July 5, 2021
Notes for My First Talk
Who Am I and Why Am I Talking to You Today?
Build my business
Surrender
Inspire
I can inspire you, not by sharing all the bad things in my own life, but rather, but encouraging you to do what I have done. Rather than focusing and narrowing in on all the ways God hasn’t shown up for you the way you want him to, instead, praise Him for his blessings.
Write 10 gratitudes in the morning.
Notice 3 things at night that He showed up for you during the day:
I wonder what wonders God has in store for my life?
I wonder how God worked that out?
Look for God, Open yourself to gratitude, and to Trust in God
Trusting in God
Place to place, person to person
It’s not about the numbers, its about the quality of the interaction
Men and Women Profit differently
Men: Push forward to create. “By the sweat of their brow” they earn their daily bread, and the daily bread of their family
Women: Surrender themselves to the providing of others, in particular God, from whom they receive everything.
Quote: From “For Women Only” about St. Paul’s evaluation of men loving and women surrendering.
Women do not naturally surrender: it is a trait we develop, and when we engage in surrender, we are far more fulfilled than any success we gain on our own
If you find yourself pushing, you are banging your head against a brick wall. God is your lover, and he wants to give you everything you need.
Men do not naturally work: it is a trait you develop, and when you work, you gain far more satisfaction through that activity than if someone just gave you something.
Now, quick caveat: these are the deep needs of men and women, but we are all human. Men still desire and delight in gifts, and women still desire and delight in work. But those activities should be supplementary to our deep, made-for activities.