Freedom 11: my summary

MizJAI — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:18:00 +0000

my face
my hands
my smile
my laughter
my hope
on some days, they all seem to hinge on my freedom
beauty reflected in the face that God gave me sometimes makes me free
my hands dancing or swinging in front of me sometimes makes me feel free
unexpected smiles imitating the light in the sun sometimes makes me free
laughter caught in the wind, insatiable and sincere almost always makes me free
my hope surging through my overactive mind sometimes makes me free

but the truth that what I face today
no matter how hard or how irritating
it doesn’t possess the power to own or destroy me,
and that always keeps me free.

even when I cry I know that inside me
is the ability to rise up and start over,
to smile again, try again, live more
free

freedom is a
fearlessness that allows me to face the world no matter what may come
freedom is a
relationship with God that changes the course of my entire life
freedom is an
excitement and passion that ignites my entire journey
freedom is
examples that save me time because I study, learn and live better
freedom is a
dream in my heart and a desire that burns in chest, driving me forward
freedom is an
opportunity that I am excited, maybe a little scared, but definitely prepared to take advantage of
freedom is an ample supply of
money for the mission or at least a legal, righteous plan to acquire some

freedom is living my best life no matter what may come my way.

-MizJAI-

FREEDOM SERIES

Freedom 1: the Beginning
Freedom 2: The way I see it, freedom is . . .
Freedom 3: every letter counts in F-R-E-E-D-O-M
Freedom 4: F-Fearlessness
Freedom 5: R-Right Relationship with God
Freedom 6: E-Excitement & Passion
Freedom 7: E-EXAMPLE That We Can Follow
Freedom 8: D-Dreams & Desires that Burn in Your Chest
Freedom 9: O-Opportunity That You Are Prepared to Take Advantage of
Freedom 10: M-Money for the Mission
Freedom 11: my summary

Freedom 7: E-EXAMPLE That We Can Follow

MizJAI — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:31:00 +0000

We Need Help!
You know what,
we spend so much of our time,
too much really,
trying to pretend that we came out the womb knowing everything.
If we could get over that one issue
our family could enjoy us more and our friends wouldn’t be making so many faces.
We need examples, people that we can study and learn from.

Admitting this is a challenge for some, but the real problem comes when we won’t accept the package that this new information comes from. We have all kinds of rules about who can teach us or tell us anything:

sometimes we want a man to tell us,
anyone in the world can tell us, except our mom,
we want famous people tell us, instead of our own pastors,
please don’t let our sisters or brothers tell us, ‘because I need a new word.’

Well, why should God send us a “new” word, when we haven’t taken the obedience and discipline to hear and respond to the old one.

Teachers and mentors are life long companions for the man or woman who seeks life long success.

They are our counselors, and without them our best plans will eventually fail or at least be more painful than necessary. Seeking and receiving help is wisdom. So from one do-it-yourselfer to another, let’s build a team and impact the planet more than we ever could on our own, but choose wisely and study them hard. Know the strengths and weaknesses of the people who ‘speak into our lives.’ This way you can consciously emulate the good, and leave the bad on the table; because humans are humans with jewels on the inside, but still human with errors & mistakes too. You may think you can’t live with them, but you definitely cannot live without them. So learn from the people around you and learn to live well, because (s)he who listens to counsel is wise. So be wise and be free.

I have learned that there is freedom in knowledge; and living examples cause us to see what we read with a different eye; just like books cause us to understand what we see with a different mind. Both are necessary, but there does come a time

to put that book in your purse or briefcase
go live among people
study what they do
and feel the soaring in your heart as words on a page and dreams in your mind become a reality, because you have just put legs to the process of learning; so walk it out.

-MizJAI-

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Freedom 11: my summary

FREEDOM SERIES

Freedom 7: E-EXAMPLE That We Can Follow

FREEDOM SERIES