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Sunday August 24, 2008

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The Inner Wisdom of Choosing

Your desire for a full and fulfilling life will necessitate your learning that following your desires does not mean following every whim, nor indulging your pleasures to excess, but accepting that life and sacrifice go together.

If you want to live debt free, you will have to stop impulsive buying. If you want to go back to school, you will have to sacrifice money and time. If you want to rise to the top in your career, you will have to devote long hours to work and be prepared to postpone starting a family. Choosing to marry a particular person means giving up wondering whether another one might have made a better partner. If you wish to commune deeper with God, you will have to devote yourself to periods of meditation when the goal is to empty yourself of turmoil.

I'm talking here about choices. I'm talking about deferring gratification, that is, learning to discipline your desires, postponing some pleasures and harnessing your passion for the sake of larger goals that you have in mind.

Why all this talk of monitoring our desires? Isn't following your passions a good thing? After all, passion isn't passion unless it makes you feel out of control and unable to resist. But that's precisely the reason why you must pause and go within. Passion isn't a bad thing in itself, but its power to consume you with such a thrilling, yet aching sense of yearning that causes everything else in sight to blur in comparison. Maturity from within advises you that there are seasons in your life when you have to postpone all that achy-breaky yearning until a better time, when you're better able to live with the consequences of riskier choices.

How many times have you ignored a voice within cautioning you "Slow down, don't lose your head?" What has happened on some of those occasions when you've ignored your inner voice of wisdom advising you to proceed with more caution?

--Renita Weems

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I FOUND WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY VERY INTERESTING,I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS,WITH MEDITATION.ALSOWITH LEARNING HOW TO MANAGE MY MONEY.I CAN'T WEIGHT UNTIL YOUR NEXT POST. THANK YOU FOR THE HELPFUL INFORMATION

Posted by: DONNA THOMPSON | March 13, 2008 7:38 PM

I'm learning to listen more to the inner wisdom(The Holy Spirit) within me, prompting me to slow down, hold my tongue, proceed with caution.
Recently, I faced a situation in which I am so grateful that I listened to that inner wisdom. In my prayer and meditation time leading up to the situation, Psalm 27:14 helped me greatly: "Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord." For me that meant, keep you mouth shut. You don't have to say anything yet. Be still and stop trying to fix stuff on your own. Wait for the Lord--for the Holy Spirit to guide you and give you what it is you need to say and when to say it.
I cleary experienced the peace of God enabling me not to lose my head in the situation. Oh, how I wish I'd listen to that voice of wisdom more often.

Blessings,

Renee

Posted by: Renee | March 14, 2008 10:13 AM

PRAISE THE LORD RENITA! Girl,(if I may)in case you didn't know GOD is truly using you. Your ministry is a gift that is so inspiring. And just when I get a chance to get a look its always something I NEED. I thank GOD for using you in a mighty way your wisdom is such a BLESSING. I feel like every topic has been design for me, and they always leave me saying(thinking) "huh". Continue to let the LORD use you, it is something GREAT!!! Your labor is not in vain. Also I would like to agree with the above post, her message is certainly true and is every bit of me. I am learning to listen to that "INNER WISDOM(HOLYGHOST)" and KEEPING MY MOUTH SHUT, MINING MY OWN BUSINESS and most of all PRAYING,it is the best ANTIDOTE to ALL. KEEP THE FAITH, GOD BLESS!

Posted by: Kim Williams | June 10, 2008 7:54 PM

Well great word for due season Im learning to follow the flow of that inner voice even when people try to tell me something & you know how some of us are we need confirmation but truly you could be lead to do one thing by the holy spirit then geting caught up on Mans oppinion we end up doing what they told us believin its confirmation & its not. So I am learning to unlearn the things that was expected & taught by man emotions, philosophy, theology etc but allow your self to be taught by the holy spirit which will lead you to all truth (that inner voice)

Posted by: Shereika | August 24, 2008 6:40 PM

These are the comments that touch home. WAIT is hard, but the payoff is awesome!!! Am going thru that waiting period now, and is very hard, but, i know it is the only way!! Thank you!

Posted by: Linda | August 25, 2008 2:30 PM

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