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Love in the Dining Room, Part 1
Published by Angela | Filed under Personalities, Relationships, Speaking Notes
We as women understand “Love in the Dining Room.” Once you’ve stood cleaning, cutting and dicing vegetables for salad, preparing and cooking meat, making your familiy’s favorite potatoes, baked dessert and set the table you’ve expended a lot of love. Food is sometimes equated with love whether we realize it or not. But it’s not just the time, energy and money spent on food but conversation as we sit around the table sharing our experiences, sharing our lives. Laughter fills the room , defenses come down and hearts open up to one another around the dinner table. As we “sup” with one another our heart strings are strengthend and our lives bonded together more closely. Intimacy happens if we lallow it.
In Revelation 3:20 Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if any woman hears my voice and opens the door I will come in and sup with her.” Jesus says, “Behold” to get our attention. It’s like He’s saying, “Look at me standing here. I’m patiently, quietly waiting for you to see me and respond.” Then He knocks. Knowing that we need this time with us He doesn’t want us to miss it. But many times we’re just too busy. Our lives are filled with all kinds of noise that drowns out the knock. Our attention is drawn elsewhere so we don’t see Him standing there. We miss our cue, our opportunity for intimacy with Jesus.
Playful , Popular Sanguines’ lives are filled with activities, parties and socials and ministries to please others. They are talking, telling their latest exciting story while entertaining the audience. They’re having too much fun to stop and answer the door. They’ll call later and chat but later seldom arrives.
Purposeful, Powerful Cholerics are focused on the goal and are rehearsing a list of things to do in their heads. They are busy doing, doing, doing–achieving their goals, climbing new mountains, attempting new challenges, risking difficult situations, blazing new trails. There is no time to stop and answer the door.
Proper, Perfect Melancholies are deep in thought analyzing a myriad of facts and busy planning so that everything is just right — perfect. Their schedule is precise with plenty of time to practice, think and get it right. There is no time for unscheduled visits even if it is the Lord — He’ll have to get an appointment.
The Peaceful, Patient Phlegmatic is relaxed in the most comfortable recliner she can find. Her energy has been expended completely and she’s quite comfortable watching the TV. Was that a knock she heard? Counldn’t be; not this time of night. It would be too stressful to entertain now so she ignores the knock and falls asleep watching the TV.
Every personality blend has her own distinct style and challenge in relating with the Lord. Have you found yours? We’ll discuss more in the next blog.
September 30th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
My personality definiately interferes with communicating with God! My sanguine side wants the interactive audience with some Old Testament showstopping manifestations, like booming thunder, burning bushes, manna from heaven, pillars of fire, and the parting of the Red Sea. Wouldn’t that be awesome? My equally strong choleric side wants everything my way, my terms. But as I ponder how to talk with God, what a bold concept to begin with, I reflect on the Israelites who had the manna and the parting of the Red Sea, and how that wasn’t enough when they were on their own while Moses was on the mountain. They made a calf and talked to a calf. Seems a bit odd to have had such a close relationship with God and then make a calf. I wonder if I would be the same way. Wanting bigger and bigger proof. And I want an audience for my story, my request, my confession. I want to know that I know that I know I have heard God. I get lost trying to pray sometimes. So, to deal with myself, I’ve created a Letters to God notebook. I love to write and think better with pen in hand. Letters also imply that there is a reader and that an answer is expected. Through writing to God, I am able to focus on my audience and to present my thoughts and feelings. I am hoping that as I pray through letter writing, I will be able to hear the small, still voice of God and know that I have been in the presence of my God.
October 1st, 2007 at 12:29 am
Michelle, Yes, some parting of the waters would be great. This is so interesting because I enjoy writing prayers out also. It definitely helps me to focus and as a Playful Sanguine that really helps. Writing them out feels like it helps me to let go and expect results. I can always go back and read the prayers and pray them again. I love the idea of your “letters to God” notebook. I just write them out in my journal.
I think the Israelites wanted a god they could see, handle and control But that is not a god at all.