Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Clean Hands


I was reading Psalm 24 this morning. It is one of my favorite psalms. I love the way the words sound and the beauty of the repeated phrases. I was concentrating on verses 3 and 4.
"Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart."
I looked up the Hebrew meaning for clean hands and found that it meant "unclenched." To have unclenched hands means you're not hiding something.  Unclenched hands are not formed into a fist, ready to stop an incoming blow. I clench  my hands when I'm in pain and am trying to endure it, I am definately not relaxed and at peace. To stand before someone with unclenched hands means:
 1) you have nothing to hide
 2) you are not trying to protect yourself.

Do I stand before God with clean, unclenched hands? I'm going to have to think about that. What a beautiful picture of absolute trust and transparency - unclenched hands.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Mother's Day

I was invited this past Mother's Day to speak at First Assembly Church in Calgary. It was wonderful to see my family and spend Mother's Day with my amazing mom. Here is the podcast of that talk on "What is Your Superpower?" <http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/energy-part-1/id280583682?i=79971004>

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Beloved

I'm reading a great book right now - Henri Nouwen's "Life of the Beloved". In it he says : "The great spiritual battle begins - and never ends-with the reclaiming of our chosenness. Long before any human being saw us, we are seen by God's loving eyes. Long before anyone heard us cry or laugh, we are heard by our God who is all ears for us. Long before any person spoke to us in this world, we are spoken to by the voice of eternal love. Our preciousness, uniqueness, and individuality are not given to us by thouse who meet us in clock-time - our brief chronological existence - but by the One who has chosen us with an everlasting love, a love that existed from all eternity and will last through all eternity."  I'm practicing being the Beloved. It is hard to continually live there but I figure the more I practice, the more it will seep into the fabric of who I am.