Comments on: Determined to Release

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:12:57 +0000

I really like the background you’ve explained on the Latin for “resolution” and “determination”! What a beautiful, life-giving perspective….our loving Father is aggressively looking, seeking, wooing, waiting on me to turn so He can meet me right there. Simple is better. I used to think that when I found myself “far away” from Him that I needed to turn and “labor” my way back to where He was “patiently waiting” for me, back on the “right path”, back where I was “supposed to be”. Then He showed me in a journal that no matter where I find myself, He’s right there with me; my part is to turn and recognize and surrender and receive….to let Him fully have my heart right there, without any “effort” on my part to restore relationship…it’s all Him! I love Isaiah 30 about how He ” earnestly waits, expecting, looking, and longing to be gracious to me! “

By: Fawn

Fawn — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:26:25 +0000

I love how this is illustrated in the story of the prodigal son where the father seems to always have his eyes out to the far off places, looking for his son. As soon as the son comes into view, in the far distance, the father sees him and runs for him. This is our Father, always looking for us, even when we’ve been off eating slop. Waiting for us, then running to us as soon as we appear, even if it’s far off on the horizon.

By: Jaque

Jaque — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:34:50 +0000

“God wants to find me more than I want to find Him.” Love it. it would behoove me to turn my ideas of “doing all the searching” around to look at it from His perspective. He is the One looking for me (my heart) and I am the one responding (or not). There’s nothing to force, just Someone waiting for me to recognize.