{"id":753,"date":"2015-01-16T12:22:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T18:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=753"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T20:19:35","slug":"to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/01\/16\/to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/todotobebelovedlovetitle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-755\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/todotobebelovedlovetitle1.jpg\" alt=\"todotobebelovedlovetitle\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/todotobebelovedlovetitle1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/todotobebelovedlovetitle1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/todotobesunrayblog.jpg\">by <\/a><a title=\"About Lydia and Belovedlove\" href=\"http:\/\/www.belovedlove.org\/about.html\">Lydia Floren<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my <a title=\"To-Do, To Be\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/01\/09\/to-do-to-be\/\">last post<\/a>, I talked about TO-DO lists, and the importance of BE-ing restored every day.\u00a0 That got me thinking:\u00a0 What are some great things to have on a TO BE list?<\/p>\n<p>TO BE:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Restored.<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"To-Do, To Be\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/01\/09\/to-do-to-be\/\">(see last week\u2019s post for more on this)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cHe [The Lord] makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters.\u00a0 He restores my soul.\u201d <a title=\"Check out my meditation on Psalm 23\" href=\"http:\/\/www.belovedlove.org\/assets\/belovedlove-meditation-psalm-23.pdf\">Psalm 23:2-3<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+51%3A12\">Psalm 51:12<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I have<\/em><em> spoken to you, that my\u00a0<strong>joy<\/strong>\u00a0may be in you, and your\u00a0<strong>joy<\/strong>\u00a0may be\u00a0<strong>filled<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+15%3A11&amp;version=ESV\"> John 15:11<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be Cherished.<\/strong><em> You are fully known and completely loved. Not because of what you do, but because of who you are: a precious creation of God\u2019s.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cI have <\/em>loved<em> you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jeremiah+31:3\">Jeremiah 31:3<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/139-5.htm\">Psalm 139:5<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0I have called you by name; you are mine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+43:1\">Isaiah 43:1<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be Forgiven.<\/strong> <em>There is no reason at all to keep carrying around regret and guilt and shame.\u00a0 Choose to receive God\u2019s forgiveness, and forgive yourself.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God&#8217;s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2053:6\">Isaiah 53:6<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+103%3A12\">Psalm 103:12<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Blessed are those whose transgressions are\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>forgiven<\/em><\/strong><em>, whose sins are covered. <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/romans\/4-7.htm\">Romans 4:7<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be Free.<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Let go of worry, resentment, unforgiveness, expectations for yourself and others, old habits.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Now by &#8220;the Lord&#8221; is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20Corinthians%203:17\">2 Cor. 3:17<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0For\u00a0freedom\u00a0did Christ set us free: stand <\/em>fast therefore,<em> and be not entangled again <\/em>in<em> a yoke of bondage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians+5:1\">Galatians 5:1<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Don&#8217;t judge, and you won&#8217;t be judged. Don&#8217;t condemn, and you won&#8217;t be condemned. Set\u00a0free, and you will be set free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%206:37\">Luke 6:37<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I run in the path of your <\/em>commandments,<em> for you have\u00a0set my heart free. <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/119-32.htm\">Psalm 119:32<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Share with us: What&#8217;s on your TO Be list?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-758\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Blog\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Blog.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Blog-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related posts:\u00a0<a title=\"To-Do, To Be\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/01\/09\/to-do-to-be\/\">To-Do, To Be<\/a>, <a title=\"Oil of Joy\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2015\/01\/03\/oil-joy\/\">Oil of Joy<\/a>, <a title=\"Joy = Love + Laughter\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/01\/23\/joy-love-laughter\/\">Joy = Love + Laughter<\/a>, <a title=\"The Barnacles of Busy-ness\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/06\/02\/barnacles-busy-ness\/\">The Barnacles of Busy-ness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lydia Floren In my last post, I talked about TO-DO lists, and the importance of BE-ing restored every day.\u00a0 That got me thinking:\u00a0 What are some great things to have on a TO BE list? 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