This quote in Abba's Child by Brennan Manning just struck me today. It is in regards to John 13:23-25 in which John is noted as the disciple who was reclining against Jesus and being one "whom Jesus loved". It is an intimate picture of a close relationship. There are no physical boundaries. John is totally comfortable and at home with his Lord.
"To risk the passionate life, we must be "affected by" Jesus as John was; we must engage His experience with our lives rather than with our memories. Until I lay my head on Jesus' breast, listen to His heartbeat, and personally appropriate the Christ-experience of John's eye-witness. I have only a derivative spirituality. My cunning impostor will borrow John's moment of intimacy and attempt to convey it as if it were my own."
In the past few years I've developed some wonderful friendships and relationships in which I feel so comfortable and loved that I can lean against those people physically and rest in their love for me. I adore that feeling. But I remember that it was not natural for me to be this close at first. I had to consciously open myself up to be close to those people. That intimacy and closeness is based and rooted in love and trust. We draw reassurance and a feeling of being "at home" in those moments. This is what Christ wants with us. To have us lean against his chest and arms and just feel wrapped in His love and centered in the trust we can place in Him.
What keeps us from this intimacy?
10/06/2007
9/06/2007
452 Insights into my Soul
If you are a You've Got Mail fan you know that quote. This week at work I got this personality profile back on myself and it was uncanny how it really spoke back to me what I think and who I am. I answered only 24 questions and from it I got a 3 page summary of who I am and how I work. How is that possible?! But it seemed extremely accurate.
The program is called Insights and it basically uses four colors to group personality traits.
Red- Be Brief, Be Bright, Be Gone
Yellow- Involve Me
Green- Show Me You Care
Blue- Give Me The Details
Take a guess... What do you think I was?
Now everyone is a mixture of all the colors, but just in different proportions. But if you guessed my dominant color to be red, you are right. I also have a healthy dose of yellow (big surprise). My next color is blue, but a much smaller amount than I thought. Funny because it fits the "Analyst" jobs I've had and now I realize I didn't really like that piece of the job. Ha, ha, ha. And lastly green, which barely registered on the scale. So sad, I'm not very sensitive or caring naturally, I think I'm better than I used to be though. My tag title was "Director". Yep, I like to be in charge. There were a lot of pieces of the assessment that were really difficult to read. We hate to see our weaknesses or our blind spots, but guaranteed we all have them.
My favorite quotes from my assessment I received:
"Katie needs work that challenges her and holds her attention" - Oh YES!
"I am less interested in principles and theories than new projects and processes" - Definitely! I hated theology at school.
"She can get to the heart of any situation and implement an effective solution." - Bring me your problems and I will always try to give you a solution. ;-)
"She wants to make an impact and accomplish something in life that she will long be remembered by." - Hm... Explains a lot.
"Being respected by her peers is of greater importance to Katie than being liked."- Not so sure about that one, but respect is a big factor to me.
Ouch moments:
"She may unwittingly compare herself with others in the race for success" - bad, bad for the self esteem
"She may lose interest and move on to the next thing, once a job becomes routing or dull" - um, is four different jobs in 7 years a sign of this?
"She prefers to combine creative decision making with limited reflection." - oops, a bit hasty aren't I?
"May resort to dictatorial practices if anything appears to get in the way." - danger!
"Articulate and thinking, she tends to be matter of fact and practical." - i.e. not so sensitive
Since we did this, I've been assessing everyone I meet. They are probably all sick of it already. But it really is dare I say... "Insightful" to know how other people work and how to communicate with them. We are all so very different and to assume that someone else wants to be talked with or worked with in the way we want to be worked with is just silly. So my new motto for a while (because as we know from the assessment I will lose interest in this when it becomes routine or dull) is treat others how they want to be treated. Novel idea huh?
Guess your color and I'll tell you my assessment of you. Hee, hee, hee!
The program is called Insights and it basically uses four colors to group personality traits.
Red- Be Brief, Be Bright, Be Gone
Yellow- Involve Me
Green- Show Me You Care
Blue- Give Me The Details
Take a guess... What do you think I was?
Now everyone is a mixture of all the colors, but just in different proportions. But if you guessed my dominant color to be red, you are right. I also have a healthy dose of yellow (big surprise). My next color is blue, but a much smaller amount than I thought. Funny because it fits the "Analyst" jobs I've had and now I realize I didn't really like that piece of the job. Ha, ha, ha. And lastly green, which barely registered on the scale. So sad, I'm not very sensitive or caring naturally, I think I'm better than I used to be though. My tag title was "Director". Yep, I like to be in charge. There were a lot of pieces of the assessment that were really difficult to read. We hate to see our weaknesses or our blind spots, but guaranteed we all have them.
My favorite quotes from my assessment I received:
"Katie needs work that challenges her and holds her attention" - Oh YES!
"I am less interested in principles and theories than new projects and processes" - Definitely! I hated theology at school.
"She can get to the heart of any situation and implement an effective solution." - Bring me your problems and I will always try to give you a solution. ;-)
"She wants to make an impact and accomplish something in life that she will long be remembered by." - Hm... Explains a lot.
"Being respected by her peers is of greater importance to Katie than being liked."- Not so sure about that one, but respect is a big factor to me.
Ouch moments:
"She may unwittingly compare herself with others in the race for success" - bad, bad for the self esteem
"She may lose interest and move on to the next thing, once a job becomes routing or dull" - um, is four different jobs in 7 years a sign of this?
"She prefers to combine creative decision making with limited reflection." - oops, a bit hasty aren't I?
"May resort to dictatorial practices if anything appears to get in the way." - danger!
"Articulate and thinking, she tends to be matter of fact and practical." - i.e. not so sensitive
Since we did this, I've been assessing everyone I meet. They are probably all sick of it already. But it really is dare I say... "Insightful" to know how other people work and how to communicate with them. We are all so very different and to assume that someone else wants to be talked with or worked with in the way we want to be worked with is just silly. So my new motto for a while (because as we know from the assessment I will lose interest in this when it becomes routine or dull) is treat others how they want to be treated. Novel idea huh?
Guess your color and I'll tell you my assessment of you. Hee, hee, hee!
8/10/2007
What I'd be wearing if I had a 25" waist
I stumbled across this FANTASTIC site while searching for knitting patterns. (Yeah, yeah, call me an old lady but I like knitting.) Its http://www.vintageous.com/ and its full of wonderful vintage clothes. Though pretty much every dress or coat is made for a 22" to 25" max waist! Seriously were women in the 40's and 50's really this small or did they all still wear corsets?
But if I was that small or had a magic contraption to make me that small... Had a spare $800 and the dress wasn't already sold... This is what I'd be wearing. Sigh. Such beauty. Its Christian Dior.
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