Shut up...

~ Have seen it in churches past.. by leadership circles.. critiquing ppl.. referring to them as "their latest projects"... having drifted so far from looking anything like Christ.. quoting trendy things they have read from some cutting edge guru like "hurting ppl hurt ppl" ... what the crap?

Standing there gossiping among yourselves as you judge and analyze ppl ripped open by life and hell, watchin...g them bleed to death, and making notes to use their pain as you create some new catch phrase to sound holy and wise among your peers and your cronies.. wow.. where is Christ in that?

I just wonder if it ever enters their head to grab a bandage and kneel beside them, to get their hands dirty, unafraid of disease or mess, to hold them or talk them thru the pain or sit in silence and let your presence be a comfort to know that they won't be going thru the healing process alone.. how about not trying so hard to sound like Jesus, and actually be his hands and feet and voice?

seems to me that some church ppl calling themselves followers of Christ aren't truly Christian or Christ-like at all, they are merely pharisee following the crowd that follows Jesus so they can appear in-the-know. Some of the things we think up that seem so holy and thought provolking are merely our own arrogance, open doors for hell to twist the knife. We need to THINK through some of the trendy crap we adopt, and if it doesn't help ppl know the love of God in real and practical ways.. we need to shut up <3

~ "So many want the title without the work, it breaks my heart to see people who are desperately needing help but because its dirty work and its not pretty to look at or easy to work with they get abandoned for the "face child'' project or those who clean up easy and doesn't take time or commitment and true dedication. People want an over night project that can be fixed with out a follow up and it makes me so frustrated to see all the hard cases being thrown out or ignored." (college age friend)

~ That's the heart of Christ.. that NONE should be forgotten or abandoned or left for dead.. can you imagine his frustration when this happens today.. think about all the times he went off on the disciples for failing to minister to all.. and with their whole heart.. I can't imagine how it breaks the heart of God when ppl do such things in his name.. claiming to be representing him and then looking nothing like him.. God help us.. we need him in our personal lives and in the church like never before.

~ Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me." (Matt 17)

~ "Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?" (John 14)

~ "Amen. Jesus went after the murders, tax collectors, prostitutes, the demon possessed. He went after them even though they were considered outcasts or "worthy of being stoned", he never shied away from the rough crowed." (same friend)

~ We all miss it at times.. but again.. it's not how we appear that will determine the end result.. it's who we are on a deeper level, our heart.. God's grace can clean away our sin and error, he just needs us to have a right heart and to seek him.. so restoration and healing and blessing will be the end result <3


~ Think about the aftermath on scene of 9-11.. shock hit and when ppl got the feeling back enough to react.. their true character emerged.. heros and those who were not.. ppl concerned for ppl, others for an opportunity to loot and rob..

If you're gonna follow someone, you better be watching their character.. not listening to the eloquent things they say so much.. rather watch how they treat ppl..... cuz in a crisis moment.. when the schrapnel is flying.. ppl are gonna react according to reflex, appearances will burn up like ash.. and the depth of their character is the person who will be standing in front of you.

War is coming, spiritual war.. and things will manifest in the phyical.. Jesus had his inner circle of three, his outer circle of 12, and hundreds more disciples who followed them around. None were perfect, all had sin, most did something unthinkable at some point.. but Christ looked on their heart rather than their reputaion or eloquent appearance.. he knew that when hell attacked in all fury, when things got crazy, it was the heart that would determine the reaction of the person in the end.


~ "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?"
(Romans 6)


~ Timing is everything..

Things done according to God's timing and plan are right and good and will result in healing and love and wholeness.

The same things done outside of the timing of God and his plan are sin and evil and will result in death and pain and destruction.

~ In scripture there are instances where wine is good, others were it is negative.. ppl trying to discredit the Bible label such things as contradiction.. but they are not.. the timing and circumstance in each instance changes everything. Yes, some things are always sin.. but sometimes motive and circumstance determine whether some act or action is good or evil.

~ And often times we cannot tell if the appearance of the matter is accruate or not, and in those moments, we must rely on the Spirit of God to lead us in deciding what the heart of the person truly intends. Whatever the outcome, that's the best we can do. Knowing that God will cover every aspect of the result if our own heart is sincere and contrite in the matter.