http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/12/21/advent-daily-dose-is-the-octopus-of-the-world-keeping-you-from-prayer/ Balancing God's Gifts...One Baby Step at a Time Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/12/21/advent-daily-dose-is-the-octopus-of-the-world-keeping-you-from-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-8136 Katie Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:25:59 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=4123#comment-8136 Jenny, Oh, if only I could take my own advice! I wasn't sure if you'd want me to link to heart of a mother, but I'd be happy to if you'd like. Sorry to steal your octopus! Merry Christmas!! Katie Jenny,
Oh, if only I could take my own advice! I wasn’t sure if you’d want me to link to heart of a mother, but I’d be happy to if you’d like. Sorry to steal your octopus!
Merry Christmas!! Katie

]]> http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/12/21/advent-daily-dose-is-the-octopus-of-the-world-keeping-you-from-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-8100 Jenny Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:34:51 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=4123#comment-8100 Since that "friend" is me, I cannot stress how many times God has truly spoken to me in those last fifteen minutes and/or I have found tremendous peace in that time when I have managed to stick it out for an hour and fifteen minutes. The first hour, I'm anxious to leave the chapel. After those last fifteen minutes, I could stay for an eternity. The lesson for me, as Katie mentions, has been to really try to peel off the octopus and strip myself down to the vulnerability that God sees and God loves. When I have nothing left to say, God can finally get a word in! :) Thanks for the reminder, Katie, to shake it all off this last week of Advent! .-= Jenny´s last blog ..<a href="http://heartofamother.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-21-o-dayspring.html" rel="nofollow">December 21 --- O Dayspring!</a> =-. Since that “friend” is me, I cannot stress how many times God has truly spoken to me in those last fifteen minutes and/or I have found tremendous peace in that time when I have managed to stick it out for an hour and fifteen minutes. The first hour, I’m anxious to leave the chapel. After those last fifteen minutes, I could stay for an eternity. The lesson for me, as Katie mentions, has been to really try to peel off the octopus and strip myself down to the vulnerability that God sees and God loves. When I have nothing left to say, God can finally get a word in! Thanks for the reminder, Katie, to shake it all off this last week of Advent!
.-= Jenny´s last blog ..December 21 — O Dayspring! =-.

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