tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post1970140749520262404..comments2023-10-20T05:50:34.162-05:00Comments on with devotion: Living from Our Innermost Beingkc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-90780283682280567902008-11-11T18:43:00.000-06:002008-11-11T18:43:00.000-06:00Bob,Thanks for this. It is good to be reminded tha...Bob,<BR/>Thanks for this. It is good to be reminded that it is from our innermost being that flow streams of living water ( I just noticed the plural). As it is foolish to control a spring, it is also foolish to try to control our life. We must learn that 'control of our life' is an illusion.Alex Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-69404398677838591252008-11-11T16:33:00.000-06:002008-11-11T16:33:00.000-06:00Isn't it amazing that in the most trying times...Isn't it amazing that in the most trying times we grow the most? I am pretty far from living from my innermost being but I can totally relate on the being stretched part. Every time I think I can't take any more and I am hopelessly lost in an ocean of fear & doubt, I am reminded That God has brought me through so much and I think of that old Gospel song,"He didn't bring me this far to leave me". <BR/> I guess I am still pretty immature. But thank God He is patient.<BR/> Peace Brothershaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459146307668300057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-82825640263933972802008-11-11T14:37:00.001-06:002008-11-11T14:37:00.001-06:00Will have to come back and reread this one (maybe ...Will have to come back and reread this one (maybe a few times) as I am being hit with a number of thoughts.<BR/><BR/>At a conference five years ago, John Ortberg spoke at length on this verse, but he quoted the King James version "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." The striking visual -- out of his belly shall flow rivers of living wayer -- has stayed with me for many years.<BR/><BR/>I have this dream once in a while where I am trying to cross the river, and the water is gushing. I can see dry land on the other side, and I am struggling to maintain my balance and my footing so I can safely cross. The force of the water is strong and I am terrified. Fearful that I will lose my balance and get washed away. The terror ends only when I realize that my job is not to get to the other side, but to simply lift my feet and let myself be carried away by the river. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you Bob, control is the real issue, isn't it? Peace to you today.Ed G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08870533414070848501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-61669062177539672002008-11-11T14:37:00.000-06:002008-11-11T14:37:00.000-06:00Will have to come back and reread this one (maybe ...Will have to come back and reread this one (maybe a few times) as I am being hit with a number of thoughts.<BR/><BR/>At a conference five years ago, John Ortberg spoke at length on this verse, but he quoted the King James version "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." The striking visual -- out of his belly shall flow rivers of living wayer -- has stayed with me for many years.<BR/><BR/>I have this dream once in a while where I am trying to cross the river, and the water is gushing. I can see dry land on the other side, and I am struggling to maintain my balance and my footing so I can safely cross. The force of the water is strong and I am terrified. Fearful that I will lose my balance and get washed away. The terror ends only when I realize that my job is not to get to the other side, but to simply lift my feet and let myself be carried away by the river. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you Bob, control is the real issue, isn't it? Peace to you today.Ed G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08870533414070848501noreply@blogger.com