S06 Episode 11: The Gift of Wonder
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🗓️ 18 November 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The Gift of Wonder
In this episode we discuss the importance of having a sense of wonder in our lives. Too often we get so focused on the tasks and pressures of life that we miss the moments that God is revealing His majesty and beauty to us in personal ways. It is these moments that keep our hearts aware of the greater things, that we are made for heaven and that our lives are held in the capable hands of a God who wants to show His great love for us.
Sister Miriam's one thing - Breakfast of champions!
Oatmeal recipe:
1/2 cup whole fashioned oats lightly cooked
Handful of walnuts
1/2 an apple
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon coconut oil (yay yummy fat!)
Splash of 1/2 and 1/2
Eat and then stay full for the next 5 hours or so!!!
Michelle's one thing - The Given Forum
Heather's one thing - All of our patrons on Patreon!
Discussion questions:
- What struck you from the podcast?
- What does the idea of wonder evoke for you?
- What are some things that have always made you stop and wonder?
- How can you change your rhythm to allow God space to speak into your life?
- What is the main thing that causes wonder to get lost in your experience of life?
Journal Questions:
- Reflect and journal about this scripture: Psalm 72:18-19. What does it speak to you personally?
- Are you open daily to allowing the Lord to amaze you in big and small ways?
- How do you feel God is calling you to cultivate wonder?
Quote to Ponder - Wonder is the characteristic feature of children. An old man is no longer astonished by anything, no longer enchanted by anything.... The inability to wonder is the sign of a civilization that is dying. - Cardinal Sarah
Scripture for Lectio Divina - Psalm 72:18-19 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders. And blessed be His glorious name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast. Abiding together is a place where you can |
| 0:13.4 | find connection, rest and encouragement on your journey with Jesus Christ. My name is |
| 0:18.2 | Sister Miriam James Heitland and every week I am joined by two of my dearest friends, |
| 0:23.1 | Michelle Benzinger and Heather Kim. This podcast is born out of our friendship of sharing |
| 0:28.4 | all kinds of things together. Our walk with Christ, our insights, our joys, sorrows, tears |
| 0:34.2 | and laughter and you are most welcome on the journey with us. So grab a cup of coffee, settle |
| 0:40.5 | in and welcome home. |
| 0:47.6 | Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Abiding Together podcast and we hope you |
| 0:53.2 | enjoyed our trilogy on God the Father's Son Holy Spirit. We've had a lot of great feedback. |
| 0:57.0 | So if you haven't checked that out, we want to just encourage you to check that out and just |
| 1:00.6 | to see how it blesses you. And today we are going to talk about the power of wonder. And I'm here |
| 1:06.8 | with my two favorite wonder women. Yes. Michelle and I've been waiting for somebody to call me that. |
| 1:13.1 | And Heather, Heather, you're my you're my wonder woman. Both of you this morning. How are you doing, |
| 1:17.3 | dear? I'm good. Yeah, I'm good. It's you know, the dark season of this time of the year. And so |
| 1:25.2 | the other morning I got up super early and it was dark outside and my two dogs were snuggled |
| 1:30.3 | with me on the couch and I put the fire on and I had a coffee and I was like, I am living the dream |
| 1:35.6 | right now. It was just perfect. Everybody else is sleeping. Oh, my favorite. Yeah, I just love it. |
| 1:41.8 | Yeah, I don't know if I would say love this time of year, but yeah, oh, boo Southern girls. |
| 1:48.2 | Michelle had her too con this morning or you know, winter hat for those of you who don't understand |
| 1:53.2 | Canadian. Yeah, seriously, it was cold. It's very cold here. Yes, we are talking about the weather. |
| 1:57.9 | It is very cold. What Michelle means is it's not boiling. No, it's not boiling. I don't know about |
| 2:02.3 | cold. Hey, it's about to get below freezing. So it's cold. But also we went through daylight savings. |
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