What a name. "Oswald" ANYWAY...
Again, another excerpt. This one is November 7th. I won't type it all out this time...just the parts that can capture it in its entirety...hopefully!!!
""God by His providence brings you into circumstances that you can't understand at all, but the Spirit of God understands. God brings you to places, among people, and into certain conditions to accomplish definite purpose through the intercession for the Spirit in you. Never put yourself in front of your circumstances and say, "I'm going to be my own providence here; I will watch this closely, or protect myself from that." All your circumstances are in the hand of God, and therefore you don't ever have to think they are unnatural or unique..... Am I making the Holy Spirit's work difficult by being vague and unsure, or by trying to do His work for Him? I must do the human side of intercession- utilizing the circumstances in which I find myself and the people who surround me. I must keep my conscious life as a sacred place for the Holy Spirit."
This spoke to me today because of a stupid incident that I thought I could fix. I can see it even in that past month as well. "If I prioritize my time this way I can reach more students...if I do this, that will work better" and so on. But the reality of the situation is that I have nothing to do with it. I am just an instrument (although an active one of pursuit) or clay for God to use. I am to make room for the Spirit to work in me...and therefore through me. I see how things that I thought were annoying or attacks from Satan can easily be a providence for or by God...and if not a providence used for His glory and gain. I am thankful to see that and grateful to be a part of that work! Like it said, "I must do the human side of intercession- utilizing the circumstances in which I find myself and the people who surround me...I must keep my conscious life as a sacred place for the Holy Spirit."
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sweet marbes. i don't want this to sound crazy, but these posts don't even sound like you. i feel as though you're growing and learning and impressing me at an exponential rate!
both of these last two posts were incredible .... and they are interesting because i've found myself in both places lately ... the faith that i thought i once had is DEFINITELY becoming more personal as of late .... and the work of the spirit is something that i'm only beginning to experience/understand/delve into. so thank you (or oswald, or both of you) HA.
love you dearly. keep it coming.
as i read back over that, i didn't intend for that first part to be mean or anything ... it kind of came out wrong :)
i just see such growth and wisdom in you - and i know that it can be attributed to the Lord's work in your life. that's what i guess i was trying to say ... make sense? haha. :) love you and hope to hear back from you!!!
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