Paul was on the road to Damascus, all it took was one look upon the Saviors face...and his whole world was changed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXHnbt9prc
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The Poor in Spirit
"Blessed are the Poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Another translation reads Blessed are those who know their need for God for they shall receive the Kingdom of Heaven. Poor in Spirit = Recognizing your need for God. How do we get to that point? With so many things out there it can be hard to discover that need.
When you ask most people what they need, they would say food, a car, a house, a job, etc. Mostly are monetary things, they aren't bad at all, but I don't think it hits the depth at which we were meant to live and rely upon God. What we need is connection with Jesus Christ, what we need is a freshness in our hearts and lives because of His touch. Its amazing how things can change for me when God touches my heart or the root of what is going on. Outside circumstances may not change, but my view towards them can. We can't spend our time managing others or circumstances, etc that will leave us empty of freedom. SIMPLE, can your life fall under the category of simple? Its hard to look at it like that, Father let us see our need for you, and what a wonderful thing that is, because you desire to love us to overflowing.
When you ask most people what they need, they would say food, a car, a house, a job, etc. Mostly are monetary things, they aren't bad at all, but I don't think it hits the depth at which we were meant to live and rely upon God. What we need is connection with Jesus Christ, what we need is a freshness in our hearts and lives because of His touch. Its amazing how things can change for me when God touches my heart or the root of what is going on. Outside circumstances may not change, but my view towards them can. We can't spend our time managing others or circumstances, etc that will leave us empty of freedom. SIMPLE, can your life fall under the category of simple? Its hard to look at it like that, Father let us see our need for you, and what a wonderful thing that is, because you desire to love us to overflowing.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Where does this note find you?
I have eaten way too much cookies, etc. Christmas isn't even here yet and I can feel the sugar pulsating in my body. Right now my room is has presents all over, I almost broke my face (yes that is a term I can use) stepping on one of the boxes when I walked in my room the other day. It is open confession time, yup its true, I am a Celine Dion fan. Its true its true, before you choose to never speak to me again, hang on just a bit longer.
There are tons of Christmas songs out there, seriously how many times can we redo away in a manger, anywho I was listening to a Christmas CD the other day in which my favorite song "O Holy Night" was being sung by yes you guessed it, CD (that is Celine Dion for your normal folk). It was as if the Lord put his hand on my worries, thoughts, concerns, fears and said "shhh can you hear it? can you hear the beauty in the moment of when my Son was born into the world?" There is a sweetness to the season of Christmas, it comes from a divine night that we celebrate, a divine life that would come to reconcile us to an Almighty God. The Power of God in the sweet soft breath of a newborn child. May the Lord breathe upon you and your family during this time.
There are tons of Christmas songs out there, seriously how many times can we redo away in a manger, anywho I was listening to a Christmas CD the other day in which my favorite song "O Holy Night" was being sung by yes you guessed it, CD (that is Celine Dion for your normal folk). It was as if the Lord put his hand on my worries, thoughts, concerns, fears and said "shhh can you hear it? can you hear the beauty in the moment of when my Son was born into the world?" There is a sweetness to the season of Christmas, it comes from a divine night that we celebrate, a divine life that would come to reconcile us to an Almighty God. The Power of God in the sweet soft breath of a newborn child. May the Lord breathe upon you and your family during this time.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Love demonstrates Action
"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this, that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." God shows very clear that He is about demonstrating who He is. God is Love. We so often get into the model of action motivates Love. When it is put that way it can sound like a car is what makes gas go. It makes no sense. What fuels us as believers is not trying to do so we can be, it is recognizing who we are and that fuels what we do. To put is simple, we are only faking it when we are trying to do something because we think that is what we should be doing. At the heart of action is surrender, receiving, and recognizing. Love demonstrates action, it is what propels us, it isn't a feeling but a fact that we live loved and we are affirmed by God and Him alone.
Do you ever feel like a dry cracked sponge? Yet you wonder why you can't perform the "duties" of the christian life? We weren't meant to live that way, He is the vine we are the branches, we draw moment by moment from the very life of Christ within us. A follower of Christ is concerned with only one thing, Listening to the Heart of their heavenly Father and responding. The rest my friends is religion and will only add to your dry spell. Let this Christmas be a time of hearing the heart of those Christmas Carols, of Gods Love demonstrating action, receive that message, respond to what that message compels you to do.
Do you ever feel like a dry cracked sponge? Yet you wonder why you can't perform the "duties" of the christian life? We weren't meant to live that way, He is the vine we are the branches, we draw moment by moment from the very life of Christ within us. A follower of Christ is concerned with only one thing, Listening to the Heart of their heavenly Father and responding. The rest my friends is religion and will only add to your dry spell. Let this Christmas be a time of hearing the heart of those Christmas Carols, of Gods Love demonstrating action, receive that message, respond to what that message compels you to do.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday Boot Day
What a day to wear boots, snow on the ground, the crunch beneath my feet ahhh...where is my horse. Either that or where is my coffee and a nice fire? At my work I have this massive wreath in my cubicle, fake but a bit of Christmas cheer nonetheless. So far in life what I have learned is that seasons do come and go, there is a reason for that, God allows each season because He knows we need them. With that being said lets enjoy the season we are in, soak it up.
Did you know that God can turn your desert into a green lush field? Sometimes the very place we are at is our end point of redemption, we just don't see that God is renewing the "ground" right under us. Keep your eyes open, that "Oasis" you see may not be an illusion.
Did you know that God can turn your desert into a green lush field? Sometimes the very place we are at is our end point of redemption, we just don't see that God is renewing the "ground" right under us. Keep your eyes open, that "Oasis" you see may not be an illusion.
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