Hello everyone.:)

I don’t have a lot of time to put words here right now, but I wanted to follow-up my mother’s thoughts with a resounding, TRUE THAT.

I have to say that I feel the press of performance from the very first moment I am awake in the morning. My head and heart fill up with words before I even know that I’m not sleeping anymore. Resting starts to feel like digging a hole in the sand by the ocean- as soon as the tides of my life come in, every bit of peace that I have attained gets swept away and pressed down beneath the weight of the waves. This is when I realize that maybe peace is unattainable.

Maybe peace is something I have to sink my spiritual roots deep down into, and not something to add on top of all the anxieties in my life, like neosporin for the soul. Peace is an inside-out kind of phenomenon, where the Spirit of God inside of me, my Counselor, is ever convincing me over and over again that I do not need to be in control. This is so much harder than it seems.

Anyway. That’s about all I can afford to divulge at this moment- it is a busy weekend already (but full of good things!).

I love you all! Write words here. I want to see your thoughts.

always,

Annie

Hey My Girls,

So I have been thinking ~

As I was spending my time trying to get quiet before God and rest yesterday (okay, last night) I realized a few things. This is not easy or necessarily intuitive. There are so many things that fight for this time, during this time. Getting your mind to settle down can be a very difficult thing, and this may have to be taught for some of us. We are so used to doing, rather than being.

So during this time, I confess I had all of you on my mind. I wondered what you were dealing with and how this process was working for you. Simple thoughts like ” what should I be thinking?” came into my head as I considered what some of you might be experiencing. So, I would like to propose a few ideas. First, let us openly share our journey in this process. (through this blog for one) I know we are all at different places in this journey, but I feel our honesty and vulnerability will greatly encourage each other. Saying things like, “today, during my time, I felt…” might really help someone else on their journey!

Secondly, I think it would be great if we could model this in our time together. This may sound strange, but let me explain a little. Okay, maybe a lot.

I know some of you have heard me talk about the three stages of worship dance, and how I believe our team is the second stage. If not, it goes like this: View the rest of this entry…