There are those days when I wake up and inspiration and conviction are on the forefront of my mind. My eyelids first opening in the morning is like the striking of a match that starts a fire within this mind and heart of mine. I would like to share the heat of this fire with you.

It is time for us to “forget and not slow down”!!!

Brothers and Sisters we are not called to dwell on the things of our past and let it haunt what it has made us to this day. There are so many people that are scared of the things of their past and what others will think of them once others find out about it. Please, Please, Please realize it is the past and all of the stupid things that we have done that make us the great person we have become and what allows all others to accept you. So “forget and not slow down”.

Keep it up friends, We are called to not dwell but to LIVE. Don’t slow down and dwell but live it out, live out the redemption of your mistakes. The Freedom you have is because of the freedom that Christ gave you from these past mistakes. Rejoice in this and move on.

Share this beautiful redemption!!!!

For those sins that we are still making Our mistakes in, well, We know what we need to do. We need to drop our selfishness and pride and turn away from it.

Friends it is time to “resurrect the saint within the wretch”.

WE ARE SAINTS. Where is our love lately. I am just as guilty or probably more guilty than the most of us when it comes to how we Love God’s creations. Let us make these sins a thing of the past so we may rejoice in the future about how we overcame.

How will you ever really truly show the Love of Christ without ridding yourself of the sin and experience true forgiveness? That is what causes a true joy that no other outside of Christ can know and what all others outside of Christ should notice and desire.

It’s time to make our hidden treasure not so hidden anymore. It’s time to share our treasure and stop hoarding it for ourselves. God is Love and Love is Real, it’s time we share this statement with all of those around us including our own brothers and sisters in Christ, and yes even to our siblings.

“3For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. 10As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, 11knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.”

Titus 3:3-11 (esv)

do I always run away from you.

When I should always be running towards you.

Why must I always follow that trend.

Lets learn to stop this.

Amen.

I tell you the truth.

“If I am going to be drowned–if I am going to be drowned–if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees? Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life?”

The Open Boat, by Stephen Crane

“If there was no way into GOD then why would I lay in this grave of a body for so long”

by mewithoutyou

Do we see the moral of these excerpts?

What is the meaning of life? God!

But God doesn’t make sense? Exactly!

Why would you follow something that makes perfect sense? You wouldn’t!

Why would you question something that you already know all the answers to? You wouldn’t!

What is the point of faith at all if we knew everything about this Divine Creator? No point at all!

We are all here for a reason.
Get over it!
Sorry but you have a purpose in this world.
Will you embrace that purpose
or
run from it.
Don’t allow your body to be a grave on this earth.

One purpose that we all have is to Love.

Now go love others and not yourself.

That is a purpose worth dying for.

God is Love
and
Love is Real

Amen!

To God be the glory.

1. I constantly question the existence of God
- By the end of each day He reminds of how stupid of a question this really is.

2. I have eczema(really dry skin) in my inner ear canal.
- I am very self conscious of this and is probably why you see me with my finger in my ear a lot.

3. I am very opinionated.
- Because of this I believe that my moods change drastically when certain subjects are brought up.
- My opinions get me into a lot of trouble.

4. I wish I was a better guitar player and singer.
- I would love to lead worship a time or two.
- I’m feel I am capable of this now but I am way to self conscious about my singing.

5. I wish I could act more Biblical.
- I feel I will never be worthy enough for the name of Christ.

6. I write journals in hopes that one day they will be discovered and read and cherished by others because of the thoughts that are within the pages.

7. I really love being in great physical shape.
- This has been really hard for me to do lately because I’m tired of working out alone and I have no one to work out with me

8. I love my job; it’s the loneliness I hate
- I scare myself with the thoughts that I have when I’m by myself on a car lot for hours on end.
- This fear keeps me from going to work sometimes.

9. The most influential people overall in my whole life are my bleeding heart liberal, cradle roman catholic, pluralistic grandparents on my fathers side.
- If I have any culture in me it is because of them.
- I love them for all that they have done and continue to do.
- They are some of the most Godless people in my life and they show me God more than anybody else. Because of them I can truly grasp the concept of grace, blessings and forgiveness.

10. I refuse to be like my father and the way he ran(or didn’t run) his family.
- I am ready to start my own Legacy.
- I will put my families name on the map.

11. My hearts deepest desire is to know God. I long for Him every day. He is my breath.
- I wish my flesh could live up to what my spirit exuberates.
- I really am trying

12. I love physical activities.
- Anything that gets my cardiovascular system going I pretty much enjoy.

13. I’m great at Improvisation.
- If I wasn’t called elsewhere then I would be going to school for acting.
- I truly believe that God gave me this ability to do amazing things for His glory.

14. I need to learn tact.
- Speaking the truth comes very easy for me.
- speaking the truth in love is where I become unBiblical

15. I love analogies/parables. It’s the way Jesus taught for a reason.
- I love to make my own and hear others.

16. I praise God every day for the older men that He has placed in my life to instruct me in ways that my earthly father never would have.
- When I go on to do mighty things in the name of Our Savior, it will be because of the influence that God has allowed for you Godly men to have on me

17. I want more than anything for my family to come to know Christ as I have come to know Him. I would die for this to happen.

God is Love
and
Love is Real

Verse 1:
I have done all the right things for all the wrong reasons
I have been here before, it seems like time and time again
I keep trying to find life in the places life’s not found
I’m recessitating old flames without thoughts of getting burned

It is possible that I
Could ever get it right

Chorus:
There is nowhere else to go
There is no one else to run to
All around is quickly fading
All I know is You’ve always been there
Always been there, you’ve always been there
Always been there

Verse 2:
I have seen all the endings to all my sad stories
And they leave me alone, everytime its just the same
You have fully accepted me with my failures
Through the cross of my King, it’s your mercy and your grace

Is it possible that I
Could finally get it right

Bridge:
Yesterday has come and gone
Everything I thought I had was wrong
All I really want is to be found
This is what I know,
I have nowhere else to go – I have no one else to run to
All around is quickly fading – All I have is you

Song by: Spur 58

To God be the glory for his ever loving Kindness, Grace, Mercy and Love.

AMEN

I just got back from my evening run. When I run, I try my best to stay in a constant state of prayer. I pray for inspiration on every run. Sometimes I receive it and sometimes I do not. Tonight was one of those nights where I received some. Here is how it happened and what inspiration came upon me.

The run tonight had a purpose and that purpose was to return my redbox dvd. The McDonalds is one mile down the road from my condo. So I was expecting a easy 2 mile run. So I stuck that dvd between my body and my elastic red short shorts and took off. It was a easy one mile there but there was a surprise waiting for me at the end of that mile. The McDonalds did not have a redbox dvd machine. I thought to myself “no freaking way, you have got to be kidding me, of all the McDonalds not to have one”. I really wanted to return this dvd because I had had it out for a week now. My only other option was Wal-Mart which was another mile down the road. This meant that I would end up doubling what I really wanted to run tonight. I said alright God, You better have something for me tonight because I really do not want to run this, but I am going to trust You and know that You have something for me.

I’m not totally back in shape yet so the extra 2 miles was going to whip my butt. I made it to Wal-Mart and returned the now super crazy sweaty dvd. I’m on my way back and I ‘m really wondering where the heck this inspiration is. I soon approach the McDonalds on my way back and pump my fist because I only have one mile left.

As soon as I pass the McDonalds I see a HUGE SIGN in front of Walgreens, which is right next to McDonalds, that is advertising their new redbox machine. I was so astonished at what I saw. First I was ticked off, then I laughed about how funny it was and then came the inspiration.

If I would have just stopped and looked around I would have seen the sign at Walgreens and I would not have had to run a extra 2 miles tonight.

This run was a direct example of how my walk with Christ has been lately. If I would just stop and look around and see what God is doing or allowing in my life, instead of jumping to sudden conclusions then I would not have to work so hard in these situations.

If I would have stopped and looked behind me I would have seen the redbox sign at Walgreens and that would have saved me 2 extra miles.

If I would stop and think about what God would want me to do in certain situations then I would not have as much drama due to my actions.

On my last mile of the run I really began to lose my form which really tires out the body and is just bad all around. So even when I am tired during a run I must use all effort possible to maintain my form.

In the same way, us as Christians, no matter how tired we become we must maintain our form and represent Christ rightly.

In the past weeks I have lost form and I have not stopped to take a breather and look around at all the signs that are right in front of my face.

If you were affected by this lack of form in my life then I want to apologize for not stopping to look around and see the easy way that God had for me. Because of my stubbornness I ended running the 2 extra miles.

But the great thing about those 2 extra miles is that I am in better shape now than before.

I pray that this all makes sense to you all.

God is Love
and
Love is Real

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As a person of God (as we all are whether we choose to believe it or not)I will tell you what I personally think from a Biblical perspective.

Gays are born the way they are. Yes being gay is considered a sin according to romans 1 in the Bible.

I believe that everyone is born with one major sin that they will struggle with for the rest of their life whether it be porn, lying or homosexuality, etc…

So here is the deal. Do I care if Gays get married? No not at all. I have no problem with that one bit. I say hey, do it, why not?

WELLLLL here is the other deal. although the constitution is my authority in America and according to romans 13, I am under the authority of the constitution unless one thing happens.

In the end God and his words(the bible)are my ultimate authority whether I agree with them or not. practicing homosexuality is a sin. two homosexuals getting married would be considered a sin and against God’s authority.

Do I have a problem with gays being married? No, but my God does and I am under his authority whether I agree with Him or not.

Heck I would love to go have sex right now(with a woman) but I must wait till marriage because I am under the authority of God.

Do I want to have Sex? oh yes

will I have sex? no

I hope I make sense and have not come off the wrong way. I love everyone gay or straight. but I believe that we should all turn from our sins as much as possible.

please message me with any matters of opinions or concerns.

“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

—Abraham Lincoln—