman do? she kept searching until SHE was satisfied with the outcome of her search. and then asked her friends to join her in her celebration. (I wonder why she didnt ask them to help her. maybe they would have encouraged to stop or might have denied her request...i dunno)
now i know that he bible has another application to this story and its outcome but if we stop here in the story, and focus on the woman's searching, then we can apply this to us and what we are searching for. the bible doesnt say how long she searched or why she didnt just give up. only that she kept on until she found.....found satisfaction in her search.
you probably think im wierd or something but i want to encourage all of you to keep searching until youre satisfied; until you can come to the point of celebration. maybe not in what you were looking for but in knowing you did all to find it. satisfied with the search itself, maybe.
and i find comfort in knowing that GOD knows what i lost, where and how i lost it. but instead of just leading me straight to it, maybe He wants to see if i want it back bad enough to search for it ....with everything inside of me. then when i do find it, IT WILL BE A GRAND CELEBRATION!!! and you all will be invited!
i was grocery shoppping and of course still thinking bout things when this thought came to me.
there is a parable in the bible that tells of a woman who had 10 peices of silver but lost one. and she searched and searched, doing everything she knew to find it. this piece was very important to her.
i think we are like this woman. we have all lost something, whether it be a church, friendships, family, meaning, or whatever. and we are searching with everything we know to find it. thats why i cant "just let it go" like everybody tells me to because it is very important to me.
i HAVE lost something and i know it will never be the "same" again but that doesnt keep me from searching for what ive lost and that doesnt keep it from being very important to me.
i have LOST...i cant put my hands(or my heart) on it, so i know its not in my control or possesion anymore.
so what did this woman do? she kept searching until SHE was satisfied with the outcome of her search. and then asked her friends to join her in her celebration. (I wonder why she didnt ask them to help her. maybe they would have encouraged to stop or might have denied her request...i dunno)
now i know that he bible has another application to this story and its outcome but if we stop here in the story, and focus on the woman's searching, then we can apply this to us and what we are searching for. the bible doesnt say how long she searched or why she didnt just give up. only that she kept on until she found.....found satisfaction in her search.
you probably think im wierd or something but i want to encourage all of you to keep searching until youre satisfied; until you can come to the point of celebration. maybe not in what you were looking for but in knowing you did all to find it. satisfied with the search itself, maybe.
and i find comfort in knowing that GOD knows what i lost, where and how i lost it. but instead of just leading me straight to it, maybe He wants to see if i want it back bad enough to search for it ....with everything inside of me. then when i do find it, IT WILL BE A GRAND CELEBRATION!!! and you all will be invited!