Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Comments on Praising God with all my gut

I personally am going through a lot of change as well as in my work place. I'm having a hard time realizing that everything about my life is in flux. Normally a person in this type of situation probably wouldn't have a clear head.

Here's what I'm talking about:
-I'm rethinking what my faith is all about.
-I'm believing that God is my source of self-worth, not my performance.
-I'm realizing that the organized church and God are not always synonymous.
-I can't do all the tasks that are asked of me at work.
-I can faithfully serve God as a Called Worker and husband/father at the same time.
-I must not let my work/role as a Called Worker come before my wife and family.
-It doesn't matter what other people (inside or outside the church/workplace) think about me because I have extreme value because of who I am, God's special son.
-I'm rethinking what my role at work is.
-I'm changing how I am at home.

In summary, I'm completely changing my foundations of life: personally, at home and at work. At the same time, so is my wonderful wife. At the same time so is my church.

If my person, family, work and church are all changing at the same time, where do you think my stress level should be?

But how do I feel? I'm for the first time, trying to praise God with all of my gut.

Praise God with my gut?

Jon's Version of Psalm 103:

Lord I praise you with all my heart.

All you members of my body and everything deep inside me, praise the Lord.

(I can't believe I'm saying this.)

My soul praise the Lord!

My body, mind and emotions, let us all remember who God is:
- He forgives all of our (that's you, my body, mind and emotions) sins.
- He heals all of our illnesses.
- He pulls us out of Hell.
- He covers us with love and compassion.
- He gives us good things for our desires so that our energy is restored.

Do all of you, my body, my mind, my emotions, praise God and remember who God is?

(I've never thought about praising God this way, with all my gut.)