When Pete started talking at first i didnt get much of it…. but when we started talking later about his teaching i understood it better.
He told about the character of God and His nature.
How we see oure own dad has a lot to do with how we see God.
I thought to me it had no impact on how i saw God compared to my own father.
But during his teaching i realized that it has some sort of connection .
Pete tried to explain that God is always the same no matter in what sort of situation we are.
Its often our view on the situation how we see God on that moment.
Sometimes its hard to see God as who He is and not to put Him in a box, because of the situation you are in then.
On a morning he told us to go outside , take a leaf or a stick and "write" down all the things what is standing between us and God.
And trow it into the water, let it float away.
I realized that my pain and grief was still standing between me and God.
I did it and it helped , i don't know how but i felt like i was really letting go of that pain and grief.
Pete told us that whenever it comes back to us , The Holy Spirit reminds us of that day when we did that.
So we can say to ourselves ; i let it go ! no more.
By showing us images of the universe i saw God's majesty in it.
I felt so little, realizing that He made that.
So beautiful he made the universe and still He wants a personal relationship with us.
In that moment i forgot my own things and just was amazed by the greatness of God.
I loved how Pete asked a lot of question and by doing that he showed us that he himself also dos not have all the answers.
At a certain point i got a lot of questions i never even thought about.
I liked how he showed God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit though a little acting.
I really learned from that.
He showed us what can be a barrier to bonding.
Abandonment, Desertion, Seperation, Death, Rejection, Neglect.
When we recognized ourselves in it , we could say that and be prayed for.
Also a thing a like was the clip he showed us from Rob Bell- Rain.
He was walking with his son in the forrest, it started raining and his little son got so wet and started crying really hard.
He took his son and held it safe in his arms.
Just like God does when we are in storms in our life.
God sees our tears!
He says to us ; " Dad know the way home, We are gonna make it, I love you buddy"
I learned a lot from his teaching.
God's father heart is caring and loving and waiting for me and i want to keep on seeing Him like that even when its hard.
Nice blog Pia! I love reading about your willingness to try and learn from Pete even though you had a hard time at first!
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can't wait for the entry from last week!!! m.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenthat would be from week 5!
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