// 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 5th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // My God, My Life, My Thoughts
Don’t let somone tell you it is! It is NOT SAFE!!! So many Christians wander around this world thinking that for some reason if they serve God that everything will be ok! They blindly walk with a fake smile on their face screaming through their teeth “WHY IS THIS NOT WORKING?!!” Of all the dissillusioned people I meet the christians that are still holding on to these philosophies are the hardest to reach. It’s as if they beleive that they only need to try harder, to be more serious, to act more holy and then they will find peace. And so many of them say… in the midst of their pain … “The safest place for me to be is in the center of the will of God” as if there is some secret bubble of safety that we are all trying to maintain balance within. What a load of garbage! This is the kinds of garbage that gets prolipherated when people decide to develop religions and systems of doctrine instead of just following Jesus! Jesus was never safe! and if there was anyone that could “hold the bubble” it would be him!
The Truth is
Within the will of God, Jesus Suffered, and every one of his disciples suffered, Martyrs were killed for being in the will of God… just in case you haven’t heard your life is in danger! Serving God is not just some silly fad that you can claim ownership by wearing a bracelet! It requires risk and pain and heartache, Jesus said “I come not to bring peace but a sword” Matthew 10:34-39 He is not saying that we should bear arms against each other but that we must defy anything that would ask us to reject him. So get the idea that your life is going to be all tulips and daisies out of your head… your destiny awaits you!
This is where you need to stretch your mind a little.
imagine the first choice you ever made… draw a point there. imagine the last choice you make… and draw a point there.. if you were to list every possible choice in between those two points then the sum would equal your life. and somewhere in all of those branching lines would be the path that you took… To a God that can see every possibility and every choice, don’t you think he would have a plan in place for even your worst possible choices? so at what point could you actually make a choice that was outside of God’s will for you? Sure you could make a bad choice but “all things work together for the good of those that love and serve him” Romans 8:28 So even a “Bad” choice can fall within the will of God.
Ask his son! Jesus! If God was concerned with comfort would he have allowed Jesus to suffer one bit? But this is a war over souls! and truly if hundreds of innocents must die so that one soul could be redeemed then so be it! We balk at such a stark offensive idea but that is because we are so attached to this flesh. We see innocents suffer and die and we wonder how God could allow it. But suffering and even death on this earth is not even comparable to getting a sunburn from a spiritual perspective. Even a lifetime of suffering when compared to an infinity of time spent with God is not even worth mentioning.
These things that I write, I write them from experience, I have walked with God and regardless of my choices I have not found safety for my flesh.
I have made choices that I thought were good and regretted them and made choices I thought were bad and thanked God for them… His will is perfect regardless.
I have suffered through times that I thought I would not survive, yet in the very middle of that pain my soul has been replenished.
Can you see that these things can give you freedom, and peace, and strength?
Tags: anger, Art, beleive, choice, choices, christian, Christianity, christians, destiny, God, God's will, jesus, Love, My God, pain, peace, perspective, Religion, spirit, sun, truth// March 15th, 2009 // 5 Comments » // My Confessions
Only several hours after writing about my experience of learning to step out of the material and see things spiritually… I experience the realization that my carnal self is so deeply ingrained that those trips to “sanity” are often followed by a much less enjoyable trip to less desirable places! There are days that I fully realize and can almost hear “all creation groaning for the adoption” I myself groan daily at my inability to maintain a selfless and spiritual existence… call it spiritual ADD or ADHD or whatever but It is intensely difficult to focus! I begin to see each of my actions and their contribution or lack thereof to my daily walk.
I would venture to guess that someone somewhere possibly reading this blog might just come to the conclusion that I am a strong christian man, that I am sure of myself, that I blog these things so that others could learn to be like me.
For the record… I am an Idiot.
I regularly and consistently make choices that I regret, and often do not learn from my mistakes until many times later.
I am impulsive and passionate and gritty- I laugh at things I shouldn’t , I say things that i regret later. I look at things that trap me, I listen to things that embitter me, I do things that shame me.
I often find freedom from a seemingly baseless conviction only to find bondage in its absence.
All of these things plague me daily… and yet my love for my God is unchanging… and my love for others is growing.
The idiot lives… but he is learning… slowly..
Jason the bald guy
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// March 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // My Life, My Thoughts
Something that seems to be happening to me lately…
Is it possible that we can slowly learn to forget the material things in life to the point that we see things completely different?
The bible says in James 1:14-15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
As I believe I have often said, selfishness is the basis of every conflict with God. (I tend to avoid the use of the word “sin” at this point because almost no one understands it at all anymore.. and by objectifying it have completely missed the point of what God is trying to teach us.)
anyways… Lust is essentially selfishness. If you look at the effects of lust you pretty much cover the gamut of “bad things people do”
so what happens if you truly become a “New Creature” and God begins to teach you selflessness? can you actually lose your “Lust”?
This first happened for me when I was set free from the addiction to pornography… there was a time that if I looked at a woman I was pretty much lusting after her…and thus committing adultery in my heart. This idea was unbearable to me.. and a constant nagging condemnation that was almost impossible to escape. Once I begged for release and received it (details covered here) one of the first things that I noticed was that my mind was free from the lust that once consumed it… but push to push this even further… by allowing yourself to be transformed by the renewing of your mind could you learn to see people as God sees them? … neither male or female… but souls… precious beautiful souls struggling to survive like a fish out of water?
I believe that I am actually experiencing “a slow disassociation with the material… ” I believe that God is transforming me through the renewing of my mind… to see… spiritually.
We do not trust ourselves for good reason… we are naturally selfish and that manifests as wickedness. BUT! if we quit focusing on our sin and learn to be selfless we may find that vices that have plagued us for years become no more than fuzzy memories of childish passions.
It is ironic to me that once you release your grip on the material world that you actually realize how flimsy it is compared to actual “reality”
The real task is learning to let go… It is about as hard as convincing yourself to commit to taking a deep breath underwater… yeah… its that hard… and very similar in most respects… it is the death of your carnal desire… and it probably should have been done a long time ago anyways…
Jason the bald guy
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// 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..
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
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// 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
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