Thanks for guiding me gil. I loved the book Pastor Rick and was thinking of emailing you. I didn't understand the popsicle stick thing. Possibly a minor detail. Overall, I related so much with the dried up dead lakes, the overeating or the place where Will had to crawl on his knees and not hold on to anything--I feel sadly that I'm in those places. Scary but true, on how your book showed how easy it is to get stuck in those places. Right now I want to keep things simple and get back to the river. I also look forward to the day when I can help others travel down the river, like Gil is doing in my life. But first I have to get well myself and quench this thirst. I have hopes in who God will make me and the relationship me and the Creator will share in the future. Pray for me, please.
Sea Turtle, Thanks for jumping into the blog. I'm glad that Ez River has struck a nerve in you. I think the idea behind the popsicle sticks will be an encouragement.
In Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 47), the angel (or being) took Ezekiel from where he was at the threshold of the temple and began to measure his way down the stream that eventually became a river. The progressive measurements were deliberate and orderly. Notice that that the angel did not take Ezekiel from the ankle deep stream directly to the un-crossable current way down river. Rather, it was a journey measured one step at a time, going only as fast as Ezekiel could handle and understand and experience. When Ezekiel was ready to move on from experiencing the River at a certain depth, the measuring continued.
For the purpose of the allegory, I decided to work with a typical construction tape measure, something that most people have around the house. The use of popsicle sticks were intended only as a device to keep the measurements going in an orderly way. I believe that God directs us down The River in an measured and orderly way in order for us to experience everything that he has for us and not to get ahead of ourselves. This requires patience and deliberate stopping to experience the fullness of the River as God directs. Continued blessings on your journey.
We might be a small blogging community right now but I believe that over the next few years we will see thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people journey down the Ezekiel River. Let us pray to that end... to the glory of God.
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Ezekiel River followers. Haha. I guess that's just you and me, Gil.
ReplyDelete"A journey begins with one step."
ReplyDeleteI look forward each day to following the River home and helping to guide others along the way.
Blessings to you and your loved ones!
Thanks for guiding me gil. I loved the book Pastor Rick and was thinking of emailing you. I didn't understand the popsicle stick thing. Possibly a minor detail. Overall, I related so much with the dried up dead lakes, the overeating or the place where Will had to crawl on his knees and not hold on to anything--I feel sadly that I'm in those places. Scary but true, on how your book showed how easy it is to get stuck in those places. Right now I want to keep things simple and get back to the river. I also look forward to the day when I can help others travel down the river, like Gil is doing in my life. But first I have to get well myself and quench this thirst. I have hopes in who God will make me and the relationship me and the Creator will share in the future. Pray for me, please.
ReplyDeleteSea Turtle,
ReplyDeleteThanks for jumping into the blog. I'm glad that Ez River has struck a nerve in you. I think the idea behind the popsicle sticks will be an encouragement.
In Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 47), the angel (or being) took Ezekiel from where he was at the threshold of the temple and began to measure his way down the stream that eventually became a river. The progressive measurements were deliberate and orderly. Notice that that the angel did not take Ezekiel from the ankle deep stream directly to the un-crossable current way down river. Rather, it was a journey measured one step at a time, going only as fast as Ezekiel could handle and understand and experience. When Ezekiel was ready to move on from experiencing the River at a certain depth, the measuring continued.
For the purpose of the allegory, I decided to work with a typical construction tape measure, something that most people have around the house. The use of popsicle sticks were intended only as a device to keep the measurements going in an orderly way. I believe that God directs us down The River in an measured and orderly way in order for us to experience everything that he has for us and not to get ahead of ourselves. This requires patience and deliberate stopping to experience the fullness of the River as God directs. Continued blessings on your journey.
Welcome David and Cheryl!
ReplyDeleteWe might be a small blogging community right now but I believe that over the next few years we will see thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people journey down the Ezekiel River. Let us pray to that end... to the glory of God.