a wasted life..
not so when you gave all.. what ppl do with your commitment of love and sacrifice is on them.
Do it.. take the chance.. love even tho you don't get it back.. even tho your hopes and dreams are shattered.. get wasted.
You are who you are.. who you choose to be...
whether ppl love you or hate you. Be true to yourself and
"Let God be true and every man a liar."
night ♥
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
LIFE AND TIMES OF A KITCHEN REMODEL: THANKSGIVING
LIFE AND TIMES OF A KITCHEN REMODEL: THANKSGIVING
Was fixing a turkey dinner Sunday.. just because... Boiled a ginormous pot of potatoes and attempted to make mashed potatoes.. Initially, there was a quest to remember where I put the mixer since I had to unload all the cabinets and find new temporary locations for all my gadgets, it ended in success... then I went to plug it up in our make shift kitchen in the other room.. forgot the outlet by that sink is dead.. unplugged the mixer to go to the other room to find an outlet that works, attempted to carry the mixer and pot of steaming potatoes I just drained the boiling water off of..
*pause for effect*
Rushing to finish preparing dinner before guest arrived, I grabbed up both, not realizing that the cord of the mixer had wrapped around a handle on the cabinet.. I turn like the STOOGES doing NIAGRA FALLS.. took about two steps when the cord jerks the mixer in my hand causing the pot in my hands to go flying into the air throwing taters, butter, milk, and all into the air and all over the floor, cabinets, and anything else fortunate to be in the way...
*sigh*
Now I have no mashed potatoes for the turkey dinner, no dust pan, and no mixer... (mixer broke when I threw it at the pile of potatoes in the floor, and my dust pan is in the yard covered in potatoes and butter).
*grin*
I was not a happy camper.. made some microwave potatoes to go with dinner.. which was wonderful despite it all.. later, when I was laying in the bed talking to God about my day.. I apologized for not even thanking him... Would have been so easy for someone to have been standing in the kitchen, or Capo to be right there in the floor, or the pot to have fallen in a way to have splashed the potatoes all over me.. but it didn't. No one got burned or hurt. It took some effort to clean up.. but was quickly passed us and just a bad memory.
My initial reaction should have been to tell him THANK YOU... but I didn't.. and yet, he loves me anyway. He knew I would see it eventually, his hand protecting me and those I love, allowing so much to grow me into maturity, but only so much. Funny that a pot of boiling hot potatoes can seem so insignificant.. but if they had caused serious burns it would have been a very different story. So often we miss the happy endings because we are so focused on broken mixers and dirty dust pans and spilled potatoes and milk.
Look for his hand of protection in every miserable encounter of life, and thank him for drawing a line and telling hell, "only this far.. and only so I can bring even greater things to this child that I love so much."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK!
♥
Was fixing a turkey dinner Sunday.. just because... Boiled a ginormous pot of potatoes and attempted to make mashed potatoes.. Initially, there was a quest to remember where I put the mixer since I had to unload all the cabinets and find new temporary locations for all my gadgets, it ended in success... then I went to plug it up in our make shift kitchen in the other room.. forgot the outlet by that sink is dead.. unplugged the mixer to go to the other room to find an outlet that works, attempted to carry the mixer and pot of steaming potatoes I just drained the boiling water off of..
*pause for effect*
Rushing to finish preparing dinner before guest arrived, I grabbed up both, not realizing that the cord of the mixer had wrapped around a handle on the cabinet.. I turn like the STOOGES doing NIAGRA FALLS.. took about two steps when the cord jerks the mixer in my hand causing the pot in my hands to go flying into the air throwing taters, butter, milk, and all into the air and all over the floor, cabinets, and anything else fortunate to be in the way...
*sigh*
Now I have no mashed potatoes for the turkey dinner, no dust pan, and no mixer... (mixer broke when I threw it at the pile of potatoes in the floor, and my dust pan is in the yard covered in potatoes and butter).
*grin*
I was not a happy camper.. made some microwave potatoes to go with dinner.. which was wonderful despite it all.. later, when I was laying in the bed talking to God about my day.. I apologized for not even thanking him... Would have been so easy for someone to have been standing in the kitchen, or Capo to be right there in the floor, or the pot to have fallen in a way to have splashed the potatoes all over me.. but it didn't. No one got burned or hurt. It took some effort to clean up.. but was quickly passed us and just a bad memory.
My initial reaction should have been to tell him THANK YOU... but I didn't.. and yet, he loves me anyway. He knew I would see it eventually, his hand protecting me and those I love, allowing so much to grow me into maturity, but only so much. Funny that a pot of boiling hot potatoes can seem so insignificant.. but if they had caused serious burns it would have been a very different story. So often we miss the happy endings because we are so focused on broken mixers and dirty dust pans and spilled potatoes and milk.
Look for his hand of protection in every miserable encounter of life, and thank him for drawing a line and telling hell, "only this far.. and only so I can bring even greater things to this child that I love so much."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK!
♥
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Somebody Slap Me.. and Hard!
~ What if churches and gatherings of believers were conducted a little more like the summer festivals.. not different stages but different stations of worship.. huge stage with sold out worship leaders ushering us into the presence of God.. and several open areas to dance and worship.. walls available for artistic expression with paint and media... keyboards of lights somehow rigged so that ppl can take turns creating light shows of worship in various areas of the auditorium.. scrolling boards as ppl type in poetry and song lyrics they have written and prayers and praises for all to see in literary form... brings to mind a vision the Lord put in my heart years ago about the seven avenues of worship and setting up a sanctuary where ppl can enter not to watch a performance.. but to worship God with the many gifts he has put in them to praise his name.. not just with song and instruments... I had lost hope of ever seeing such a thing.. but this generation moves closer and closer to such a thing.. I pray God allows me to see it manifest before my final days on this earth. SOMEBODY TAKE US THERE, THE CHURCH IS SO HUNGRY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS ♥
~ Problem is that is would require the church taking a risk instead of the micromanaged safe roads... not everyone worships the same, not everyone will be approved of, not everyone will walk and talk and smell like a church clone... that is the stumbling block.. picture the scene at Peter's house or Matthews.. chaos, unclean ppl in the midst of the ppl of God.. standing alongside the rest of us sinners who are no different than them.. except for one thing.. we have married ourselves to Christ and strive to be like him.. the undoing of forms of godliness... where are the men of God, the men of courage and love?
~ Christ welcomed all in such settings.
~ The church is so far off the mark.. we have so much capability and potential to reach a generation.. but we fail to allow them to be honest and messy and led by the Spirit of Truth to the God of Truth... we are the stumbling block with our arrogance and condescending systems and attitudes... we need to repent!!!
~ God has put all we need in our hands to further the Gospel.. but we refuse to let him lead..
~ (comment by a friend) "it does not have to be sponsored by a church but by the people........that is the term for a Gathering.....someone get a site.......people put money in the bucket.....and from that money get whomever we can..."
~ But if the church isnt involved follow up is not gonna happen realistically... and besides God established the church to be about the Fathers business.. and this is def his heart beat... down the road ppl are gonna need groups of believers (churches) to have the same passion that such an event stirs.. if the church hasnt humbled itself and invested itself, it wont be on the same page when the dust settles and walking this thing out for really real... thats what I mean.. the church -- if it is gonna call itself the CHURCH -- is sposed to be leading us in this.. but they murder anyone that God raises up... persecution is horrid.. but what else is left to take the church out of the hands of the selfishly ambitious and to let the Spirit of God lead.
~ last comment was from my cell.. bleh.. so hard to type complete thoughts, or to avoid typos.. lol
~ Anyway.. I don't know how it will all play out.. I just know that this generation of believers has so much love to scream out before God, so much crap heaped upon them to break through with unbridled ridiculous offensive passion to praise God.. they are seeking Good Things.. and such things come only from God.. the church, man, family, enlightenment, knowledge, liberalism, systems of men and the world, corrupted systems wearing Christian titles.. they have been disappointed, let down, deceived, used as warm bodies by all, but something in the deepest places of their heart refuses to give up.. you can feel it when you talk with them, interact with them... they are searching, begging, hoping, crying out for something honest and real.. for Truth... as are we all. Something must change, the church needs to be shaken, and hard, maybe even slapped if that's what it takes to bring it to its senses.. idk.. but you can feel something coming, the Spirit of God is on the move and a great wind is causing all things called by his name to tremble.. and only what is built upon that solid foundation that is Jesus will remain standing.. a fear and trembling mixed with a great and intense joy as God prepares to lay his hand upon the ppl of God with great anointing. Exciting times my friend <3
Monday, November 12, 2012
In Losing, You Win
~ " an adulteress is a narrow well. She lies in wait like a robber
and increases the traitors among mankind." (Prov 23)
but whose standards are we living by?
Loneliness, rejection, betrayal, devastation... are real in this life. It can feel like you lose quite often. Jesus said he was hated and rejected and that we would be as well. It is natural to want to be affirmed, admired, accepted and respected by those around us. But as Ecclesiastes emphasizes.. there is a right time for everything. And wanting those things in this world, from this world, in this lifetime.. is bitter sweet.. because it is a smoke screen, a vapor as the Bible says.. it doesn't last.. it satisfies for a moment, lies to you that a Christian label is good enough and will get you by.. and then it is a death sentence in the eternal existence that is coming upon us all...
we are losers in the sight of this world... but we are winners in Truth and for all eternity. Hang in there. Be a loser, and embrace it... for now. Because in losing, you win ♥
~ "When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
~ " the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift" (Romans 3)
"For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6)
"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. " (Romans 5)
"because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
(Romans 10)
~ wow.. Good Stuff... I John 1-2... so worth the read,
like a solid friend walking this life beside you <3
~ This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
~ My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
and increases the traitors among mankind." (Prov 23)
~ "Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day."
(Prov 23)
~ Some days you feel like such a loser no matter how hard you try to live a good and Godly life... and you are... by the worlds standards. Prov 23 says not to envy sinners... why would he need to tell us that.. perhaps because some times it seems that sinners get to wear the Christian label, be the center of everyone's desire, as they secretly fulfill every lust and temptation hell has to offer... Sin can appear fun.. Sinners/hypocrites can appear winners.. and they gather up accolades of the world..
but whose standards are we living by?
Loneliness, rejection, betrayal, devastation... are real in this life. It can feel like you lose quite often. Jesus said he was hated and rejected and that we would be as well. It is natural to want to be affirmed, admired, accepted and respected by those around us. But as Ecclesiastes emphasizes.. there is a right time for everything. And wanting those things in this world, from this world, in this lifetime.. is bitter sweet.. because it is a smoke screen, a vapor as the Bible says.. it doesn't last.. it satisfies for a moment, lies to you that a Christian label is good enough and will get you by.. and then it is a death sentence in the eternal existence that is coming upon us all...
we are losers in the sight of this world... but we are winners in Truth and for all eternity. Hang in there. Be a loser, and embrace it... for now. Because in losing, you win ♥
~ "When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you;
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
(Isaiah 1)
"For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6)
"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. " (Romans 5)
"because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
~ wow.. Good Stuff... I John 1-2... so worth the read,
like a solid friend walking this life beside you <3
~ This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
~ My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Repentance is married to Forgiveness
~ While there is no sin that God will not forgive... People that teach a gospel of Forgiveness without Repentance.. do not teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ... Forgiveness is not a washing machine so you can be free to go out and dirty up your life again by hurting ppl with your selfishness... Forgiveness is a chance to be free from your guilt and punishment for hurting others, and to CHANGE, to treat ppl with more kindness and justice and love. So often ppl teach contrary to what God says in the Bible, a forgiveness that enables rather than one that brings salvation through the death and suffering of our Lord to free us from the judgement we all deserve ♥
Lust (Matt 5)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell."
If you have cheated on your spouse, or you are being tempted to... don't be alone with that person that you know you shouldn't be alone with, don't answer their email and texts, don't take their phone calls, sneaking around with him/her as a friend doesn't make you a kind person, being a sounding board for them to complain about their spouse isn't helping them.. it makes you a liar and a cheater, and opens the door for them to lie and cheat.
"But Jesus would stay in close touch with him/her or he wouldn't be a good friend." Don't kid yourself, that's not what Jesus would do. He would do what he said for you to do in Matt 5 and he would cut that relationship off in what ever manner was necessary to keep his heart right and clean.. so he could live in Truth.
~ Mark 1:4
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
~ Luke 24:47
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
~ Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
~ What exactly is repentance?... lots of explanations but bottom line...
REPENTANCE: doing whatever you gotta do so that you don't have to lie any more when God or someone else asks you about it... removing temptation from your life that will lead you into things that keep you from being honest with yourself and with God and with others.
Lust (Matt 5)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell."
If you have cheated on your spouse, or you are being tempted to... don't be alone with that person that you know you shouldn't be alone with, don't answer their email and texts, don't take their phone calls, sneaking around with him/her as a friend doesn't make you a kind person, being a sounding board for them to complain about their spouse isn't helping them.. it makes you a liar and a cheater, and opens the door for them to lie and cheat.
"But Jesus would stay in close touch with him/her or he wouldn't be a good friend." Don't kid yourself, that's not what Jesus would do. He would do what he said for you to do in Matt 5 and he would cut that relationship off in what ever manner was necessary to keep his heart right and clean.. so he could live in Truth.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
vote PRO-LIFE
~ vote PRO-LIFE... If Hitler were still alive slaughtering innocent ppl by the thousands.. would you vote for someone to stop him? The murder of children would seem to take precedent in any election, rather than protecting selfish life-style choices.
~ Babies dodge the suction tube inserted in the mother as they fight for their life.. when it grabs their little arm or leg and rips it from their body, they can be seen in ultrasound throwing their head back in a silent scream and convulsing... thousands of babies, every day, their murder sanctioned by our govt and the ppl of the United States...
~ Babies are delivered but their head is kept in the mother so it can't take a breath on it's own and be declared a person... the doctor holds the squirming infant as it kicks and fights, and then plunges a surgical shaft into the base of the skull up into the brain.. the babies body stiffens and convulses as it dies.. and then the doctor extracts it and throws it in a bin with all the other tissue from procedures... every day, thousands of babies... it's legalized murder of the most innocent in society... vote to end abortion.
~ Is it better to teach young girls to murder their children because they sought to feel loved and were lied to... only to have them grow into women, holding their first born child, and haunted by the reality that their gut feeling was right.. abortion is murder.
bortion doesn't make life easier for a young girl who finds herself pregnant for whatever reason... it scars her heart forever. You can counsel her otherwise all you want, but the first time she holds her baby as a mom, the truth and reality WILL BE UNDENIABLE.
No one even has to say anything to them.. they will just know. And though they might have a college degree, a career, and lots of money at that point.. they will have no peace as a woman. God can help them to forgive themselves and everyone that convinced them that it wasn't a baby. You can come to terms with the death of your aborted child, but the loss of that precious little one remains in your heart.
Abortion doesn't help women, it damages their peace.
~ Babies dodge the suction tube inserted in the mother as they fight for their life.. when it grabs their little arm or leg and rips it from their body, they can be seen in ultrasound throwing their head back in a silent scream and convulsing... thousands of babies, every day, their murder sanctioned by our govt and the ppl of the United States...
~ Babies are delivered but their head is kept in the mother so it can't take a breath on it's own and be declared a person... the doctor holds the squirming infant as it kicks and fights, and then plunges a surgical shaft into the base of the skull up into the brain.. the babies body stiffens and convulses as it dies.. and then the doctor extracts it and throws it in a bin with all the other tissue from procedures... every day, thousands of babies... it's legalized murder of the most innocent in society... vote to end abortion.
~ Is it better to teach young girls to murder their children because they sought to feel loved and were lied to... only to have them grow into women, holding their first born child, and haunted by the reality that their gut feeling was right.. abortion is murder.
bortion doesn't make life easier for a young girl who finds herself pregnant for whatever reason... it scars her heart forever. You can counsel her otherwise all you want, but the first time she holds her baby as a mom, the truth and reality WILL BE UNDENIABLE.
No one even has to say anything to them.. they will just know. And though they might have a college degree, a career, and lots of money at that point.. they will have no peace as a woman. God can help them to forgive themselves and everyone that convinced them that it wasn't a baby. You can come to terms with the death of your aborted child, but the loss of that precious little one remains in your heart.
Abortion doesn't help women, it damages their peace.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Enlightened... (2 Corinthians 3)
~ "Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." (2 Corinthians 3)
~ Words on paper are so limiting.. trying to express all that is in your heart.. trying to assure a friend of all the details of something important they are about to risk their life for.. and yet the Bible carries so much power as words on paper.. why?... because the Spirit of God waits for us to read it, and then to ask God to explain it fully to our hearts as well as our minds.. to guide us in how to walk it out and how to apply it to the reality that he has placed in front of us in this tangible, physical world.
~ Jesus is the light of the world, the Word of God is the lamp that shines it upon our path so we can see where we are to step next, we are the carriers of that lamp into the darkness, and the Spirit of God is the fire that propels us forward ♥
~ "Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory." (2 Corinthians 3)
~ Words on paper are so limiting.. trying to express all that is in your heart.. trying to assure a friend of all the details of something important they are about to risk their life for.. and yet the Bible carries so much power as words on paper.. why?... because the Spirit of God waits for us to read it, and then to ask God to explain it fully to our hearts as well as our minds.. to guide us in how to walk it out and how to apply it to the reality that he has placed in front of us in this tangible, physical world.
~ Jesus is the light of the world, the Word of God is the lamp that shines it upon our path so we can see where we are to step next, we are the carriers of that lamp into the darkness, and the Spirit of God is the fire that propels us forward ♥
~ "Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory." (2 Corinthians 3)
~ "Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. BUT WHEN ONE TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS REMOVED. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." (2 Corinthians 3)
~ When you have seen the Father, you have seen the Son.. when you have seen the Son, you have seen the Spirit.. the three are one.. they speak for each other, they are of like character and mind and absolutely unified as One in every way, in every dimension.. so far beyond what our finite minds can understand.. ppl are so arrogant to think they can fit the bigness of the Almighty God into their tiny brains... that's just crazy.
~ When you have seen the Father, you have seen the Son.. when you have seen the Son, you have seen the Spirit.. the three are one.. they speak for each other, they are of like character and mind and absolutely unified as One in every way, in every dimension.. so far beyond what our finite minds can understand.. ppl are so arrogant to think they can fit the bigness of the Almighty God into their tiny brains... that's just crazy.
That's About You... (Romans 13)
~ "Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires." (Romans 13)
~ "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." (Romans 13)
~ When you cheat on your wife or your husband (or have sex with someone who is married).. when you murder someone (to kill other than to protect the innocent)... when you steal (whether big money or a candy bar, from a stranger you will never see face to face or from your boss or family)... when you covet (see what someone has whether something cool or some skill they excel in, and you are hateful to them because of it -- choosing to be a hater)... that's not about ppl not loving you.. that's about you failing to love ppl. (Romans 13)
~ "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed." (Romans 13)
~ As long as the cops are enforcing laws that the community has agreed are necessary to protect ppl, you gotta behave. To have order and safety and rationale in society, there must be laws that all must obey, some we like and some that we don't. It's the give and take of life, the ying and the yang, the full circle that keeps the balance. You gotta yield your preference when the flow is moving right and then enjoy the ride when it is moving left, or visa versa if that's your preference.. but as a community, the standards set in place must be kept, and the cops are paid by our community to make sure they are. That ensures safety and order, protection from chaos and shootings in the street and at late night parties. It all sounds like some far away political bullshit jargon.. but the truth is.. it's real. It's life. It's riding your bike in the bike lanes at midnight and knowing your community supports you in that and that the cops that some ppl often harass are there protecting your right to do that.
There is a right way and a wrong way to bring change. Someone once put it this way... "come let us reason together..."
vote.
~ "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." (Romans 13)
~ When you cheat on your wife or your husband (or have sex with someone who is married).. when you murder someone (to kill other than to protect the innocent)... when you steal (whether big money or a candy bar, from a stranger you will never see face to face or from your boss or family)... when you covet (see what someone has whether something cool or some skill they excel in, and you are hateful to them because of it -- choosing to be a hater)... that's not about ppl not loving you.. that's about you failing to love ppl. (Romans 13)
~ "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed." (Romans 13)
~ As long as the cops are enforcing laws that the community has agreed are necessary to protect ppl, you gotta behave. To have order and safety and rationale in society, there must be laws that all must obey, some we like and some that we don't. It's the give and take of life, the ying and the yang, the full circle that keeps the balance. You gotta yield your preference when the flow is moving right and then enjoy the ride when it is moving left, or visa versa if that's your preference.. but as a community, the standards set in place must be kept, and the cops are paid by our community to make sure they are. That ensures safety and order, protection from chaos and shootings in the street and at late night parties. It all sounds like some far away political bullshit jargon.. but the truth is.. it's real. It's life. It's riding your bike in the bike lanes at midnight and knowing your community supports you in that and that the cops that some ppl often harass are there protecting your right to do that.
There is a right way and a wrong way to bring change. Someone once put it this way... "come let us reason together..."
vote.
Friday, November 2, 2012
If Hitler Were Still Alive...
~ Even if you are not a fan of either candidate.. don't refuse to vote.. vote PRO-LIFE...
~ "I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ..." (Ephesians 1)
~ I am voting for PRO-LIFE.. I figure if Hitler was still slaughtering innocent ppl, I would vote for whoever would try to stop him.
~ I have ultrasound video of one of my children sucking his thumb while in my tummy.. and another of one with his arm laid across his forehead playfully rubbing his ear.. as well as one with the hiccups.. can't imagine watching video of them screaming as a doctor pours saline solution over them and burns them up in my belly.. or a suction tube as he dismembers them until they stop dodging him... the videos of the silent screams of thousands of babies a day are real.. God hears them tho so many choose to ignore them or to make selfish excuses to protect a life style.. like I said, I am voting PRO LIFE.
~ I think women should be made to watch live ultrasound streaming as their abortions are performed.. so they can look their baby in the eyes as they have them murdered.. harsh you say?.. are you kidding me?
~ When a woman is pregnant and her baby begins to kick.. she can press a random spot on her tummy and the baby will push back... it's soooo cute.. if you press a different spot and wait a few secs, the baby will push there too.. they know it's a game, a point of interaction and connection with you.. they also recognize their moms voice and daddy if he has spent time talking to mom's tummy ^_^
~ Also, you can look into a very young infant's face and stick your tongue out.. do this several times.. and the baby will eventually stick their tongue out at you too.. sounds crazy but it works.. felt really dumb first time we tried it with ours but it really works and is so funny.. baby's are smarter than their motor skills allow.. they are especially drawn to faces.. and they often mimic smiles, frowns, and other facial expressions ♥
~ "You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9)
Out of spiritual darkness, separated from God because of our sin, he died for us, embraced us, offers us all the blessings of family and inheritance, gives us a spot on his team so we can play instead of watching from the sidelines.. not just to play, but to do those things we love and that excite us, creativity, excellence.. by his grace, because of his love, a fresh start, a second chance to be our best...
yeah.. declaring the praises of him effortlessly erupts from a soul who gets it, who understands, who is awestruck by his awesome love and goodness ♥
~ "I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ..." (Ephesians 1)
~ I am voting for PRO-LIFE.. I figure if Hitler was still slaughtering innocent ppl, I would vote for whoever would try to stop him.
~ I have ultrasound video of one of my children sucking his thumb while in my tummy.. and another of one with his arm laid across his forehead playfully rubbing his ear.. as well as one with the hiccups.. can't imagine watching video of them screaming as a doctor pours saline solution over them and burns them up in my belly.. or a suction tube as he dismembers them until they stop dodging him... the videos of the silent screams of thousands of babies a day are real.. God hears them tho so many choose to ignore them or to make selfish excuses to protect a life style.. like I said, I am voting PRO LIFE.
~ I think women should be made to watch live ultrasound streaming as their abortions are performed.. so they can look their baby in the eyes as they have them murdered.. harsh you say?.. are you kidding me?
~ When a woman is pregnant and her baby begins to kick.. she can press a random spot on her tummy and the baby will push back... it's soooo cute.. if you press a different spot and wait a few secs, the baby will push there too.. they know it's a game, a point of interaction and connection with you.. they also recognize their moms voice and daddy if he has spent time talking to mom's tummy ^_^
~ Also, you can look into a very young infant's face and stick your tongue out.. do this several times.. and the baby will eventually stick their tongue out at you too.. sounds crazy but it works.. felt really dumb first time we tried it with ours but it really works and is so funny.. baby's are smarter than their motor skills allow.. they are especially drawn to faces.. and they often mimic smiles, frowns, and other facial expressions ♥
~ "You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9)
Out of spiritual darkness, separated from God because of our sin, he died for us, embraced us, offers us all the blessings of family and inheritance, gives us a spot on his team so we can play instead of watching from the sidelines.. not just to play, but to do those things we love and that excite us, creativity, excellence.. by his grace, because of his love, a fresh start, a second chance to be our best...
yeah.. declaring the praises of him effortlessly erupts from a soul who gets it, who understands, who is awestruck by his awesome love and goodness ♥
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Define Obscene Pls
~ Matthew 23 is such a great read... Jesus tells us to obey our church leaders in what they share that comes directly from the word of God (things that we ourselves are able to study and seek God about).. but he says DO NOT DO everything they do and teach, because they go overboard with their rules and laws and demands of submission.. Christ heavily rebukes them and us and all who teach or lead concerning the things of God, whatever we say for men to do or not to do, we had better be doing or not doing as well.. and we better have scripture to back it up.. God's judgement is on those who are called by his name, who teach things God never said.
"4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,"
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,"
~ Colossians 3 is a great read as well... breaks down how we should treat ppl and live our lives together... even tho some things are up for interpretation as usual.. what comes to mind to me immediately is "what exactly is obscene?".. I don't have issues with certain words labeled as profanity when used in the right context.. it's an effective form of communication at times, imo... I mean like read Solomon and how much he talks about his lover's breasts.. in modern terms ppl don't say breasts in every day talk, they say boobs or tits or tata's... which some would view as obscene talk... so yeah.. I just like the way this chapter puts behavior into simple statement.. and then leaves it up to you and God to work out your salvation with it all...
~ Colossians 3... "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters,[g] not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality."
~ "20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged." Ppl so often quote verse 20 but they fail to acknowledge verse 21, which applies to mothers and fathers. Children are to obey their parents in all things that do not contradict the word of God... but in turn, parents are not to discipline with overkill, to the point where they cause their child to lose hope that they will ever get it right or be able to please that parent.
I love how basic, blunt, and simple the word of God is.. seasoned with just the right amount of wisdom and mercy and expedience ^_^
I love how basic, blunt, and simple the word of God is.. seasoned with just the right amount of wisdom and mercy and expedience ^_^
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