Radically Happy

“Our most useful coping mechanisms
Are precisely the ones
That accumulate the greatest toxicity”

MIC Check

Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Discovering how and why
• To break free of my need
• For intellectual clarity
• So I can love more like Jesus

Immanuel Approach Memo

I am… a red blood cell.

At least I was

I have dumped my oxygen
And have turned blue

I am now hurrying
Back to the heart to get more

Why?
Why the rush?

Do I need oxygen myself?
Cannot I just go with the flow?
Am I afraid the other blood cells
Won’t do the job correctly
Or on time?

Is it because
My time is almost up
And I want to squeeze in
One last run?

I look for Jesus.

He is the heart
That sent me out
And pulls me back

He is the plasma
That nourishes
And carries me

He is the vessels
That guide my path

He is the pressure
That moves me
And turns me
To the left or the right

And yet…

Somewhere
Somehow
Despite all that

I am blocked!

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• Foolish
• Self-aware
• Pressurized
• Redirected
• Obstructed
• Disloyal
• Untrusting

Scripture

“So turn your heart to me, face me now, and be saved wherever you are, even from the ends of the earth, for I alone am God, and there is no other.”‭‭

Isaiah‬ ‭45‬:‭22‬ ‭TPT‬‬