was just talking to a bro of mine, and we talked abt our ministry, and drawing near to God.
i realised quite a no of things as we spoke..some things kept confidential to respect our privacy.

1. Drawing near to God is not one way. God is drawing near to us too..
its us who think we are not good enough, and us who are running away from Him.

a thot occured: what does God feel when we run away from Him as He desires tries to draw near to His people He loves?
to help understand, similiarly on a more human level,
how would i feel, if someone i loved seemed to be running from me or avoiding me?

hurt. was my pal's answer.

imagine millions of people around the world doing that to Him.

BIG OW.

im gonna draw near. enough of hurting Him. Lord, im coming back.

2. our ministry. whats happening to it? whats happening to us?
as we are going back to our church building, it symbolises going back to our promised land...
and look at what mr d.evil is doing to us?

our leaders are getting stretched but are staying strong(pray for our leaders youth!), we, as the mid tier leaders are hit emotionally(dealing with our own probs), our numbers are reduced(overseas study, army).. its all very discouraging.. but hey! we cant get disheartened and die?

its all very real. this spiritual war is far frm over. im not ashamed to state all i did in the previous para, cos its all very real. diff churches have diff struggles. this one too.

but we gotta rise up right? are we ready to fly?

msn log edited for privacy:

bro
"but we gotta prepare ourself"
sam
"what does mama eagle do to teach her kids how to fly?"
bro
"kick them out of the nest?"
sam
"bingo! see how God uses the wind to help us soar"
bro
"Holy spirit?"
sam
"occassionally we'll need to flap our wings, but depend on the wind.."

Lets fly.

TOGETHER.

"for we shall soar on the wings of eagles..."

10:41 AM; yep, thanks Papa God for the new day. Y