For too long I marched to the beat of the expected. These days I don’t…at least I try not to. I march to the beat of the call God has placed on my life and in my heart. I made a conscious choice to trust Him and look to Him for my strength & wisdom. Smart choice, but not always an easy one!
Some days are great and others not so much. Some days I feel like I can barely contain my excitement and others I feel like I’m about to scream with frustration. (That statement sounds a little whack-o, but you get my meaning.)
I look around this world, well my portion of this world, and I see Christians stepping out in faith. I see men and women going against the grain. Stepping out of their comfort zones to serve the God that called them to His good purpose. I see women stepping up to lead their sisters in courage and in righteousness, not of their own but courage and righteousness of the God who called them.
I see walls being broken down and I stand in awe. I see God calling up His church to step up and step out in FAITH. I see a nation on the edge of change. I see so many who want to leap, but they are hanging on the edge… I’m right there with you. It’s time to DEFY GRAVITY!
I know the Lord has a plan and a purpose for this life and I’m walking in that plan. I’m DEFYING GRAVITY.
If you’ve not seen Wicked, the Musical, you may not recognize the following song lyrics. Just hang with me, there is some amazing stuff here.
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I’m through with playing by the rules
Of someone else’s game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It’s time to trust my instincts (** for me this would be trust GOD!)
Close my eyes, and leap!
It’s time to try
Defying gravity
I think I’ll try
Defying gravity
And you can’t pull me down!
I love what these lyrics say. I’m not playing by anyone else’s rules. For me, it means I’m only trusting God. Close my eyes and leap — in faith!
Games are over, life has begun. Real life, relevant life, true life.
But hang on, there is more to this song….
I’m through accepting limits
‘Cuz someone says they’re so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I’ll never know!
AMEN and AMEN! I love this. How can we tell people they CANNOT do something? If God calls you to it, sister do it! If you fall, so be it, but I’ll applaud you for the leap of faith.
And for the closing verse…..
So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
“Ev’ryone deserves the chance to fly!”
And if I’m flying solo (I’m not alone, Jesus flies with me)
At least I’m flying free
To those who’d ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
I’m flying high
Defying gravity
We are NOT all called to serve in the same form or fashion. Some are called to go far and serve in jungles. I’m not. Some are called to serve on staff in churches. I’m not. I say I’m not, but that is only for the moment. God can place that call on my life at any moment.
But whatever the call, let’s agree to support one another as we all LEAP to serve the Savior who rescued our very souls!
I want to hear how God is calling you to serve. What call has He placed on your life? Maybe you’re in a season of raising a family and that’s the call and an honorable one. Maybe He’s calling you to write, speak, sing, lead, rescue, or pray.
Whatever the call, I would love to hear how you are DEFYING GRAVITY.
Well, you know where my call lies. Leaping with you, my friend! Oh, let’s go defy some gravity!
Oh Mary, what a word, thank you for this post. Our Lord continues to call me out of corporate America and into Women’s Ministry. Am I excited? Yes. Am I scared? Yes. In my Corporate America role I am able to maintain control, I can stay safe. But, God says don’t be safe, be bold, take risks, share, do it for His glory and He will catch me. My friend, I have jumped.
Don’t know if you watch “Glee” but they sang it recently. An inspirational version …
Here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8195GN9YVg
Amen Mary I’m with you! My days are often exciting and often frustrating but about 3 years ago I took a HUGE step of faith and I haven’t looked back since. God is doing amazing things and I know it has only just begun! THanks for this post!
Where else can you be fully alive? Where else can you live from the core of who HE made us to be? Where else can we express and respond to WHO HE is? And expression is a given as long as we have a pulse. And where else do we find the fulfillment of a life living true to self trusting HIM with the outcomes but wallowing in a life of substance?
Another passionate post SOO close to my heart. I absolutely LOVE it. It’s time to fly.
Thank you.
Love your heart.
According to His Holiness Huzur Maharaj, the Second Most Revered Spiritual Head of Radhasoami Faith had stated : “Love or Force of attraction (i.e. the Force of Cohesion) is the Param Tattva or the chief ingredient of the creation, i.e. the entire creation has come into existence out of Love and is sustained by Love.” In scientific terminology this is known as Gravity.
Based on my recent comments posted in various blogs , I have postulated a hypothesis. propose. Theoretcal Physics describes four fundamental forces of nature viz., weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force, electromagnetic force and force of gravity. Here we can present an analogy. Weak and strong nuclear forces represent pancha-bhutas or the five elements. Electromagnetic force represents force of current of mind which mainly works through sensory organs and force of gravity represents supra-causal state of Consciousness. We know that during advanced stage of practice of meditation and yoga pancha-bhutas or five elements merge into mind and mind into supra-causal state of Consciousness and ultimately Individual Consciousness merges into Cosmic Consciousness. This is the state of Perfect Bliss or Self-Realization. Likewise during the reverse process of Cosmic Evolution i.e. Perfect Dissolution of the Universe, weak and strong nuclear forces merge into electromagnetic force and electromangnetic force merges into force of gravity.
In the beginning, the enetire Creation came into existence from this Single Force Current which later on manifested into many force currents during the process of Cosmic Evolution.
Gravitation Force is the Ultimate Creator, this paper I presented at the 1st Int. Conf. on Revival of Traditional Yoga, held at The Lonavla Yoga Institute (India), Lonavla, Pune in 2006. The Abstract of this paper is given below:
The Universe includes everything that exists. In the Universe there are billions and billions of stars. These stars are distributed in the space in huge clusters. They are held together by gravitation and are known as galaxies. Sun is also a star. Various members of the solar system are bound to it by gravitation force. Gravitation force is the ultimate cause of birth and death of galaxy, star and planets etc. Gravitation can be considered as the cause of various forms of animate and inanimate existence. Human form is superior to all other forms. Withdrawal of gravitational wave from some plane of action is called the death of that form. It can be assumed that gravitation force is ultimate creator. Source of it is ‘God’. Gravitational Field is the supreme soul (consciousness) and its innumerable points of action may be called as individual soul (consciousness). It acts through body and mind. Body is physical entity. Mind can be defined as the function of autonomic nervous system. Electromagnetic waves are its agents through which it works. This can be realized through the practice of meditation and yoga under qualified meditation instruction. This can remove misunderstanding between science and religion and amongst various religions. This is the gist of all religious teachings – past, present and future.