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I was surprised in my last post to find my Heavenly Father hidden in the darkness. He wasn’t through with surprising me. I was completely caught off guard these past 2 weeks to find Him in the midst of qigong. I have quickly had the opportunity to put to the test the quote from my last post that has been resonating within me asking how willing am I to keep my heart “unoffendable”? Lucky me 😉
“If you’ll keep your heart unoffendable
I will use you to demolish the things that tried to demolish you.”
Testimony by Elizabeth Reisinger
For those not familiar with my story – four years ago I’d reached the point that I told my husband I would “do anything” to get rid of Fibromyalgia Migraines that were lasting up to 12 weeks at a time. His response to that was to pray for me and as he prayed I heard repeatedly “acupuncture”.
Bottom line of that experience, I learned that judging something can cost you big time. Acupuncture has helped me more than anything western medicine had to offer. But it was only when I repented of the judgement/offense I had held towards eastern medicine that I was able to reap the benefit of what Father God has provided for thousands of years through acupuncture. As I experienced great relief I made the comment to my Heavenly Father “it would have been nice if You’d provided this a little sooner.” He softly replied, “you could not receive it with the judgment you had in place.” I couldn’t argue with that!
Well, “my offend-able-ness” was about to be tested again.
Enter pangu qigong. I’ve been skirting my way around it for several months. Again, leary of the unknown and thinking it best to “protect myself”. OK, I confess I can be a slower learner 🙂 .
Right after my most recent post, what just happens to pop up on my Facebook newsfeed but a class being taught by my acupuncturist on pangu qigong. As I glanced at the post I heard it again “if you will keep your heart unoffendable …” Hmmmmmm – I had a choice to make.
I read about it www.pangu.org. I prayed about it. I asked for my husbands’s thoughts. I asked for my BFF’s thoughts and asked another friend to pray. Everything was lining up to tell me to “check this out”. I had so many questions. Are you in this Father? Is this You providing this for me? Come Holy Spirit and be my guide.
You know what? The head knowledge of Matthew 7:7 has become experiential for me – if I seek Him, I will find Him … in the darkness, in things and places I never imagined. How? As simple as the child’s game of “Hide and Seek”. The catch is we MUST seek and keep on seeking … always, always seeking Him.
It’s not that our Heavenly Father does not want to be found. He has hidden Himself in all He has created like a lover calling to a lover saying “show me you are interested”. All the feelings that each of us hold within our hearts of wanting to be desired, courted, chosen and sought after – where do you think those come from? I’ll give you a hint. We are made in His image. Yup. There is a constant invitation from our Heavenly Father in everything around us to seek Him out and find Him in order for us to delight in one another as we discover one another.
And, it is not that our Heavenly Father wants to make things difficult for us. Here in America we have “Easter Egg Hunts” for the children at Easter. Colorful egg-shaped containers holding delectable treats are “hidden” by parents pretty much in plain view for children to seek and find with squeals of delight on Easter morning. The children are not remotely aware that it was the parents that provided the opportunity for discovery and delight.
How many times are we like that? We are on a hunt and we don’t even realize what Father God has put directly in our path for us to discover to delight us and to provide for us.
So what discoveries did my Heavenly Father have waiting for me in qigong?
The Chinese imagery of sun (masculine strength), balanced with the moon (feminine strength) coming together in balance suddenly became My Heavenly Father (masculine strength) balanced with the nurturing of the Holy Spirit (feminine strength) all coming together in one being – Jesus – the first of many children, which would include me! Embracing “all the goodness the universe holds for a golden future”, became embracing all My Heavenly Father has created, called good (Genesis 1:31) and deeded to me through:
Jesus – the exact image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of creation, the eternal.
It was by Him that everything was created:
the heavens, the earth, all things within and upon them,
all things seen and unseen,
thrones and dominions, spiritual powers and authorities.
Every detail was crafted through His design,
by His own hands, and for His purposes.
He has always been!
It is His hand that holds everything together.
(Colossians 1:12-17).
Qijong is all about having life force energy flow through you unobstructed. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? “But the water I give them,” he said,“becomes a perpetual spring within them, watering them forever with eternal life.” (John 4:14)
According to His riches in glory (Philippians 4:19) is taking on new dimensions for me. I’m realizing I have no clue what those riches in glory look like or what form they may take. But my Heavenly Father has promised me if I do my part to seek Him and will keep my heart unoffendable, He will cause the eyes of my heart to be flooded with light, so that I can know and understand the hope to which He has called me, and how rich is His glorious inheritance He has prepared for His children. (Ephesian 1:18)
Now there’s a reason to hope! Care to join me?
Hope Without Limits 
This is so beautifully written. It is inspiring to witness a Christian exploring their depths and heights. You are a blessed woman.
Thank you Angel. I am very blessed and thankful.
Hey there, I was wondering if you can share an update with qigong and if you have noticed a difference in your health?
Hello – happy to update you on my qigong journey. I completed one month of the moving form of qigong the first part of May and then took the non-moving form. I now intermix the 2 forms. Qigong has definitely impacted my health and my life for the better. It has made me very conscious of intentionally meditating on my Heavenly Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit and connecting with them just to connect with them, i.e., not praying for some thing or someone rather strictly connecting to soak in who they are and to receive the waters of eternal life that flow from God’s throne (Rev 22:1) that Jesus talked about to the Samaritan woman. (John 4:10). Obviously my focus has continued to be on Father, Son and Holy Spirit rather than Sun and Moon. I wish I could tell you I do my exercises every day, but I don’t. Sometimes I’m just too tired or I run out of time. However, I’m learning to give myself credit for what I do get done!
thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. i have begun doing this form and I have well meaning friends and also my own thoughts telling me this is wrong and the roots and origins are not from God. I’m pushing through, out of desperation really, and giving it the 90 day challenge. reading how you changed the focus to Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit has definitely helped me. thank you so much!
B – I’ve been in a class this week and just read your post last night before bed. Jesus woke me this morning and gave me this to share with you. It is not up to you to make this safe for you. That is Jesus’ job. I heard to pray Exodus 23:20 for you that the Lord would send His angel both before you to prepare the way and with you to bring you to the place He has prepared for you. He told me to remind you of Colossians 1:15-17 and 19-20: “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
16 for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
17 He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together.
For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,
20 and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
This is the One that wants to remove whatsoever hinderances would separate you from receiving the fullness of His love for you. The fullness of being released from whatsoever prison of pain and captivity of hopelessness has been restraining you and to have your broken heart bound up and healed by Him (Is 61:1-4) in ways that are exceedingly, abundantly above all we can even dare to dream to ask (Eph 3:20). Thank You Jesus that this is Your heart for B. I come into agreement with Your Word and say AMEN, so be it on earth as it already is in heaven (Matt 6:10) because of who You are Jesus and what Jesus has done.