02.01.2010


   
Michael Fox CPCC,
founder of magine!,
is a professional
coach and trainer,
author and creative artist, whose work has been featured throughout
the world.

Michael is a
Certified Practitioner
of the
Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator.

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An unlikely friend...   

Faithfulness is typically the stuff of covenants, of contracts, of licenses.

 

We pledge to be faithful, to prove worthy of trust, in our personal and professional relationships: to our God, to our neighbor, to our mortgage company. Sometimes our pledge is accompanied by a signature or a vow, with "substantial penalties for early withdrawal."

 

The point being, faithfulness feels like obligation. Which gives a curious context to the English Standard Version's rendering of Psalm 37:3: "Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness."

 

Imagine. We are asked to personify and befriend Faithfulness to God.  

How good might it be, first, to personify Faithfulness to God, and then to esteem Faithfulness as a cherished friend, rather than as an obligatory relationship?  

 

 

But how might that work? Well...

 

Think of a person who is a cherished friend. Now think of another who is an obligatory relationship--a project, you might begrudgingly say. Your mother or your boss--or some other person of influence and authority--has insisted that you befriend the latter person. (Or, maybe your mother or your boss is the obligatory relationship!)  

 

How would you describe your energy around the cherished friend? By contrast, how would you describe your energy around the obligatory relationship?

 

How then might your energy shift if you were to befriend, rather than begrudge, Faithfulness to God?    

 

What would it take to make the shift? Might the next verse, Psalm 37:4, offer a clue to making the shift?

 

Michael Fox
m�agine!

530/613.2774
407 Myrtle Drive
Farmerville, LA, USA 71241  
In addition to personal and professional coaching,
m�agine! specializes in spiritual transformation coaching,
employing its proprietary models
--Values, Vision, Voice
and Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength--

as well as
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator� curriculum
published by CPP, the People Development People.

Michael's books include
 
Complete in Christ,
Complete in Christ Spiritual Transformation Workbook,
and Biblio�files.

Coaching fees are based upon a sliding scale. Contact us for details.
For additional information, visit our website at maginethepossibilities.net.

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