THE INVITATION
Hello All,
Requested my friends to submit interesting posts for this blog. Well, doc, thanks for your response. Fellow bloggers, please share your thoughts and comments. Here goes : -
Anna,
You once asked me what I'm looking for in a woman. Besides the standard Christian answer, which we all know and believe in, as well as the Proverbial woman/wife (Proverbs 31:10-30) who, Ps Lee Choo says, do not exist anymore in its entirety, I can't put it any better than these words of a Native American (Red Indian) elder:
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The Invitation By Oriah Mountain Dreamer
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting in your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit in pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tip of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your life from God's presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.
It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
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In case I am accused of double-standards, I would also want to be found to have these qualities for her to fall in love with me!
Doc
Requested my friends to submit interesting posts for this blog. Well, doc, thanks for your response. Fellow bloggers, please share your thoughts and comments. Here goes : -
Anna,
You once asked me what I'm looking for in a woman. Besides the standard Christian answer, which we all know and believe in, as well as the Proverbial woman/wife (Proverbs 31:10-30) who, Ps Lee Choo says, do not exist anymore in its entirety, I can't put it any better than these words of a Native American (Red Indian) elder:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Invitation By Oriah Mountain Dreamer
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting in your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit in pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tip of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your life from God's presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.
It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In case I am accused of double-standards, I would also want to be found to have these qualities for her to fall in love with me!
Doc
3 comments:
Doc,
Be prepared to live by God's precepts. Look to Him to guide you to the partner for your life. And when you do, I pray, you will both bring out the best in each other.
Cheers!
Some doctors say, "Man dies when he wants to die." But it is equally true to say; Man lives when he wants to live. Another saying; If there's a will, there's a way.
Life is a struggle. There are the bitter disappoitments, the hurting relationships, the diminishing hopes, etc. Sometimes we have enough strength to overcome them.
Sometimes we cave in and cry out:-
"Father, why me???"
"What's happening?"
More often than not, there are just no answers. There are times when God does not seem to help. Our faith wavers, often in proportion to His seeming indifferences. Sometimes God seems so remote, so uncaring.
But amidst these vicissitudes of life, I've learnt allot about faith, coming to terms with what I call "mature faith". As we age we learn to nourish faith.
Faith is not about getting what we want. Faith is about trusting God despite unanswered prayers.
Why should we trust God when He offers no help??? But He does help. God expects us to draw strength from Him. From Him comes strength, peace and comfort. God is Love and He never abandon us. SEEK GOD AND YOU SHALL FIND...(A Wife of Noble Character)
All the best to you, Simon.
Very well said TW. Written from experience, insight and from having had struggles with God.
I will certainly quote you.
:-p
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