More than a Noun

I didn't know the "More Than" blogs were going to become a series when I wrote "Preschool Teacher."  But they have developed into them as I think about the topics more and more.

I am more than a noun as defined by the relationships around me here on Earth.  I am a spiritual being.  It is actually the living God who has defined me.  He has given me life.  He has given me purpose.  He has established the number of my days here.  And he has given me the opportunity to spend an eternity with him in heaven after those days have run out.  I can choose the way that I live here.  I can choose whether to use my verbs to develop a relationship with Christ more fully or whether to forget about Him altogether.  I can choose to let verbs and nouns get in the way of who I am really created to be and what I am really created to do.  And to be honest, there are many times when I do just that.  When I get so caught up doing the verbs or so involved with my relationship with the nouns that I forget about the One.

The One who enables me to do and who has placed me in relationship.  I forget that my relationship with Him has to come first, or the doing and relating doesn't work.  God has got the "being" thing down.  He is the one who first declared, "I Am."  Whatever I need done, whatever I need emotionally, whatever I need...He already is, just by being.  However, a verb or noun aren't my favorite ways to describe God...I'd much prefer to use adjectives!

Awesome

Incredible

Wonderful

Peaceful

Faithful

Wise

Good

Generous

Forgetful

Unchangeable

Just

Merciful

Beautiful

Just to name a few.