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This Weeks 5 for 5 Brain Dump Challenge #4

Oct19

What Does It Mean to Be Alive?

To be alive. To be able to speak into the lives of others.To live not only for your own purposes, but to serve others.

Being alive. Walking in the likeness of Christ. Considering His attributes, and placing them into my own life. Sharing the joy and peace that I receive from that relationship, with others.

Being alive – Being the change you want to see all around you.

Being joyful and peaceful, no matter what is trying to mess you up.

(I write it here. I work on it daily. It’s definitely an INSIDE JOB.)

This Weeks 5 for 5 Brain Dump Challenge Day #3

Oct19

What Does  It Mean to Be Alive?

Although I was not all that pleased with this entry, it IS part of the process, so I put it here any way.

Another way you can know you are alive is more emotional than with your senses.

What is your response when you hear the news of hurricanes and fires and flooding? Do you get all teary? Do you have the urge to reach out and help someone? Are you driven to your knees in prayer?

Or are you flat?

Do you feel anything?

Are you alive?

There are times when you may feel nothing just because you are overwhelmed. The emotion is stuck in there. You don’t even know how to express it.

Being alive would be seeking to find the best way for you to handle it.

You are alive either way.

 

( This all seemed inconclusive and disconnected today. Too distracted? Part of the learning curve I guess. Ideas or thoughts you may have? Please share.)

 

 

 

This Week’s 5 for 5 Brain Dump Challenge Day 2

Oct17

The beauty of the 5 for 5? No need to edit as you go. Just free flow writing. So sometimes it’s a mess, and it’s OK.

Go here to find out how it’s done: 5for5braindump.weebly.com

Being alive. Do I notice the sun’s rays in the morning? Do I see and feel the dew on the grass? Do I smell the fresh morning air, before the traffic begins to move? Do I quiess in the silent moments when it seems only the birds are awake?

These are the morning senses. The ones I used to sleep through. Now, they are the ones I can’t wait to experience, the ones I can’t stand to miss.

Part of being alive? Yes. I believe so. It helps me to come alive with a better understanding of who God is. How BIG He is. My mind cannot comprehend.

Just a taste of His glory, for all the world to see, if we will only look for it.

The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the people see His glory.

Psalms 97:6 KJV