Blog Directory ID: 887
Blog URL: http://blog.livingforgod.net
Google Pagerank: 3
Blog Description: Join us as we passionately pursue Christ in everyday life.
Blog Category: Christianity Blogs
Blog Owner: Calvin and Lisa Wulf
Blog Added: October 16, 2007 01:45:16 AM
Audience Rating: General Audience
Blog Country: 
United States Number Hits: 6 |  Blog Rating: 0.00 |  Rate Blog: Submit rating |  Review Blog |
| Latest Blog Reviews | |||
| |||
| Add the Review Me Button to your Blog! | |||
 <a href="http://www.bloggingfusion.com//review-blog-887.html"><img src="http://www.bloggingfusion.com//images/linkware/review-me-at-blogging-fusion.png" alt="Review Living for God Blog at Blogging Fusion Blog Directory" style="border:0px;" /></a> | |||
| Our Sponsors | |||
TAKING A RISK - By Lisa
Risk taking sounds adventurous. Risk taking sounds courageous. Risk taking sounds glamorous. But these days risk taking just sounds scary to me.
By why? An article I read recently said that we're not really taking a risk unless we stand to lose a lot. Hmmm... We like to think we're adventurous and willing to step out in courage, but at the end of the day most of us just want to be safe, secure, and comfy.
Our economy is stumbling and people are scared. So pursuing a dream that God has placed in our hearts is even more challenging. Do we continue to follow him through uncertainty and turbulent times? Do we willingly make the sacrifices he asks, trusting that everything will be OK? Or do we give up and take the easier road to a more secure future?
I guess it comes down to this - great risk requires great faith. What do you think?
COMMUNITY MATTERS - By Calvin
If community is important to the Christian lifestyle, then what kind of community is best? Early Christians responded to this question by going into the desert. These pioneers of desert spirituality lived in individual huts. Communities grew as they banded together in groups of a dozen or more.
Community involves daily loving relationships that reach beyond the walls of family and home. The apostle Paul saw all Christians as members of a divine family. God the Father is the head.
It takes passion and an intentional plan to grow community. Can you reach beyond the walls of your home to build Christian community?
SIMPLICITY IS SIMPLE, RIGHT? - By Calvin
The practice of Christian simplicity is so simple that it's an easy discipline to complicate. At a recent retreat, Lisa and I were asked to explain the spiritual discipline of simplicity in practical terms. Good thing for us that we have some very practical suggestions.
Then I read some ancient guidance from a Christian desert dweller called Philemon of Egypt who lived sometime during the late sixth and early seventh centuries. Here's what he wrote.
Prefer a simple style of life.
Wear unremarkable clothes.
Eat simple food.
Behave in an unaffected manner.
Don't strut around as if you were important.
Speak from your heart.
Desert spirituality distills the Christian life down to its essential oils. Each of these sentences can fill a day with formative meditation. Living out each sentence will propel the disciple quickly along the journey toward a simple life in Christ. Consider the lillies in the field.
So give it a try! Are you up for the challenge?
PLANTING A SEED - By Lisa
What's good about getting older? At my age I suppose I'm starting the long downhill slide into eternity. But one of the best things about aging is perspective. I now have the first-hand ability to remember when seeds were planted and to watch how they grew.
No, I'm not talking about real seeds. Actually, I'm a pretty pitiful gardener. I'm talking about seeds in people's lives. They could be seeds of faith, seeds of anticipation, even seeds of transformation. They might grow quickly. They might take 40 years. But it all goes back to those seeds.
So the question is...what seeds are we planting today? Do we plant a seed of faith for others by how we live? Do our prayers begin a germination process in a lonely life? Do we trust God enough to plant a seed today, knowing it may not sprout till years later?
Looking back through your life, where are the seeds you planted?
OUT OF THE DEPTHS - By Lisa
Recently, I wrote about being a Hidden Jewel and the sense that sometimes God sidelines us from "out front" ministry for a season. Jennifer, one of our readers, had this response:
"I visualize this journey much like a river, rushing, moving down hill until it pours out into a wider, flatter spot and comes to rest in a lake. Here there is time to float on the surface with the sun shining on my face and take in the beauty of His creation surrounding me. There are reflections in a pool of water that are not visible in rushing streams. It's refreshing. I am becoming aware of the depth in this place. Lakes are deeper than most places in the rivers after all. I am sensing an invitation to dive down and explore the depth. What more will I find there? I wonder.
Eventually the water will trickle out again forming another swiftly traveling river or maybe a more laid back, winding brook until, ultimately, it is embraced by the vast, eternal sea with its unique tides and currents. Until then, I am enjoying the lake."
Can you relate?
A SOLITARY PLACE - By Calvin
Jesus invites us to join him in a solitary place. Beyond finding a place of rest, it's also a place where transformation happens. The practices of silence and solitude transport us to the far reaches of desert spirituality. Early Christians journeyed into the solitude of the wilderness to seek Christ likeness.
"The start of stillness is the rejection of all noisiness as something that will trouble the depths of the soul," writes John of the Ladder, who I consider to be the father of all Christian spiritual directors. He lived intimately with the silence of the Sinai Desert. The deepest silence anywhere can be found in the desert.
Set a time and a place where you can be alone in quiet stillness. Listen only to the murmur of your soul. Remember to take notes because these are experiences you will want to remember!
My Yahoo! Google NewsGator Stumbleupon PluckIT Rojo Bloglines My AOL Blogrolling ENewsblog NewsIsFree NetVibes del.icio.us Technorati Digg This FeedMailerOr if you prefer use one of our linkware images? Click here
Report Blog Listing - 
Refer Blog Listinghttp://www.bloggingfusion.com/living-for-god-blog-blog-directory-887.html