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Holding Pattern

April 27, 2012 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Been down this road before

Are we there yet?

Beginning a journey is always exciting,
The anticipation…
The planning and preparation…

You’re finally ready, walk out the door and off you go!

 

But you soon discover the journey is long, and sometimes boring. It takes time to get where you’re going – and along the way there are roadblocks and detours, breakdowns and distractions.

 

Sometimes you stop, or take a wrong turn, or turn around and go back. On one road a bridge is out, on another a tree down, still another, a mudslide across the road.

 

It’s always good to have some traveling companions – and you quickly recognize, to your benefit, that some look straight ahead, some enjoy the company and some the view, while others are always checking out the rear view mirror. You watch out for each other, inspire each other, distract each other, misunderstand each other.

Are we there yet? How much longer?
Who knows?

 

Haven’t we been down this road before?  It seems so familiar, like we’re going in circles.  Round and round, circling the runway, but never landing.

 

How do we break away, break out of this wilderness?
How do we turn our dreams into reality?
How many times do we have to learn this lesson?

 

Just over the next hill or around the next curve, we look for a sign, any sign – but there is nothing to see for miles and miles, in all directions. There is no gas, food, water or cell coverage. Just the road… and the journey goes on.

 

Have we wandered into danger? Are there enemies all around? Can’t we go back to ordinary and boring?

 

Do you ever notice how the seasons are just long enough – how we are always ready for the next one, even though they are the same every year. Each life journey has its seasons – the wintertime and the summertime and over and over again.

 

God has much to show and teach us no matter what season our journey is in. Let Omniallinfinitude help empower your Journey.

We are now blogging Journey Five – Faithful and True.

 

12 Blog Journeys
Investigating the attributes of God
Implementing the spiritual practices

Join our online blog experience and discover for yourself. If you are just beginning with us, please begin with Journey One – Highest Honors. Each Journey has it’s own blog and can be accessed from the Top Menu or from the left side bar. For more information please read Getting Started as well as this blog’s earlier posts below.

A click on the Current Journey graphic on the left will always take you straight to the blog to which we are posting at this time.  New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks to completely post. If a Journey is fully posted participants proceed at their leisure. If you submit your email address – you will be notified of each new blog post.

Go here for Journey One – Highest Honors

Go here for Journey Two – The One and Only

Go here for Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space

Go Here for Journey Four – Large and In Charge 

Go here for Getting Started information


Clear a path, Make some room, Time to go!

February 7, 2012 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Freshman Year is Over

It’s time to take off the training wheels.

So far we’ve just gotten our feet wet – now its time to get in the water up to our knees.

Flicker image credit: Manky M.

We’re leaving the flatlands, moving into the foothills
So the road will get bumpier,
Steeper and longer,
But more adventurous.
And we’re going to get a little more personal.

Our extended stay of rest is over.

As we move into year two of our Omniallinfinitude journey take some time to ponder how far we’ve come;
what we’ve learned,
what we’ve practiced,
what we’ve been able to apply to our lives,
what we’ve experienced along the way.

Are we are ready to incorporate some new things into our journey and leave some of the baggage we’ve been carrying along the way?

Maybe it’s time to stop reading someone else’s book, and start writing our own.

Journey Five – Faithful and True will begin in early May 2012.

 

 

 

12 Blog Journeys
Investigating the attributes of God
Implementing the spiritual practices

Join our online blog experience and discover for yourself. If you are just beginning with us, please begin with Journey One – Highest Honors. Each Journey has it’s own blog and can be accessed from the Top Menu or from the left side bar. For more information please read Getting Started as well as this blog’s earlier posts below.

A click on the Current Journey graphic on the left will always take you straight to the blog to which we are posting at this time.  New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks to completely post. If a Journey is fully posted participants proceed at their leisure. If you submit your email address – you will be notified of each new blog post.

Go here for Journey One – Highest Honors

Go here for Journey Two – The One and Only

Go here for Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space

Go Here for Journey Four – Large and In Charge 

Go here for Getting Started information


PAUSING to enjoy the view

June 21, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Refresh and Reflect between Journeys

No matter what kind of journey you are on, along the way you will need to take an off ramp, visit a rest stop, have a picnic, take a picture, visit a friend, take a nap.

We need time to read the map, plan the next phase of our journey, review where we’ve been, enjoy the moment, rest up, catch our breath and get prepared to go again.

Between each of our Omniallinfinitude Journeys we will be taking a couple weeks off of blogging for this very purpose.

However – we are never without suggestions for you as you enjoy this change of pace.

 

Here are some things you can do while you wait for Journey Three  - Beyond Time and Space to begin in late July.

  • Continue to practice Silence, Solitude, Prayer and Fasting
  • Read the Gospel of Mark
  • See a good movie
  • Meet your neighbors
  • Pay attention
  • Walk on the beach
  • Try a new recipe
  • Look at the stars
  • Watch the sunrise
  • Go on a road trip

 

 

 

Join us in late July for Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space.
Until then, enjoy the Pause.

 

Make Omniallinfinitude part of your Journey

April 26, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

GOD

Does it matter what we think?

12 Blog Journeys
Investigating the attributes of God
Implementing the spiritual practices

We are currently blogging Journey Two – The One and Only.

Join our online blog experience and discover for yourself. If you are just beginning with us, please begin with Journey One – Highest Honors. Each Journey has it’s own blog and can be accessed from the Top Menu or from the left side bar. For more information please read Getting Started as well as this blog’s earlier posts below.



A click on the Current Journey graphic on the left will always take you straight to the blog to which we are posting at this time. New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks to completely post. If a Journey is fully posted participants proceed at their leisure. If you submit your email address – you will be notified of each new blog post.

Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space, will begin in mid July, 2011.

 

 

 

Go here for Journey One – Highest Honors

Go here for Journey Two – The One and Only

Go here for Getting Started information

 

Enjoy the Journey.


Looking for the Omniallinfinitude Blog Experience? Taking the First Step

February 1, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

You’re almost there.

We are now blogging Journey One – Highest Honors.

Click on the Current Journey graphic on the left to go straight to the blog.

New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks.

Journey Two – The One and Only, will begin in late April, 2011.

Taking the First Step

There’s always so much anticipation
We think about it
Get our supplies
Get new clothes
Put it on our calendars

We can’t wait, we talk about it, create expectations, put our name on the list, and buy our tickets

We know we should make that move, look for a new place to live or that new job
Or go back to school
Get out of a bad relationship or reconcile with a friend
Go to that meeting and get help
Reach out to God
Move on with God

Starting a Journey begins with a single step
Sometimes we get pushed, drafted, or dragged kicking and screaming, even kidnapped

That first step is always the hardest – maybe tomorrow, or next year, or after this or that happens….you know how it goes

And once you take that first step – then it seems it’s always three steps forward and two steps back
But keep moving
Keep your eyes on the prize
Even if sometimes we loose focus and can’t remember what the prize is

And so we bravely begin, we walk through the door, and we wait
We fill out papers, go through security, answer a million questions
We audition, take tests, discover we need more training
It seems we are just bouncing from here to there

We study and practice, we watch…
And then……we finally build some credibility, respect, and authority

Every journey begins with prep work
Like painting a room, or planting a garden
Lots of prep work, mostly prep work

Is it worth it? More than you can imagine……experience shows it will take longer, cost more and not end up being at all what you thought it would be

It’s much better

Get started, take that first step, do the prep work

Enjoy the journey

Do You Ever Think About God?

January 21, 2011 in Uncategorized with 2 Comments

Do you ever think about God?

Is your understanding of Him skewed because you look at Him through the prism of your own problems, struggles, experiences or situations?

It makes a difference how we think about God.

In fact, it affects everything….

Everything we believe, feel and do.

Our society today seeks to turn God into an errand boy,

a good luck charm,

a user friendly cosmic superhero

who shows up just in time to put a stamp of approval on our plans and make them so.

Unfortunately, our human portraits of God hardly measure up to the truth about God.  And knowing and experiencing the truth about God is primary in living an adventurous and fruitful life.

So we will start at the very beginning…Who is God and how do I get to know Him, not just know about Him?

Maybe you’re curious and taking the first steps toward a life of faith,

Or restarting a journey that has been sidetracked or burnt out.

Or perhaps you just need refreshment and encouragement as you continue to persevere in your spiritual adventure.

God is waiting

Let’s meet Him together in a brand new way.

The Omniallinfinitude™ Blog Experience begins February 1, 2011.

Right here.

Join us then for Journey One – Highest Honors. We will start off with God’s attribute of Transcendence as well as the spiritual practices of Silence and Solitude – and a whole lot more.

Click here to see a more in depth description of the Elements included in each Journey.

Each Journey will be presented over a two month period through 16 blog posts, including information, assignments, links, and challenges. A more traditional format is also available through a downloadable PDF.  This will allow you to see the entire journey as you follow along with the blog. This PDF contains links to online resources and content.

One thing we’ve discovered along the way is that rubbing shoulders with people who know and trust God is contagious.  We invite you to join us online for a little shoulder rubbing……

and eventually, we will begin to see those very same problems, struggles, experiences or situations…..through the prism of GOD

….which makes all the difference in the world.

If you leave us your email, we will send you a reminder when a new blog is posted. If you would like to be on our Blog Email reminder list – send your email to mahelland@omniallinfinitude.com

You can also follow us on TWITTER at @omni_tude

God is the Ultimate Constant

January 19, 2011 in Uncategorized with 1 Comment

He is so good at what He does – it seems we can’t help but take HIM for granted. The extraordinary becomes so ordinary, we no longer take notice. We become blind to God and turn a blind eye to others.

Oftentimes we get stuck, waylaid along the way, and we stop and settle for a life of routine and hurry, instead of one filled with compassion and creativity.

We . are . bored . to . death.

It’s so easy to get in a rut…..Three things can keep us from moving on with God and taking our spiritual lives off autopilot.

  • We’re just tired and weary, always stressed, chasing after the wind, trying to have it all, we don’t even realize what’s happening to us.
  • We’re afraid, afraid of failing, of our own inadequacies, that we won’t measure up, so we stay where it’s safe.
  • Life is good, comfort is king – why upset the apple cart, why risk something new, why take a chance. We become complacent and stop paying attention.

We give up, pack it in, and our gaze wanders from God, – to anything else that might satisfy – but nothing ever does.  Our accessorized lives do not produce the lives of adventure we long for and that only God can provide.

We . need . to . refocus.

Omniallinfinitude™ takes us back to the very beginning, who is God and how do I get to know Him, not just know about Him?

It’s time to turn away from our preconceived assumptions about a God who is about our size and looks a lot like us –

to the wonder and reality of actually sharing our journey with a God who is beyond our imagination, yet as close as our heartbeat.

Yes, there will be struggle along the way – and it seems we have a million questions.

  • Can He be trusted?  What can I count on Him for?
  • Is there evidence that God is real?
  • Why is this so hard?  Why do we struggle so?  Why is there doubt, fear, anger depression, pain and suffering?
  • What is He waiting for?
  • Why doesn’t anyone care?  Why don’t we care?  Why doesn’t anyone care about us?
  • Why are we here? What happens when we die?

The answers are out there – to all these questions and more.

If you are ready to start, START OVER, or even just in need of a little TUNE UP along the way….

…. the Omniallinfinitude™ Blog Experience is for you.

Join us right here – February 1, 2011, for Journey One – Highest Honors.

If you leave us your email, we will send you a reminder when a new blog is posted.  If you would like to be on our Blog Email reminder list – please send your email to  mahelland@omniallinfinitude.com

You can also follow us on TWITTER at @omni_tude and on Facebook.