Skip the Acknowledgements if you like - but - don't skip the Intro...I like it!
Chapter 1: Amazed by Love
In what specific ways is my life busy right now? In what ways is my life fruitful?
Am I too busy? Why have I answered with yes, or why have I answered with no?
In what specific ways might I become less busy and more fruitful?
Where and when in the past might God have "interfered" in love? How did I respond?
Journal starters...
When I consider the ways I hold God's love at arm's length and try to earn it by performing, I feel...
The thought that God loves me enough to allow pain when He deems it necessary for my development makes me feel...
When I think about some of the steps I might take to become less busy and more fruitful, I feel...
Chapter 2: Daily Bread
Do my time choices feel like a curse or a blessing?
Do I have an hour or more each day to do whatever I want to, or is my life choked with obligations?
In what ways do I routinely violate my God-ordained physical and mental boundaries? Do I, for example, not get enough sleep, eat too much food, expose myself to too much stimulation, or refuse myself the necessary downtime?
What makes it hard for me to trust God to meet all my needs?
Journal starters...
When I think about God as Provider in my life, I feel...
When I compare the amount of my work time to my downtime, I feel...
When I think about working "rationally and reasonably," I feel...
*HOPING TO READ SOME THOUGHT-PROVOKING and/or ENLIGHTENING COMMENTS!
UPDATE! Two delightful ladies met with me at Panera and it was a blissful two hours of comfortable conversation.
UPDATE! Two delightful ladies met with me at Panera and it was a blissful two hours of comfortable conversation.
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