Quick Update on my support raising. The target is a support base of $1743.37 per month. June was at 4.2%, August at 21%, and in September I'm in the neighborhood of 42%. Thanks for all the prayer and donations!
Remember you can check out chongahn.net for info on how to contribute.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Our Deepest Fear
This is an interesting quote from Marianne Williamson (also used by Nelson Mandela):
This is a pretty interesting concept. This quote was used in a couple of movies. Coach Carter used it as well as Akeelah and the Bee. They used it to inspire the athlete/speller into being great. But in those movies there was a crucial point that was left out. They were tackling their insecurities and starting to believe in themselves and taking on the question of "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" But what was their answer to that question? What is the world's answer to that question? Hmmm
I know what Marianne Williamson's answer was. I know what Jesus' answer is. That we are children of God! That we are born with a purpose to shine God's light. We are given permission to be great because we are created in His Image. If you are a Christian that means we should be empowered. Not because we are so awesome but because God is! Check out Ephesians 2:6,7
So BE GREAT!
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
This is a pretty interesting concept. This quote was used in a couple of movies. Coach Carter used it as well as Akeelah and the Bee. They used it to inspire the athlete/speller into being great. But in those movies there was a crucial point that was left out. They were tackling their insecurities and starting to believe in themselves and taking on the question of "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" But what was their answer to that question? What is the world's answer to that question? Hmmm
I know what Marianne Williamson's answer was. I know what Jesus' answer is. That we are children of God! That we are born with a purpose to shine God's light. We are given permission to be great because we are created in His Image. If you are a Christian that means we should be empowered. Not because we are so awesome but because God is! Check out Ephesians 2:6,7
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus
So BE GREAT!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
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