<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748176967096535566</id><updated>2012-02-16T19:53:18.088-08:00</updated><category term='God'/><title type='text'>{the art of becoming}</title><subtitle type='html'>join me on my journey as I
get closer to God, one day at a time.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theartofbecoming.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8748176967096535566/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theartofbecoming.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Michelle @ Give a Girl a Fig</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RCxVwUFI6TI/SyZzma33z_I/AAAAAAAAAxE/SSOfvHCbxAI/S220/042.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748176967096535566.post-435137650180561675</id><published>2007-11-19T13:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-19T14:11:12.455-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><title type='text'>Numbers 12:6</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I reveal myself to him in visions,&lt;br /&gt;    I speak to him in dreams.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Numbers 12:6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;I am running down a long, dark hallway.  There are no doors, no windows, nothing.  Just walls and darkness.  At the end of the hallway, around a corner I can see a light.  I continue to run and as I do I can see the tails of Jesus' robe whoosh around the corner.  As He rounds the corner, the light goes with Him, and I'm left in total darkness.  As I turn the corner, doing my best to keep up with Him, I see that He has already reached the next corner and is rounding it, light dimming, robe whooshing, leaving me in total darkness.  &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;I continue to run desperately...I run and run and run, turning corners blindly in hopes that I have finally caught up...each time only grasping a small glimpse of His robe and&lt;br /&gt;His lightness as I turn every corner.                                  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;The next thing I see is pitch black.  I have given up.  I am sitting in the darkest hallway, knees up against my chest, my head resting on folded arms perched atop my knees.  I am alone.  I am tired.  I am done. &lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;I ask Him, "What if I can't keep up?  What if I go and go and go but I just can't do it?"    &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;As soon as I ask Him this I see a Bright Light beaming from under my folded arms.  I lift my head and squint my eyes,  only to see His hand extending toward me.  I take His hand and He says, "Then I will come back for you.  Never will I leave you.  Never will I forsake you."                 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;He lifts me up,we continue on and I am no longer in the dark.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8748176967096535566-435137650180561675?l=theartofbecoming.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8748176967096535566/posts/default/435137650180561675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8748176967096535566/posts/default/435137650180561675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theartofbecoming.blogspot.com/2007/11/numbers-126.html' title='Numbers 12:6'/><author><name>Michelle @ Give a Girl a Fig</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RCxVwUFI6TI/SyZzma33z_I/AAAAAAAAAxE/SSOfvHCbxAI/S220/042.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748176967096535566.post-8699425255017670485</id><published>2007-11-18T20:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-18T20:18:22.235-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Isaiah 43:1-3</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; I have summoned you by name; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;you are mine.&lt;br /&gt; 2 When you pass through the waters,        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I will be with you;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;and when you pass through the rivers,        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;they will not sweep over you.        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;When you walk through the fire,       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; you will not be burned;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;the flames will not set you ablaze.&lt;br /&gt; 3 For I am the LORD, your God,       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; the Holy One of Israel, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;your Savior; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8748176967096535566-8699425255017670485?l=theartofbecoming.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8748176967096535566/posts/default/8699425255017670485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8748176967096535566/posts/default/8699425255017670485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theartofbecoming.blogspot.com/2007/11/isaiah-431-3.html' title='Isaiah 43:1-3'/><author><name>Michelle @ Give a Girl a Fig</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RCxVwUFI6TI/SyZzma33z_I/AAAAAAAAAxE/SSOfvHCbxAI/S220/042.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748176967096535566.post-4500666676439676391</id><published>2007-11-15T14:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T18:36:06.565-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;Welcome to {the art of becoming}, the place where I will share thoughts, ideas and revelations about myself, God and who I am in Him. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;                                                                                                                                                                              &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;This is it. Here I am...heart on my sleeve and foot in my mouth. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;                                                                                                                                                                              &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Welcome.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8748176967096535566-4500666676439676391?l=theartofbecoming.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8748176967096535566/posts/default/4500666676439676391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8748176967096535566/posts/default/4500666676439676391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theartofbecoming.blogspot.com/2007/11/welcome.html' title='Welcome.'/><author><name>Michelle @ Give a Girl a Fig</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RCxVwUFI6TI/SyZzma33z_I/AAAAAAAAAxE/SSOfvHCbxAI/S220/042.JPG'/></author></entry></feed>
