tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715350302811661486.post7915945532717619607..comments2023-04-17T04:28:26.819-05:00Comments on Faith Steps with PastorE: DreamsErik Jelinekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13379500320756068697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715350302811661486.post-64058228104681831242008-03-14T17:53:00.000-05:002008-03-14T17:53:00.000-05:00Pastor E happened to write this on a day when I ha...Pastor E happened to write this on a day when I had been up since 2:30am unable to sleep. My sleeplessness usually stems from worrying about stuff. I worry about money, my kids, my jobs; you name it, I'm worrying about it. I get mad at myself when I have these sleepless nights because I think it's not putting a whole lot of faith in the Lord to take care of things and I, of all people, know that He handles things way better than I do. Over the past few years, as my faith has grown stronger, I've had less sleepless nights so I'm hopping that the other night was just a fluke; a weak moment in my faith-filled life.chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090495227707624967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715350302811661486.post-21349087004126766702008-03-12T11:17:00.000-05:002008-03-12T11:17:00.000-05:00I, too, have sleepless nights. For me, it signals ...I, too, have sleepless nights. For me, it signals that I need to write, so I get up from my bed, come down to the computer and try to get in touch with the feelings that are keeping me awake. It is something like an exorcism.<BR/><BR/>I store these ramblings on my hard-drive for a time, sometimes sharing them, but mostly not. I keep them there, sometimes going back to reread them, if the specter remains in my psyche. But, eventually, I go into the computer and clear the cache, letting the issues go, giving them to God. <BR/><BR/>When I read what Pastor E said about dreams, it brought to mind the days when I was teaching about the transcendentalist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. I loved that unit. It allowed me to "get spiritual" with these kids, who lacked such connections, more and more, as my years in the classroom went on.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, one of Emerson's observations was that most humans spend their time either looking back, often wishing the former days would return, or standing on a box, as it were, straining to see what lies ahead. While doing this, they miss the here and now. <BR/><BR/>Children are not so. They live "in the moment." Children hungrily absorb every new experience, delighting in just "being." The result is that they are more spiritually connected to the universe, and can more easily accept the power of God in causing that miracle to occur.<BR/><BR/>It brings to mind the words of Jesus, that we must "enter the kingdom of God as little children."<BR/><BR/>I will try harder to be more child-like in my outlook on life, trusting in the power of God to make all things right.Betty Dygarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13228417023345371842noreply@blogger.com