Ok, just throwing some more thoughts out there...this is an extract from my journal. You may think its a little repetitious since of COURSE you've been spending ages on my online journal checking things. Of course you know it all! lol...Still for the one person who's still never even checked the journal out, here's an extract.
This weekend was intense. We had a group from Boss the Movement come on base and have a weekend boot camp experience which was hard. It was a liquid fast, controlled disciplined environment. Everything in the environment was calculated to be tough and stretch you out of your comfort zone. Here are some lessons I took away:
REPOH- An acronym that refers to repetitiously replacing my bad habit with a good one.As I repetitiously do the good habit, it will become easy, and when it is easy it will become a pleasure and when it is a pleasure I will do it often, then it becomes a habit.
Also sitting in a disciplined position, feet flat on the floor, back straight and hands on knees- helps me to maintain focused attention and remain conscious instead of flitting back and forth between conscious and unconscious states. I need to discipline myself to maintain physical and mental focus when attending someone’s speaking.
God is the principle behind every fact. Every fact in the world has a principle behind it, and the principle is superior. This is why God is a miracle worker, because behind every fact, He is the superior reality and he controls the facts.
Human beings are words housed in flesh. We become like what we believe. Whatever we give our attention to, that is the spirit that comes to live inside us. So by practicing speaking positive words over ourselves, we become what we believe and we can contribute to our own personal development- growth and strength from the inside out.
Me special- this term has to do with coming to place beyond daydreaming about someday being, or looking at other people’s achievement and wanting those things, or even coming to a place of loving yourself because you understand God made you. Me special is coming to a place of understanding your specific, unique purpose, and understanding also that you have been equipped for it. ME SPECIAL is a place many Christians never quite get to, and it is part of the BoSS curriculum to bring students to this place of awareness.
Being stretched way out of my comfort zone is good for me. God has already made it clear to me that this season of my life is not about comfort. It isn’t even about me. Will I lose myself so that he can be glorified in me? Will I die a painful and uncomfortable death to self so that through my death and the sacrifice of my rights many can experience God through me? Man, I hope so. I have been relishing lately the sleeplessness, the busyness, the hectic work schedule juggling three areas of ministry: DTS, TEAMS office work, and COMMUNICATIONS, all for the very reason of it being so uncomfortable and stretching. I get a chance to die to myself for God. How awesome is that? I’d say very!
I realize that as delayed as the reaction is, my feelings have been getting the hint and lining up a bit more with what I am acting out in discipline. I love that we have control over our emotions. I love being stretched in walking that out. I love that even when I fail that doesn’t define me. I can get up and try again NOW. BOSS the MOvEMENT has actually taught me something cool about NOW. The moment described as NOW can be defined as the space of the current 0-5 seconds. See? No you don’t you’re stuck in the past. I’m talking about NOW. You with me? Nope, you’re in the past. NOW… every 0-5 seconds there is a new NOW. So if I mess up NOW, I must say I am sorry NOW and then NOW I will do better. Isn’t that kinda empowering? Yeah, I thought so too.
So this season (NOW, NOW, NOW) with the DTS, we’re both throwing ourselves into all that God has for us. We both go together on local outreach with the DTS to the Mandeville base (2hours away) and that’s where we’ll spend the week. I’m looking forward to that change of pace and scenery (John and I don’t get out much. We’ve gone out on two dates- one for a quick icecream and once for lunch since we’ve been here). I think this is all I have to say to you for now…hmmm…
Luv
Daisy
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