// June 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // My God, My Life, My Thoughts
It is amazing to me how God’s will is constantly moving us. Moving us in or out of places or positions of service. Using our own actions and the course of our lives to bring a magnificent symphony of his design and purpose into existence. We have only to be at peace that his will is done and we are gracefully included in it!
- JasonTheBaldGuy
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Tags: God's sovereignty, God's will, My God// May 20th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // My Life
This awesome worm was in the parking lot at work
// May 12th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // My Life, My Thoughts
There is a lot going on this week! Many of my close friends, family, and brothers and sisters in Christ are most definitely enduring heavy spiritual oppression and attack. As I have been meditating and praying… trying to discern and see “by faith and not by sight” I was moved to begin writing this letter to the enemy… I believe that we should all live as spiritual warriors and take the battle to the enemy… oh and just so you know… all my fellow spiritual warriors out there… the enemy is not each other! 
we are on the same team!
Enemy,
I feel your hot breath on my neck,
you press down on my shoulders crushing my chest
my breath comes quick and shallow,
I feel your shadow clouding my vision
your fog obscuring my perceptions
you dangle fear in front of me hoping to weaken my resolve
you promise destruction, abandonment, heartbreak
you whisper lies and deceptive thoughts
Enemy,
Your friends are near
they smell the blood of saints ready to be spilled
they come close spoiling for an unfair fight
they hop from one foot to the other
waiting to watch the struggle
they click their tongues… leer… and kick
hoping to incite a reaction…
they savor every ounce of struggle
Enemy,
you’ve made a grave mistake…
you have missed my smile.
your feet may be on my shoulders
but my soul rests in the hand of God
his crushing grip will take you at the last
and it will cradle me like a baby…
Then I will rise in his strength
my sword will cleave the last of you
you will see the rage of the Almighty
as it courses through the veins of his warrior
Enemy,
You might want to think twice next time…
// May 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // My Favorites, My Life, My Thoughts
Healing Begins – Tenth Avenue North- This song has been tackling me all day today! I am dealing with a friendship that is being pushed to the limits… mostly because of me… because I can never leave things as they are… I challenge those around me… to sacrifice… to love harder… to live harder… to be more committed… to die to themselves… Its not like I do not expect the same from myself and more… its just that the general consensus is that its not really my business…or my job… but if you read I CAN’T NOT Then you know… my friends don’t have the luxury of “status quo” living…It is a requirement of friendship that I hold the ones around me that claim the name of Jesus… accountable for their actions… and I do this purely out of love for them… because I want what is best for them… I want God to be glorified in their lives…
So … about this song… My wife was singing it this morning and said… “you need to look up this song online” so I found it on youtube.com and It just literally felt like the words had poured from my heart directly… I played it again and I was overwhelmed with the emotion of my present struggles… I went to work… and going through my email… this song shows up as a free download on Itickets.com I kinda shook my head… and listened to it again… so I go on with my workday… for the past few months I have listened to pandora at work… today of all days, I decided to go to Air1.com and would you know the minute it comes on ”Healing Begins” starts pouring out of my speakers. No doubt today I am hearing very clearly that God intends healing… how and when… and who that happens to is something that has yet to be seen… maybe it is you… or me… let me know… is it you?
Tags: friends, healing, Love, strong character, struggle
// May 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // My Life
Little did I know that we would be here… that our lives would look like this. I can honestly say that If it were not for you backing me up… encouraging me.. and yes sometimes dragging me along I would not be the man I am today… I would probably not be the proud owner of a new home either. I sometimes think I hold myself back more than anyone… yet you are always right there when I want to back up… pushing… just enough to make me go forward, to grow, to become more… to be creative and bless and serve others.
I remember your first Mothers Day… I spent everything I had to buy you a KitchenAid Mixer… and you made me take it back because you wanted jewelry… I knew right then and there I bit off more than I could chew by marrying you! I swore to you there that you would not get one for 5 years I was so ticked off … here we are almost eight years in and it seems the elusive KitchenAid mixer is always just out of reach… I see every time you look at the bright red”Anniversary Editions” with all of their cool features… and I promise myself that it will be the next gift you get!…. but then there is the new house… and all the things to work on there… sometimes it seems so far away… but you are always so patient…
We have a good year ahead of us… debt free… a new home(the first with enough counter space for a Kitchen Aid mixer)… 3 kiddos and we are still going strong… looks like that Kitchen Aid is not so far off after all…
Happy Mothers Day
Tags: Family, mothers day// May 6th, 2010 // No Comments » // My Life
Being authentic is a real catch-word lately… churches and christians, and even companies are really latching on to the idea of being “transparent” and “authentic”. So what is authenticity really? I know lots of people who claim to be authentic and yet no matter how long I spend time in a relationship with them I always feel like something is being left out. I think the real problem is that at some point they bought into the idea that by accepting that they were more worldly than they should be they automagically become authentic… not so. Accepting your current state of morality has nothing to do with authenticity and everything to do with your lack of spiritual discipline!
1John 1:7 says ” But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
I believe that these passages perfectly describes authenticity… “walking in the light” If we walk in the light our failures and shortcomings are exposed and we walk “as children of light” loving the fruits of the spirit… in other words we embrace the exposure of our sins and transgression on one hand accepting our humanity and on the other hand we reach towards the saving grace of God and reject our human nature to be self serving.
Simply living a morally lax lifestyle and doing it publicly is no different from what the rest of the world does… calling it authenticity is a slap in the face to everything that Jesus sacrificed his life for… he did not die so that we could live as we pleased comfortably and flaunt it in the face of the world as “freedom in Christ” … but so that we could see that his sacrifice was in its purest form an example for us to live… or more accurately… die… by.
So in your quest to be… “transparent”… “authentic”…”relevant”… remember to honor the sacrifice that paid for your freedom… and be sure to read Ephesians 5!
so… what do you think? lets talk about real authenticity! are you brave enough to expose your life to the light and be set free… can you walk in the light? lets hear what you got!
Tags: authenticity, Christianity, freedom in christ, modern religion, Religion, religion vs. relationship, transparent
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