Culturing

I am officially half done training! It seems like I've been here so much longer than a month, but at the same time I cannot believe how fast it's flown by. It's February already!This past week was quite full again even though our schedule didn't show it, our minds felt it. We had a number of sessions on Spiritual Authority this week with Keith Marten, a California dude. Praying with the Authority of Christ and working with all kinds of people that have come from cults and various backgrounds, Keith pretty much plunked 20 years of his experience and knowledge in our laps. It was somewhat overwhelming. During the sessions I struggled with getting my mind past the vastness of the Spiritual realm and its overwhelming power. I am a daughter of Christ and for this very reason he has invested his power and authority in me. It's learning when and how to use this power that boggled my mind. The one conclusion I've come to is that it is only when I am totally dependent on God, relying on him to guide my every step, that I can use this power to help further his kingdom. It is only when God uses his power through me that it will be useful, and right. God has slowly been revealing to me a sensitivity to the Spirit, and the value in this. The spiritual realm is a secret world, that men of this world do not see, but when one has even a little insight as to what is happening in that world how much farther ahead does that put us in furthering Gods Kingdom. This is a subject that is not talked about alot, and there is alot of skeptiscism about it. This has been a subject that has scared me. I am only human, and sometimes I feel like this power is just to much for me to handle. But I keep having to go back to his word (psalm 71) and finding rest in knowing that Christ is fighting this battle for me, and I just have to be willing to listen and obey him. This week has stretched my thinking on these things, and really challanged me and I am still trying to process and discern what God wants me to take from all this.

This weekend we went to seattle, we explored a Public Market Place where a number of artists displayed there work selling everything from flavoured honeys, to paintings, to fish, to flowers you name it. It was a very cultured place. Fresh and Creative are two words that come to mind when I think of the market. I really enjoyed walking around all afternoon just browsing, enjoying the music of buskers and the smells of many arts. It was a good time!