Just some things that I have learnt before I forget:
1) 1+1 = 1 NOT 1/2 + 1/2 = 1
This is supposed to be some marriage equation, but I'm sure it applies to friendships too. The equation explicitly shows the mystery of God where it is just illogical for 1+1=1! But with the mystical characteristic of God, this is possible. We are 1 no matter what because, with Christ who liveth in us, we are made complete. We really have no lack in anything as we are in search of our partner or friends. They are not the source that makes us whole, but God.
2) When is the time to enter a BGR?
When our God-needs and friend-needs are met. I thought that is very true. This is the way to a healthy BGR because this will help us avoid the path to a romanticized relationship, which many of us fall prey to. When the buckets in our hearts are filled by God and friends, we are whole, we are secure, we are loved. There is no emptiness from within that we will need to seek our partners to fill the vacuum, but rather, a godly relationship that offers you a partner to just spend your whole lifetime with. (:
3) Comparisons and Competition
Many of us are trapped in this stronghold where we just find it so hard to uproot ourselves from. We are constantly comparing ourselves with others, or even comparing ourselves to our very own expectations - a life of a rat race.
However, if you do realize, all this boils down to our want to "prove ourselves worthy", so that people will love us. This is telling of our situation in life where we do not feel loved.
This is really something shared by the speaker which has been bugging my mind all these while. There are so many of us, myself inclusive, doing things for others, pleasing others, proving to others of our worth - so just to be loved. But God our Father already loved us so much!! He is enthralled by our beauty. We are all made beautiful by God. So be secured of your very own identity in God my friends. (:
So, that one day of spiritual journey with my church friends was so fun, and I do think we really bonded so much! ((: I'm just loving them more and more each day.
Anyway, today a worship team from Malaysia led worship in our church and there was dance ministry too. There's really this stirring inside me to dance as I worship and I really really really want to. The liberation you feel as you dance for God. The outward expression of one's inner love for Him. The expression of love and want for Him that cannot suffice with just lifting of hands or slight swaying of your body, but one which only can be liberated through a dance movement. I really wanna dance as David danced.