Posts Tagged ‘Belief’

I Can’t Not

// March 6th, 2010 // 8 Comments » // My Life

If your are my friend
and I call you so…
I can’t not care
and let things go

When you’re strong and high
and your spirit soars
I can’t not smile
and wish you more…

When the tables turn
and your heart is torn
I can’t not hurt
or cry or mourn

If you walk and talk
but the walk is a farce
I can’t not admonish
that you mind your heart

If my heart is stirred
and your life will be bettered
I can’t not utter
what the spirit has shared

If I love you I love you
and you cannot escape it
I can’t not be there for you
when you can no longer take it

you may not care now
and you may not care ever
but I can’t not speak
and abandon you never

If you know my heart true
and your honor I’ve earned
then measure me grace
and my counsel don’t spurn

I measure my words
so often with care
but I can’t not speak up
as if I’m not there

If your are my friend
and I call you so…
I can’t not care
and let things go

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http://jasonthebaldguy.com

Tags: Belief, friends, Love, poem, poetry

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Tested

// February 22nd, 2010 // 3 Comments » // My Thoughts

A man with his head in his hands

God doesn't need to test us to prove our loyalty...

Why God Why!?   How many times have we asked that question?
even Job asked God what he had done wrong to deserve such treatment.

We often get the wrong idea about personal trials… For some reason we truly believe God wants us to prove how serious we are about serving him… that we are truly committed and not just flakes holding on to an easy out.   But when the trials get seriously difficult we begin to wonder if we are being punished somehow and we begin to question God’s purpose.   Why is it that after ages of reading of the love of the Father for his children and how he wants to bless us and give us abundant lives… we still stoop to the tribal, primitive and downright heathen beliefs that God is a “Man in the sky” that rains down destruction, judgement, and “tests” of our faithfulness.

God knows our hearts inside and out… he doesn’t need to test us to prove our loyalty. But as a loving Father he wants to test us to expose who we really are to ourselves.

We often build up images of ourselves that are quite favorable and help us have great self-worth but what value is our self-worth if we establish it based on lies?  God wants us to discover our true value from his perspective… the trials we endure are for our own good… and they make us stronger and more dependent on him.  So if you find yourself in a tough place begin to look for what your situation is bringing out in you… what it is exposing… and deal with it… the sooner you do, the sooner you will move on and you will see the glory of God being revealed in your life!

Tags: Belief, Faith, financial problems, Tests, Trials, trouble with trouble

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Finding Faith

// April 28th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // My God, My Thoughts

A lot of people talk about faith, we have all been taught that having faith is important. But faith is not so much about believing, trusting, thinking. Faith is not a thing, to hold, or obtain, or understand. Faith is a fiery determination that despite all odds continues to see impossibility as possible. You do not “choose” to have faith, because a choice is based on an evaluation of evidence, Faith is the perfect paradox. Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” Faith is the “substance” the “evidence” The simplicity of faith is that it literally brings into existence things that are otherwise impossible.

I envision a pond, several feet deep, you and I walk up to it… and I tell you that there are rocks just below the surface that you can step on, even though you cannot see them. they are special rocks that always know exactly where you step and will support you perfectly and never allow you to slip.

If you trust me… you will step out to find one confirm your footing and take a step.

That is not faith…

Faith is simply taking the step from land to water with every expectation that it is as sure as dry ground.

Faith is taking a flying leap onto the surface and running across the pond to experience the exhilaration of walking on water

So take your step, lose your fear, and trust what you know. There IS something there to hold you up.

Tags: Belief, choice, Faith, fear, rock, running, simplicity

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Astounded…and Flabbergasted…

// March 9th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // My God, My Life, My Thoughts

I am sure that not everything I write fully fits within acceptable theology… however I am just a bumbling idiot most of the time and I take it in stride. So just forgive me if my simple ideas cross the borders what you would call “safe theology” :)

My personal observation is that “Jesus” is God… just as the “Holy” spirit is God… and “The Father” is God.. how all of that fits together is quite a difficult subject… HOWEVER… that is not my point.

I was thinking… after reading in Philippians 2:5

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

So I started realllllly thinking about this.. and came upon some astounding things..

  • Jesus… had no problem being equal with God…
  • Jesus… actually proved that he had no problems setting aside his “Status” as GOD by becoming a man
  • Jesus… actually allowed men to kill him.

looking back at what I just wrote… I am convinced I am an idiot because I am just repeating the verses…and not explaining myself…

why in existence would an all powerful being completely relinquish their power and literally become “their own creation”? This is a paradox in itself!
(I have written and re-written the following sentences and for the life of me I cannot express how huge this is)

Do you understand the level of perfection needed to knowingly choose to submit yourself to your own creation?

I am completely astounded and flabbergasted…

how could anyone choose to reject a God of that caliber?

no other god
no other religion
no other belief
no other writing…. has ever suggested such a perfect paradox of a perfectly perfect GOD.

Jason the bald guy
jasonthebaldguy.com

Tags: Art, Belief, Christianity, Faith, God, jesus, My God, Religion, spirit, theology

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To Kill or Embrace

// March 7th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // My Thoughts

Soooo there is this big struggle between your flesh and your spirit right? All through the Bible I see people that struggled with the exact same things and these people were amazing women and men of God…our flesh is our humanity and our spirit is the essence of God right? So how do these two survive each other?

A common practice is to constantly stay on the offensive, if your flesh gets out of line… smack it around and make it behave! The problem with beating yourself and beleiving that you can beat your flesh and make it behave?… well try it! just start really smacking yourself in the face! I dare you!!! most of us can’t even give ourselves a proper black eye! we have built in self preservation! so basically we will never go so far as to REALLY eliminate the problem.

so lets think about temptation… something comes up .. you are tempted…so you start beating yourself up and trying to force yourself to stop what you are thinking about doing. But you are not really going to bring the pain are you? NO! why? well its simple… you already want what you want… so the fighting and argument with yourself is pretty much a formality so you can say.. “I tried but you know the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” so then you are off the hook right?

My method of preference is… plain and simple… temptation comes… I look at it and say.. “wow that is really tempting.. I really want to do that!” fortunately I have an ongoing conversation with Jesus and I have learned that temptation is a serious interuption! so being fully aware of my current status of “tempted” I just stop and think… “Jesus… I really want to do this.. I know that it is selfish of me and I am really wanting to be unselfish. Can you take this for me?

so what do we do with our humanity..

You could try to kill it dead… like so many people do… obsess yourself with tracking down every thing that you have a problem with and go all “shock and awe” on yourself… taking to heart Paul’s metaphor of “beating your body daily”just to keep things in check…

Or you could embrace your humanity every time it pops up and bring it to Jesus like a kid brings toads to his mommy.

Jason the bald guy
jasonthebaldguy.com

Tags: Art, Belief, Christianity, Faith, God, jesus, Mac, pain, spirit

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Oh My God….

// February 27th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // My Favorites, My God, My Life, My Music, My Thoughts

I don’t know how many of you actually pay attention to my song recommendations but if you ignore them you are truly missing out. I listen to songs for what they say, through both lyrics and music. And there are many that do not say much… when I do come upon a jewel of a song that truly engages my emotions and my intellect, even my soul, that’s when I decide to recommend it.

So Pay Attention!! :)

This song hit me like a ton of bricks last night and I just had to share it with you… The song looks at how different people handle a crisis of belief, yet ultimately we all cry out to God in desperation. A quick background on the song and the lyrics can be found here

I really recommend reading the lyrics and listening to the song…

Jason the bald guy
jasonthebaldguy.com

Tags: Art, Belief, God, music, My God, My Music, sin

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