cwh: Un·du·la·tion
Un·du·la·tion(Noun) -
- A natural phenomenon
- Repeated return to a level from which they repeatedly fall back, a series of troughs and peaks
I took note in The Screwtape Letters that God loves and relies on our growth more so off thetroughsof our faiths rather than our peaks (James 1:12 -Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him). He loves that even when He let goes of our hands for a bit, we may struggle to remain our hearts fixed on Him but constantly fight our fights, and still manage to find our ways back to Him.
Our spirits belong to theeternalworld, whether it be Heaven or Hell, our spirits do not die. So it is up to us and our decisions to determine where our lives will be spent. He is a God of Freewill and gives us the opportunity to choose whether we want to live out our lives serving Him or not. To Him, God’s love and our services to Him are considered perfect freedom.
God wants a world that isunitedtoHim and inHis name, yet He allows every single person on this earth to be an individual. He does not want to, as easily as He could with His power, force His creation to conform to His will, but to freely conform to His purpose based on our preferences. We have the choice to be born again as sons and daughters instead of living with the label ‘servants’ and better yet, the option to justreceivethelove overflowing from His humble heart.
Our Father gives us atasteof His amazing love and mercy when we are first awe-struck by His presence, but that ‘feeling’ disappears. We have to learn ourselves that this relationship is based moreso on faithrather than feeling (Romans 1:17 -For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith). And to build up this faith, He permits us to grow on our own with every trial and temptation. It’s okay to go through ups and downs, and when we’re in the lowest of lows, He is still ignoble and waiting on us. “Prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please Him best”, meaning that even if we think that God may have forsaken us and we ‘feel’ no God in our lives, if the willto find Him and obey Him is still there, He is still happy that we’re yearning. He’s just patiently waiting for us to run back into His arms and hold onto His hand again, like the Gracious and Loving Father He is.
Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always. - Psalm 105:4
Read a few chapters of this lately and it’s so mindblowing.
This is the privatization of faith. What ends up happening is faith becomes a private affair that’s just yours and when you buy into that, you’ve compartmentalized your life to where the Holy Spirit gets His hour and a half on Saturday or Sunday, He gets His hour and a half, two hours at group when you go but outside of that, He has no bearing on your world, your life, what you think, how you see, or whether you’re dialed into the things of God or not… Many of you are excellent church people and horrible followers of Christ.
Yozoh (요조) - 동경소녀 (feat. 김윤주 of 옥상달빛)
Soooo good: Karmin - Hello (RAWsession)
