The Right View of the Father

Pilgrim met up with a group of leaders on Thursday, and they were discussing whether the Storyteller of their lives would speak to them when they call upon His name. Whether He would really give us what we want, or only if it is according to His will. Whether we need to ask of Him, whether the asking really matters.

A lot of things were then shared and thought through, alot more prayed through I believe. These quotes and verses are for every one of the leaders, in addition to what had been shared in the book.

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Go not abroad at every quest or call of an untrained hope or passion.
George Herbert

"Everything is permissible" - but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible" - but not everything is constructive.
1 Cor 10:23

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because he would give the best, but man would not take it.
George Macdonald

There is a communion with God that asks for nothing, yet asks for everything... He who seeks the Father for more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss.
George Macdonald

You ask and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts.
James 4:3 (MKJV)

Test everything. Hold on to the good.
1 Thes 2:21

Beloved, if our heart does not accuse us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment. And he who keeps His commandment dwells in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He gave to us.
1 John 3:21-24

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O Sweet Dove, open and guide our eyes to the right view of the Father, the same view as that of the Son, that we will not think of Him as the denying one, but the pleasing and giving One, the One that protects us from the bad, the One that witholds the good lest we destroy it with our untrained hearts and hands, only to give it back to us at the appointed time, the best and right time.

The Monkey

Initially when the nickname was given,
A sense of amusement in my heart was risen.
Of all the animals why was the monkey chosen? -
The cousin of the Ape who caused the rebellion.

And yet as I ponder upon thy words,
“I only do my Father's works”
I cannot help but think,
perhaps things are not as bad as they seem.

For whatever a Monkey sees,
Will be what a Monkey does.
If it be Him that's all I see,
A Monkey I'll be if anyone asks.

The Monkey by Pilgrim

Still not Animal Farm

I mentioned earlier in this blog that I am not writing "Animal Farm", that the Storyteller of my life is writing a Big Love Story with me, to me, for me, but it seems that the number of animals has dramatically increased.

From the small humble ant and hamster to the big polar bear, from the sea dwelling sotong and starfish to the high flying eagle, from the domestic cat and rabbit to the wild owl, numbers are being added.

In short, Supper Club is getting bigger. And Supper Club is getting healthier through sports. And most importantly, Supper Club has gathered to spur one another to worship the One who is worthy of worship.

"In God we live every commonplace as well as the most exalted moment of our being. To trust in Him when no need is pressing, when things seem going right of themselves, may be harder than when things seem going wrong. "
George Macdonald