tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post8104186560776200972..comments2023-11-05T03:13:13.353-07:00Comments on sojourner: i'm working on a song...paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879573441359515525noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-52589567450407232842011-01-26T00:02:00.271-07:002011-01-26T00:02:00.271-07:00Love what Carlee wrote! Same with your mom! they ...Love what Carlee wrote! Same with your mom! they couldn't have said it better, how I feel "being used by God" is defined.Lori-Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17808774076360075864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-79454037512860924872011-01-25T05:40:52.413-07:002011-01-25T05:40:52.413-07:00I think most of my thoughts have already been said...I think most of my thoughts have already been said, better than I could say them!<br />I wish I could hear you sing and play the song once it comes together!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435729626661884921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-91501265809983844522011-01-24T22:15:16.542-07:002011-01-24T22:15:16.542-07:00Being used -- maybe being in the right place at th...Being used -- maybe being in the right place at the right time? Feeling you should give someone a certain amount of money - and when you do, finding out they were praying for that exact amount for a specific need. That's the sort of thing I think of -- like one of our former minister's said "Too Odd Not to Be God" moments in our lives when there is no other explanation but Alisdairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14388645177097980295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-73860020302276697152011-01-24T21:05:05.638-07:002011-01-24T21:05:05.638-07:00deborah - funny - that's exactly where the *in...deborah - funny - that's exactly where the *inkling* for this song came from. i was reading something that actually, Erik wrote - & it resonated with me. It was more than just an openness or wilingness to be used... it was a *desire* & a *longing* to be used & i thought to myself - that must be from God - & yet where do we go from here?paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879573441359515525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-13214343471685137852011-01-24T20:40:11.449-07:002011-01-24T20:40:11.449-07:00I've thought this out a bit...and honestly hav...I've thought this out a bit...and honestly haven't come up with much that's deep or profound in any sense. For me it is simply (though not always 'simple' to do or be) open to Him - wherever and to whomever that may lead - basically the same as Carlee's answer.<br />Oddly enough though, this is one thing that I have been really wrestling with God in my own life...how do deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675389544864607125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-75741394485207772142011-01-24T18:15:04.251-07:002011-01-24T18:15:04.251-07:00This is a BIG question Paige but I'm going to ...This is a BIG question Paige but I'm going to maybe prod it a little further if I can. If we want to ask the question "How can I be used by God?" We need to also understand the relationship we have with him in a "Kingdom" perspective!<br /><br />God is not just our friend and neighbor; he is our Lord and Righteous Ruler. He is our King and Life Commander. In that sense we Erikhttp://www.iamjustwondering.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-58578484470804978322011-01-24T16:46:57.952-07:002011-01-24T16:46:57.952-07:00maybe it's not something that can be expressed...maybe it's not something that can be expressed in three verses and a chorus - when it encompasses every act of our lives - our willingness to act in agreement with Him - our very *being*...paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879573441359515525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-76609769092667395112011-01-24T16:27:01.635-07:002011-01-24T16:27:01.635-07:00Yes...what Carlee said...in the first paragraph......Yes...what Carlee said...in the first paragraph...."Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice..."<br /><br />OK...I'm done.mamalenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746046872114796300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-82220025206146173742011-01-24T16:20:38.032-07:002011-01-24T16:20:38.032-07:00OK...I might just make a start here...and continue...OK...I might just make a start here...and continue on an email...haha...because my thinking is a little herky jerky.<br /><br />The phrase "used of God" reminds me of a song I used to sincerely sing at an earlier stage of my spiritual evolution...ha. The words were, "To be used of God, to sing to preach to pray; To be used of God, to show someone the way...etc." I think thismamalenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746046872114796300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-1370396544608387872011-01-24T15:51:20.404-07:002011-01-24T15:51:20.404-07:00To me being "used by God" is allowing ou...To me being "used by God" is allowing ourselves to be open to Him everyday, everywhere. Its getting to know Him and His still small voice daily and asking "what can I do for you today?" I do believe God can and will use us for His purposes if that is what we desire and ask daily. In or out of home, in every different way imaginable I guess. <br />For me, I like to "goAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-53090302752278135202011-01-24T15:26:33.209-07:002011-01-24T15:26:33.209-07:00alicia - you're brave to be the first one (onl...alicia - you're brave to be the first one (only one?) to comment 'cause i left that pretty broad didn't i? *thank you*<br />i think what you're describing is a big part of what i have been thinking - of being used simply by *being* His... <br />There's something that speaks to the value we place on humanity when it's hard to identify the 'least of these' being *paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879573441359515525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20508519.post-70323295431183578922011-01-24T13:27:41.527-07:002011-01-24T13:27:41.527-07:00Big question... I would say that it is spreading H...Big question... I would say that it is spreading His word, love and hope and showing others the way to Him through you and your actions.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124728374601599695noreply@blogger.com