Quiet living is definitely not a popular thing to hear about but I'm convinced it's healthy. It makes up part of my message for Sunday from Ecclesiastes.
Sometimes we are Peter saying where else can we go You have the words of life.. life maybe quiet or maybe mindful of the ones in our lives that bring us joy. Your words are heartfelt and real.
Wow Katie, sorry. That is not at all what my point was…not the reaction I thought you would have either. However, I’m not surprised. Again and again people from the church break my heart and I’m not even really surprised anymore. My point was that God is always good regardless of people. I was not trying to be insensitive, or disagree or argue or judge. I’m sorry if because of grammar it came off that way. I was just saying you blessed me with who you were. I knew nothing about the cult. I too have been hurt and disillusioned by man and “the church” by responses like this from people I looked up to in the church, who I thought were Godly or whatever we are made to believe. You’re not alone and you’re not the only one. But I’ll drop whatever this turned into. Sincerely, best wishes.
Katie, you’re who Christ made you not what IHOP did or didn’t do. The times you spent before the Lord have changed the heart and lives of many. I am a product of your pursuit. You have blessed my life with your worship ministry and continue to do so. I am in the same place you are. Just today, in a boring church, I quietly worshipped in my heart and was grateful that he finds me, constantly, consistently, even in my hurt and anger and I am brought to gratitude and peace because I got to know Him how I did. People might mess up but He finds us, catches our gaze and I am grateful for the painful leaps into “the crazy” because He met me there. I can come home always because I may know nothing else but I know, my being knows, He will always be home because He always has been, Always. Thank you for sharing this.
In short, had I not fasted, communed, prayed, isolated, felt the urgency I might not have used my youth years and gotten the opportunity to know my Savior as I do now. A man, Jesus, simple, kind, grace, mercy, redemption, love, hope, unconditional, not religion or rituals or logistics and all that. I don’t know where I would be had I not cultivated what I did in those years. He makes beauty from ashes, makes a way where there wasn’t one, all good things come from the Lord all that, in the still, sits well with my soul because I experienced Him. Although my hurt and disagreement and anger boils up, because you obeyed and where willing to taste, my life will never be the same and the world can’t take that from me. Thank you for being in the right place at the right time and saying yes to HIM.
Thank you for your interesting point of view. I appreciate your experiences. However, I’m not sure what your point is here. Are you trying to convey that me growing up in a cult that has lasting negative effects on me was good because it blessed you?
I pray you can get the support you need to heal. Blessings.
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Quiet living is definitely not a popular thing to hear about but I'm convinced it's healthy. It makes up part of my message for Sunday from Ecclesiastes.
Yessssss! Thank you for your words and process. Resonates. 💕
Sometimes we are Peter saying where else can we go You have the words of life.. life maybe quiet or maybe mindful of the ones in our lives that bring us joy. Your words are heartfelt and real.
There is no waste at the altar.
Wow Katie, sorry. That is not at all what my point was…not the reaction I thought you would have either. However, I’m not surprised. Again and again people from the church break my heart and I’m not even really surprised anymore. My point was that God is always good regardless of people. I was not trying to be insensitive, or disagree or argue or judge. I’m sorry if because of grammar it came off that way. I was just saying you blessed me with who you were. I knew nothing about the cult. I too have been hurt and disillusioned by man and “the church” by responses like this from people I looked up to in the church, who I thought were Godly or whatever we are made to believe. You’re not alone and you’re not the only one. But I’ll drop whatever this turned into. Sincerely, best wishes.
Thank you for clearing that up. I’m very sorry for the pain you’ve experienced.
Katie, you’re who Christ made you not what IHOP did or didn’t do. The times you spent before the Lord have changed the heart and lives of many. I am a product of your pursuit. You have blessed my life with your worship ministry and continue to do so. I am in the same place you are. Just today, in a boring church, I quietly worshipped in my heart and was grateful that he finds me, constantly, consistently, even in my hurt and anger and I am brought to gratitude and peace because I got to know Him how I did. People might mess up but He finds us, catches our gaze and I am grateful for the painful leaps into “the crazy” because He met me there. I can come home always because I may know nothing else but I know, my being knows, He will always be home because He always has been, Always. Thank you for sharing this.
In short, had I not fasted, communed, prayed, isolated, felt the urgency I might not have used my youth years and gotten the opportunity to know my Savior as I do now. A man, Jesus, simple, kind, grace, mercy, redemption, love, hope, unconditional, not religion or rituals or logistics and all that. I don’t know where I would be had I not cultivated what I did in those years. He makes beauty from ashes, makes a way where there wasn’t one, all good things come from the Lord all that, in the still, sits well with my soul because I experienced Him. Although my hurt and disagreement and anger boils up, because you obeyed and where willing to taste, my life will never be the same and the world can’t take that from me. Thank you for being in the right place at the right time and saying yes to HIM.
Thank you for your interesting point of view. I appreciate your experiences. However, I’m not sure what your point is here. Are you trying to convey that me growing up in a cult that has lasting negative effects on me was good because it blessed you?
I pray you can get the support you need to heal. Blessings.