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A Fall Off the Roof
||January 24, 2008|1117 reads
 

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Deb Rockwell
January 24, 2008
Let's hope you get your energy back in your praise!
Mike n Laura
January 24, 2008
How exciting!!!  
LorenDP
January 24, 2008
Is it possible to fall off the roof and into the cellar?  Because that's what I feel I did...I got to get out of the cellar before I can make it to ground level..then I'll be heading to the roof.  :)
Evangelist Keith  Wilson
January 24, 2008
I think realizing you have fallen off the roof top, means you are on your way back on top!
Richard
January 24, 2008
Boy, this title scared me Jen! It brought back painful memories, till I read the meat of the subject.

Great post... like in real life, you can fall off the roof and not realize it!
Pastor_Ken_and_Aminata
January 24, 2008
 

Jen, I think every now again, we have to descend (this is our quiet, contemplated time, and this can be a good thing) in order to ascend again.   This way we can truly appreciate our ascension once again. 

I look forward to when you begin your ascension again, I can just see it now.   Jen up on the roof… with peanut butter cookies in hand…. Singing her praises….. "He's sweet I know"….

 

Pastor Amianta

Yahs Child
January 24, 2008
Your statement, "What was I doing up there in the first place?  Singing His praises, shouting from the rooftop about the goodness of God and how He has blessed me!" means you were REALLY enthusiastic!  Whoo Hoo!  Way to go!
DeboraJ
January 24, 2008
Love it!!
Jen Rebo
January 24, 2008

Deb, that's exactly what I've been lacking: energy!

I like your Rock On dude, Mike!

Hey, Loren, head for the main floor.  I'll be looking for you on the roof soon!

That's right, Keith! :-)

Jen Rebo
January 24, 2008

Rich, it sounds like maybe you should stay away from the roof...  :-o

Maybe it was a contemplative time, Pastor Aminata, but it could've just been a sleep-deprived time.  All I know is... I refuse to stay on the ground, even though I'm not real fond of climbing ladders!  :-)

Jen Rebo
January 24, 2008
Marcella, you are a dear to come back on and add such a sweet comment.  Blessings to you!
Jen Rebo
January 24, 2008
Thanks, Debora and Pastor Tim!
Carol Suh
January 24, 2008
Yay Jen!! Yay for shouting! :D
Shellie Polk
January 24, 2008
BIG SHOUT JEN!  WAY TO GO!!!
Kathy
January 24, 2008

Great post, Jen! Truth is we can't live on the rooftop.  There are some who pretend to live there, but we all have to do a lot of living on the ground, cherishing those rooftop (aka mountaintop) times, and taking encouragement in remembering them from the ground!  Those times are precious, but there is much work to be done from ground level.  I look forward to hearing your shouts!  Go ahead and shout on the way up if it hits you!    :)

Joey     R
January 24, 2008

Excellent, Jen as always

Jen Rebo
January 24, 2008

Rooftops are slippery, Lara, so I think I'll hang on to God for safety while I'm up there!

Thanks for the shouting encouragement, Carol and Shellie!

I guess I don't think about my rooftop shouting as mountaintop time, Kathy.  I see it as just my need to be more vocal - even if it means climbing up on a roof to be heard - in my praise to Him.  I agree with you that the mountaintop times shouldn't be (and couldn't be) on ongoing thing.  They are so awesome when you're there, but they'd certainly lose their awe if that's where we were all the time.  :-)  

Thanks, Joey!   

Gene Boecker
January 24, 2008
Rooftops are over rated.  Its tough to walk over to your neighbor's place if you're on the roof! 

Be noisy on the ground too!
:^D
dave buckingham
January 25, 2008
A quick fall and a sudden stop will bring a call for help but we sometimes get pulled of path a little bit at a time.  If you've ever seen an inconvenient truth I liked the frog analogy.  Something we Christians could think of as our churches become more worldly.

If you drop a frog in boiling water he'll jump right out.  But if you drop a frog in room temperature water he'll sit there and you can gradually increase the water until it boils and he (or she) won't move.

Blessings my dear friend,

David

P.S. didn't early Christians use there roofs as a sort of sun room?
Denise Meyers
January 25, 2008
Wow Jen, I haven't had much time to sit a read blogs lately but I am so glad I read this one. 
Thanks for waking me up to see where I am as well, I need to get back up that ladder and on that rooftop.  No I haven't quit praising my God and I don't plan too, but like you it has been in a lethargic kind of way.

Thanks for sharing Jen
Love and Prayers 
Denise
Jen Rebo
January 25, 2008

But God has called me to proclaim His goodness from the rooftop, Gene!  Just my way of saying that He wants me to be more vocal.  :-)  He knows that it's my inclination to go about my business - including walking over to the neighbor's - as unobtrusively as possible.  As I've gotten more and more tired from lack of sleep due to my job, I've gotten even quieter.  I feel like I'm under direct orders:  "What do you believe about Me?  Wake up, and proclaim it so that it can be heard!"  Just a friendly push out of my comfort zone...

Thanks for the blessings, Dave!  I don't know about the sun room thing.  Anyone else heard of that?   

Glenn
January 25, 2008
Shout away Jen, from the roof or the ground, follow what the Lord has placed in your heart!.  And don't forget the cookies like Pastor Amianta said.
peace
wait, I think I can hear you here in WNY : )
Jen Rebo
January 25, 2008

Hey, Denise!  Good to hear from you!  I'll be looking for you on your rooftop from over here on mine.

Yes I do, Paul!  It's a loving God who wakes up His children when they've nodded off...  ;-o

How about rice krispie treats instead of cookies, Glenn?  That's what I'm making next, to bring to work for my fellow early risers.  So you can hear me over there, huh?  I knew that megaphone was a good investment!  :-) 

John Tarpley
January 25, 2008
"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands!" Don't you love that?
Jen Rebo
January 25, 2008
I do love that verse, John!  It's the one that I point to if anyone hears me singing... 
Donna S
January 27, 2008
Shout to the Lord, for I am alive!!
Shout to the Lord for I see my mistakes
Shout to the Lord for I am human
Shout to the Lord for being forgiven
Shout ot the Lord for I am weak
Shour to the lord for I have fall
Shout to the Lord for I need help
Shout to the Lord for I am Grateful for His love


Thanks Jen I could go on,,,, I am sure you got my point ; )
Much Love & Blessings
Jen Rebo
January 27, 2008
Yeah, sister!  There's a lot worth shouting about, isn't there, ds?!
Prudence Ramos
January 29, 2008
Whoo Hooo, Jen is goin back to the roof!!!  I know I'm a few days behind...I'm sure you've made it back up there by now! 
Blessings!
Juan Gon
January 29, 2008
I am sorry you fall. How do I add friend to my page?
Jen Rebo
January 29, 2008

I'm back up there, Prudence!  I started a "Shout" blog last night, but got too tired to complete it.  Hopefully today... 

Thanks for reading!  :-)

Cheryl Whit
January 29, 2008
 Rock_climber Jen~wear a helmet!!!  LOL 
Love ya~
Gene Boecker
February 01, 2008
Jen,
You still walking with your feet on the ground or are you back to hanging around with your head in the clouds?

Love ya!
:)
Jen Rebo
February 02, 2008

Both, Gene, at the same time!  :-o

Love ya back, bro! 

Patrick Hazard
February 05, 2008
This is one of them allegory blogs posts.  See, I am a roofer.  I am making no point here but I am glad you mediforically have fallen off and not physically...

Interestingly enough, I think God also allows us to "fall off of the roof" to allow us to prove to ourselves and our enemy the reality of our love for Him.  It is so much easier to shout from the rooftop than from the ground.  Just like mountains and valleys, springs and winters, and days and nights in life.  I think a lot of people's excitement towards God is caused by external events that motivate an internal response and God desires for us to get past that.  Though we should be thankful...we should be thankful in all things, the good and the bad.  (Notice it says in and not for.)  God wants our love for Him to be as His love for us, totally motivated on the inside and not effected by external happenings.

My two cents complete...good post Jen
Jen Rebo
February 05, 2008
Thanks, Patrick!
Patrick Hazard
February 05, 2008
You're Welcome
dave buckingham
February 06, 2008
What was that song Shout to the North, Shout to the East, Shout to the South, Shout to the West?  If we can take time to shout at a baseball game.
Jen Rebo
February 06, 2008

I think the one you're talking about, Dave, goes something like this:

Shout to the North and the South.

Sing to the East and the West.

Jesus, the Savior of All,

Lord of Heaven and earth. 

 

I probobly have some of the lyrics wrong.  It's been years since I've heard this one.