Delving right into a place reminiscent of King David, a man i admire for the inspired works of His heart showing as we read the Psalms I found myself writing very fast as that of a man hoping to get every last ounce of thought out of my head before the fleeting memories escaped as quickly as such thoughts intensely projected themselves through my fingers upon the pages of my notebook....
This is what flowed and what I share... I know this may bring forth emotions or expressions of "little faith" For this i am sorry.. I am a man.. I struggle... So I share for this is what i truly believe i am to share right now with all of you no matter how it makes me look in the faith with my Holy Dad... I am writing my notes as relational prose for you.. I wrote as follows...
I Love the Creator, King of all the Universe.... My soul longs for the future, a day when my tears and loneliness, hurt, and pain cease... I am real.. A man that prays to God.. Crying out w/a human frailty.. A peasant to a King.. A time of Safety conversing through warm tears streaming down my face as they combine with a stream of water bursting forth from above... (A Shower Prayer)
Raw, realistic, relational, bonding with my Father... Coming to Him Naked, stripped of Hypocrisy for He sees you as you are and loves you.. So I hide not my life from Him.. Bless the Lord oh my soul as my comfort comes from His #Truth, His #Word, His #Life. Look up though the steamy mirrors fogging, my pores expand, my heart relaxes..
Feeling the truth in faith of His return. A day when the "Proving" and "Answers" aren't demanded through our testimony. A day when everyone will face the truth face to face...
God will be known and God will take me in as His own. My Father eternal, loving, peaceful, shuddering, falling flat worshiping my King with the "JUST PRAISE" He has DESERVED from all nations ever since the day Adam was formed..
I am a part of believers that will have peace through Christ.. The heartaches and troubles I feel burdened with will forever be gone.... Let my burden of blame and guilt be removed right now my Jesus even when every moment of my life hasn't been so stellar and complacently used to shine your Life and Light through me to the lives so close and very dear to me.
My God, I begin to understand as my small human mind reaches for the feelings you must have endured the moment Judas betrayed your Son Jesus and others were blinded to the reality of your BELOVED SON..
He is everything... My soul cries out for EVERYONE to see THAT... This is my deepest prayer that even if in my DEATH you might bring someone LIFE by turning a desperate soul to YOU.. May my writings appease an impulsive heart to run in your direction for Stability, Wisdom, Seeking the promises of Your amazing unseen PLAN..
The tip of my ballpoint pen grinds so firmly bearing down in my clenched left palm.. I write so aggressively now.. Help me to know that in my suffering those watching me or reading my angst, understand that Jeremiah 29:11 Doesn't mean that some of us don't go to the "lions den" for the sake of a "king Darius" or onlooker (unbelieving soul) who might be watching us as they come running to YOU Jesus because they witness the life of a christian through struggles, pressures, and pain..
I send them your way Oh Lord, My soul cries out for this... I might let the people know before it is too late... The hour is coming we may not live here tomorrow so let my last breath SCREAM your name to anyone listening.. Let me beg of you to turn them OH LORD.. Bring them to the TRUTH.. So they Listen, Read your Bible, Ask, Pray, I plead with you as it is time to turn to the King..
Lord I ask you to Open their eyes, renewing the years of scales covering fleshly humanity by opening those eyes making them beautiful... This Lord I plead with you... I LOVE YOU
As I was writing this a song very dear to my heart came on in the coffee cafe I was inhabiting.... My emotions overcame me as my eyes have been on the verge of watery heartfelt tears as my faith is still so very small knowing I cant seem to convince my daughter of the importance of a relationship with Jesus... so I leave you with a video i intend to watch tonight after i post my blog...
I thank God for you all and ask for prayers for my own small family ....
This post is going to be somewhat BOLD and a different theme just to keep most of you second guessing me ha ha ha ... seriously the title is suggesting the theme of "being light" in the world and being "salt" of the earth... So in doing these things I hope not to misrepresent my King through my "antics" but in my quotes from "facebook" statuses I hope you see my theological point as I strive to show you out of truth and love my God in whom I believe in... The videos also may be very blunt and all is open to discussion for you all so feel free to communicate relationally with me as I learn through the "body of believers" also...
So without further delay I start of with a controversial video by Josh Garrels and if you haven't heard his music he is lyrically full of morsels to feast on :)
Now for my facebook statuses of the past years.... enjoy and if you would like to converse about any one of them feel free to comment :)
Posts....
Its ok not to put on a fake front of happiness... the ones who love you will really love you even when you are real :)
doesn't have his life together and admits he needs help from God.. I am broken inside.. Take away my pride in exchange for humility and healing..
A "church" is a body of people that believe in Jesus Christ and strive to live their life according to the will of the Holy Spirit.. This is a desire to live like Jesus non judgmental 1 corinthians 13 loving others... there is only one true theocracy and it is through the ultimate rule of the "only" true God.. So no matter what happens God's plan will be done... Belief in God or true christianity doesn't promote hate.... But love everyone including promoting doing good to our enemies and those that do wrong to us...
This post following was from my loving daughter on my facebook wall....
My Dad Just Farted &Walked out Of The Room... O__O
A w e s o m e -_____- iHope Your Having Fun Out in The Living Room....
Cause it Stinks in Here
another video off my facebook wall
Here is a valuable interview with Brian "Head" Welch a converted believer from the secular band KORN
now this next video is somewhat controversial but I think it is very powerful so I am placing it here
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
Always remember; There is nothing you can do that will make God love you any more and nothing you can do that will make God love you any less.♥
another controversial post in laymans terms sorry if i offend...... post reads as follows:
Let us CRY OUT for HIS love to pour out rather than be disgusted selfishly Pissed off at ignorance..
"A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society." - Billy Graham
Now for a few pictures I have posted on facebook
and another couple of Josh Garrels videos
This blog is made for you to watch as many as the above videos as you have time they are very informative and provoke much thought... now I leave you with a few more intimate photos that are relational in nature.. I hope you gained more thought and perspective on my life seeing God through the thoughts expressed....
This last video is especially touching so i will share a brief background... After infidelity of my now ex wife had been with another man and moved him in to an apt in mississippi but hadn't divorced me I shared with my daughter that I was still extending the love and forgiveness of my God and I wasn't going to divorce unless she did... My daughter and i felt very abandoned here in Oregon and this video is a product of my daughters doing as she came to me and told me she made this video to send the family in mississippi.. Of course the divorce came shortly after as she was in love with another man but this video was a tribute to the heartfelt love of family... My ex had 4 girls and I had one from a previous marriage.. so there are 5 girls and my ex and me in the video..
But through all this my God is amazingly amazing and I have never felt more sure that HE IS MY KING <3 and I love love love love him..... and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that my God is a REDEEMER :)
I guess the last video is not viewable on my android cell phone so it might only be seen on laptop or home computer... it is very sweet and memorable so if you get an opportunity to view the video it would be worth it :)
and yes I cried when my daughter showed me this video that she compiled... I do not own the rights to the song "MY WISH" by Rascal Flatts
This post today is going to be all over the map... Get ready to laugh and learn with me as i delve into the depths of personal experience and God's influence in my life... but first something to just make you laugh and play over and over... BUT promise me that you continue to read my blog post AFTER you have finished watching this video... I know you and i know you are going to watch this video AT LEAST 2 or more times so PLEASE promise me that it won't steal my thunder :)
Ok well to be honest with you I have been perplexed absolutely at wits end with some of the latest happenings, posts on facebook, and distraught hatred and lack of hope and trust in God since the events of a presupposed election that didn't go the way many Bible Reading people assumed it might... I say Bible READING for a purpose... not that doubts haven't entered the mind of myself and other Christians BUT lets turn those Bible Readers into Bible Believers... GOD HAS THIS.... Think about it...
What if God wants the "CHURCH" to be shaken.... When I say the "CHURCH" I mean the presupposed church that most think of when I say CHURCH.. Those people that make a habit of going to church on Sunday and think that by inviting friends to Church that will be enough....
That's, not enough.... REALLY ITS NOT...
Haven't you learned anything from those stuffed teddy bears that may yet adorn your bedroom... and if they don't get some for you just might need to learn you are in a better place if you never outgrow that childhood bonding of love, security, and friendship... You don't get it ? well ponder the face of a poor,sick, or elderly individuals face when you share time with them.... Do you think you loved that teddy bear because of its construction, how evenly the eyes were placed, was the interior of your teddy bear fiberfill or down?, all these things didn't matter so much as to the fact that your constructed companion was there with you.... To Laugh with, cry with, squeezable, with you through situations you may not ever want to discuss.... So when People need a "TEDDY BEAR" don't hand them a Church steeple"
How did I get to this point... I know trying to figure my mind out can be a little confusing at times but hang on I am going to get this mental picture i have out to you...
I think the reason some have felt despair was because specifically certain churchgoers have lost sight of the relational functionality God intended for them... Our direction is not to worry about our life, financial security, home, wealth, money, and materialistic well being... don't lose sight of God's calling..
Luke 4:18-19
King James Version (KJV)
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
First I am going to stop on these couple of verses... I used to read this verse but today i was just struck with new discernment through a fellow christian brother.. It is even more relational than I once thought... Do you understand verse 19??? the acceptable year of the Lord... a reference to the year of jubilee.... ok so if you are not familiar with the year of jubilee I will give you a brief description:
Year of Jubilee: a year of emancipation and restoration provided by ancient Hebrew law to be kept every 50 years by the emancipation of Hebrew slaves, restoration of alienated lands to their former owners, and omission of all cultivation of the land
God is sooo relational.... here is another passage...
Matthew 28:18-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
18 Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of[a] all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember,[b] I am with you always,[c] to the end of the age.”
And this passage:
James 1:27
New International Version (NIV)
27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
I have found in my personal experience with my Jesus Christ when I make it relational and look to fulfilling the calling our God has placed upon us that true freedom, joy, and less fear is there to make me distraught..
So please make Philippians 4:6,7 so real and Do not be anxious ....
Our life is not about feel good sundays for personal fulfillment while stifling the Spirit led life of interacting socially, and spiritually with ACTUAL PEOPLE that cross your path...
I urge you to start giving yourself your resources and anything that isn't nailed down for what is yours anyways... REALLY... is everything you are looking at in your room or wherever you are right now... truly YOURS???
Everything you have been given is from God... everything...
So try redistributing it... ha ha ha ... seriously I am a warehouse guy.. I am sooo laughing right now because I know which I speak of... Not only is my job distribution but I am currently asking God to make me a distributor or halfway house of all the inventory I have personally..
Example... now i give you these intimate examples not for accolades and atta boys.. I found just recently that maybe my life is supposed to be a real example upon display to encourage and get others FIRED UP showing them a real world application of CHRISTIANITY outside of the four walls on Sunday...
What you see here is a boy and his surfboard.... wait did i say his.... nope not in my possession very soon for there is an amazing guy "Nick" I had the opportunity to meet who I will soon be able to give it to so that relationally we will bond through God, surfing, and friendship.. Oh yess those people that don't understand come out of the woodwork quickly with responses such as "WHAT?????" you just spent lots of money why don't you sell it and then you could take care of personal issues or YOu worked hard its not a sin to enjoy nice things .... REALLY PLEASE...... I am telling yo right now I know God makes it personally really clear LIFE ISN'T ABOUT THINGS AND BEAUTIFUL CHURCH STRUCTURES.... You find just how personal a relationship with God is when you take up HIS mission to Disciple others in Love and real relational transparency...
Pour yourself out let God fill you to pour out again... BE CRAZY maniacal for the Messiah... Its about the kingdom not OUR personal fun...
I must express just how real you can make this and when you do I promise you God will reveal himself to you in ways that you will never imagine... NEVER EVER....
Recently I thought about this quote from the book "crazy love" as I added it to my instagram photos .... I thought hmmm how could i make this statement REAL in my life... Well I called up my ex wife and asked her literally if I could INCREASE my child support per month... Also God brought another instance of adopting an family.. This is to be anonymous but realizing God might just have me show others the REAL world application of taking Him at His word and freely LOVE others... There are many sick and oppressed that are waiting for JUBILEE... And just to let you know I am not asking for any of you to think of me in any way that would "lift me up" IT IS GODS all of it I AM GODS as well and HE is POURING HIMSELF out through me.... SO LOOK UP... Look to HIM the author and King of Everything
You want to find PEACE and Freedom ..... Cling to God and NOTHING ELSE...
OK time for another happy feely WAIT FOR IT .... WAIT FOR IT......
God loves relationships soooo much He calls us His Bride.... The Church... "the body of believers"
HOW INTIMATE IS THAT....
This picture is of a past family torn by divorce but just to show you more transparency about me...
But the picture is to represent the beauty of the marriage and intimacy God designed as so beautiful... so wonderfully amazing that God took us as HIS Bride... Are you devoted as HIS bride... or are you like me before God truly captured my Spiritual soul..Before God became real I was very self devoted, self preoccupied, and a Bible toting man that needed God's Divine breaking of MY WILL ....
One of the best years of my life I can HONESTLY say is the year that the God used the following events to Bring MY STUBBORN BEHIND back to truth and freedom in Christ...
Mind you this happened in a little over a years time :
Back spasms unable to walk, Infidelity of my wife on a dating site unknown to me, Cancer found in my upper lip, wife divorced after moving her to Mississippi, friend taken to heaven by drunk driving accident, donated my house to bank, my cat died (long time pet see picture below) and gave the rest of my animals to shelter, moved into an apartment.
so you ask how that can be good???? Don't get me wrong... I cried huge and my selfish will was not easily broken BUT when it was it was soooooo beautifully sweet.... God showed me that I was HIS and I was Valuable to Him and His kingdom enough to Brake my Stubborn Self Will and through that I am saved not by my works of righteousness but by Jesus death on the cross and now I have the blessed opportunity to serve my Lord... SELAH
Do you realize when you focus on the KINGDOM of Jesus all that matters is how YOU and I can be used for HIS GLORY...
Lets Focus on the Hope of the Future while dying to our fleshly selfish desires to SERVE THE KING... for comfort look at these verses
Revelation 7:9-12
9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,12 saying:
“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”
Do you realize what this is going to be like ????? No we cant completely fathom the amazing spectacle but here is a possible glimpse
Let God Show you HOW to make it your business to do HIS WILL... you will find peace and comfort in HIS calling and focus on the HOPE of the Kingdom that is to come ..... LOVE TO ALL
and please part of the relational interaction is simply commenting to me that you are here reading this blog so i can have the blessed opportunity to pray for you and love you as well ... don't be shy...
When Jesus was fully man and fully God on earth He WEPT...
I think this passage is overlooked for it's value as an emotional side of deep relational love as our Creator had displayed. John 11:35 Jesus wept. Jesus shared the sorrow of death. Now I back up to why i am starting my blog post off in such a manner.. Over a year and a half ago many hopes and dreams of a future friendship with a possible courtship ended suddenly when her life was taken by a accident in california with a drunk driver. This may sound very odd to say that through this whole series of events some amazing blessings have come out of tragedy.. I have become much more dependent on my God daily, and her sister has also been a huge blessing as we have both encouraged, shared, and become very close friends as well..
With that said there are moments I find myself
being bombarded by reminders outside of my control such as songs and sayings as I can't believe the repetition and frequency of such experiences as of late.. I bring all this up to make a point before I hear such words as "STOP living in the past" and "you need to be happy and more Joyous" or "smile" To be honest with you I have been sitting this blog post aside as it was written days ago but I felt condemnation might occur about my weakness or I might offend/strain a relationship I have currently.... That became a ridiculous thought to me as I shouldn't be fearful of honesty and sharing ME with YOU.. I think I have felt pressured that if I was remembering her I was somehow "not getting over it and moving on" or "lingering (too) long in the past of dreams lost"
That is when I start scratching my head saying to myself.... REALLY??
We are not perfected in righteousness yet as stated in
Philippians 1:6 I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
I am still looking for the verses and please correct me here if I am wrong that we are never to feel pain and sorrow and the definition of how long or short a grieving process is that dictates a "model" of christian character.. My God made me and i have real human emotions. I see many verses in my Bible that talk about the sadness, pain, and ugliness occurring due to the fallen world we are living in.. David "A man after God's own heart" in the Psalms was a very very passionate emotional man displaying much angst and sadness crying out to the Lord with HUGE emotion as he was reliant on his Lord God and Savior for justice, and the promises of God. Paul another prominent figure in the Bible cried out for his affliction to be removed over and over, although God desired to leave Paul with his affliction, Paul came to rejoice in his sufferings.
So to the best of my humble opinions I came up with a few reasons why it might just be so important for others around me to feel the need to instruct or harshly advocate forgetting any past hurtful or traumatic experience that God is using to shape me..
1) If I am happy and smiling all the time they don't have to feel guilty or obligated to become "personal" or relationally involved.
2) The Pharisee reasoning... They want to show me how my life can look more like theirs because they are smiling and joyful while in the public eye and that translates into a "closer walk with jesus and more knowledgeable in the scriptures"
3) I could be projecting a "inappropriate" mannerism that would conflict with their teaching that Christianity is Joyous and without mourning and pain..
Relational is honest transparency that is open and truthful. NOT lying, fake, and unrealistic.. Anyone outside of "organized religion" can smoke out a "fake" christian any day of the week.. Unbelievers know this life on earth is far from a picnic everyday..
Am I promoting staying in a state of depression "NO"!!!
But I insist please don't be quick to isolate believers and unbelievers who may be in the middle of a trial, situational transitional moment, or time of brokenheartedness.. Even if you thought there should be a time limit because you have judged them on your past experiences. Come along side one another when they need a friend the most without prejudgments and with a heart filled with love ready to weep with them if it is needed..
So upon more introspection, prayer, and studying Psalms in particular, I realized that i had more similarities to a man like David inside me because of my very sensitive heart which often is referred to in a negative way as a man that wears his heart on his sleeve... I am a real softy, created that way by my God, and often unafraid to become emotionally attached to see deep into another connecting to them so relationally that I have even found myself recently with the crazy wacky desire that my enemies know my God, King, and Savior so that when the day comes they will join God's people in Heaven...
My Heart Has Begun to Long For This..
When I say i care about you or I will pray for you or when someone I know offers me a kind gesture, or relational encouragement I will actually "well" up inside w/a heart overwhelmed by tears of sadness or happiness...
OK WAIT A MINUTE STOP.... A MANLY MOMENT IS ABOUT TO OCCUR...
This is where I insert that I am also a rugged Man's man lol... ha ha ha ... I am unafraid of taking the role God has blessed me with being a man. Plus I am unafraid of swinging an axe exposing a Paul Bunyan side as well as other minor events such as arm wrestling, playing in the mud, riding mechanical bulls, weightlifting 300 lbs dead lifting, and the physical moment in NOVEMBER when males get the freedom from a razor in the "NO SHAVE NOVEMBER" monthly holiday
No... ok but seriously.... I truly hope that "all" of you extend your hearts to anyone in the "place" where they are at whether they are grieving, feeling empty or low on faith, or attacked for standing firm morally...
Give up the humanistic fleshly desire to condescend and JUDGE... We are not the judge.... We are called to LOVE.. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE..
Please you just might find out there was something you did not understand and there is a very valuable place for you to be in the life of that individual :) That may bring you both to a future of happiness as you stepped out to be relational with them where "they" were not where "you" desired them to be...
Getting personal may be uncomfortable or "force" you out of a controlled comfort zone but i truly believe a Christian life or Christ like life is to be very relational as we strive to LOVE like our Jesus Christ exemplified.
This is very important .....
If people start to see you as an individual that always has a very self righteous OPINION for every situation you may find other people unwilling to open up to you about a serious need in their life for fear of hearing a derogatory judgement..
Please be someone that anyone would desire to share with so God might be introduced in a very genuine real manner via truth and love... Please watch this very supportive video that may hit this matter home ...
I start off first with a video from Francis Chan... I might have been a little repetitious with this video from an earlier blog post but as I watched it once more I felt led to share it again with someone who might possibly be you...
As you are heading in the direction of that video I choose to turn you to another direction..... over here over here >>>>>>>> ok ok my A.D.D. side kicks into high gear as I formulate another sentence for you all to read... look to the next paragraph below...
Have you ever been touched by someone else's life that crossed your path or brushed by your personal bubble or sphere? Changing your life dramatically through the experiences shared ? Think about that? The impact of that such person has already entered into your brain as a thought while you read I bet....
Who was it? Teacher, Mentor, Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Relative, or friend that stuck closer than any family member ever could?
To be honest with you as of right now many eligible names and faces came to my brain but i choose the most important personal life changer I can realistically, truthfully, emphatically, feel 100 percent confident in truth to say.... I choose to remember my very personal Jesus in such a way..
I choose to change my whole entire being out of love, respect, adoration, hope, and purpose for a God so immensely endearing that i can't help anything less than the current life change he creates from the inside out...
ok now that i started i will continue the blog post as a part 2 really really really soon like :) but i ask even if you haven't ever commented before it helps to me to know who you are that i might be interacting with so please i implore you to just say hi...
Hey, yep it's me again.. I apologize for the semi long absence from my last blog post, but I feel that for me to be sincere my writing must be done when it is laid upon me to write..
I will start my post today with somewhat of a confession "personal" in nature.. Before I began the very first post of my blogs I was definitely "struggling" w/memories, feeling of uselessness, and a very sad demeanor longing for relational happiness, and a sense of fulfillment or purpose.. Before a surfing trip I sat down to dinner with my very close surfer bro/mentor/coworker...
I began to explain the nights of "wailing" and "crying" out to my Father(God) with loneliness as "my" dreams, "my" hopes, were lost as I turned to those vivid memories re"living" them in pitiful repetition.. I explained to my friend I was crying out to God to fill me for I felt so empty at night alone in my apartment...
This is when he asked me .... What are you or Who are you investing yourself in? He proceeded to discuss with me about the similarities of my life as a Jar... He explained a story of a Jar that was full and started pouring its contents into others glasses and upon being emptied out came back to the well to be filled... Then there was the jar that was filled at one time becoming stagnant because the water wasn't being distributed anywhere...
Yep, you guessed it .... I was just hit upside the head like the taste of bleu cheese mixed with horseradish :/ I was holding very stagnant water and not appropriately using the vessel as God had intended me to be used...
All this time before I had been selfishly crying out looking for personal happiness in self fulfillment instead of GIVING myself in a process of God through me.. I was soon to find out a joy like no other in my past..
For I was not made to receive for myself but the joy is found when I become a vehicle or vessel for God's love and blessings to be poured out onto others. :)
So my blog post today is to encourage you to empty yourself of everything for another or others in your lives and yes even if they are an "enemy"
Luke 14:12-14
He also said to the one who invited Him, "When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you will be repaid. On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
Luke 6:32-36
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil. Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
This brings me to share with you a few videos of some of my favorite charitable organizations that interest me...
With many more ways to give in your own local areas where God leads you... Through a smile, warm jacket for the person you pass by in the winter, or local charity organizations... Just listen to the direction God is placing in your life.... I have found so much truth in the true Joy of giving and I know you will find the same as God makes it real in your life as well...
Much love.... Timothy
I leave you with a video that has meant a lot to me as well
I have been enjoying a time of peaceful waiting through Bible, worship, and looking with eyes open to be of service as called upon day to day by the Holy Spirit's calling... I have been pleasantly surprised that during a time in my life I felt I was going to be without, I have never felt more WITH... I have cried tears of joy with several friends witnessing God's amazing relational power to pour through my once dysfunctional selfish attitude with a renewing grace only a loving God can instill in my "new man" This post is going to include some youtube videos that promote a worship attitude for an immersion of your soul to the place of Spirit Minded focus as you come close to your God.. Here are a few of my favorites as you might find them your favorites as well..
I urge you to take the time and get "lost" in God for he longs for you to come to Him ....
This next video is the one i desire to think about constantly for i long to be with my KING... I want you Father... I want to be beside you in the BEST way ever .... I CAN ONLY IMAGINE....
I pray that you are moved to be "MOVED" by the SPIRIT of God... play these songs over and over ... load them in your music player and walk at night look up to the GREAT BIG STARLIT SKY... Think about HIM ... Ponder Jesus all the time it will focus your life in tune to be used in the most amazing of ways, becoming sensitive to the will of your first Love Jesus Christ...
I would love to express just how amazing each of you are.. You are so beautifully beautiful to my God and that means you are beautifully beautiful to me as well... I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU and I consistently thank my father above for the amazing redemptive grace he has blessed me with to be a part of any of your lives, to pray for you, with you, and request the same of you... I am excited to live each day upon the promise of my God who has helped me understand as of late that Being Still in God doesn't mean BORING.. but has been anything but... I must say that I desire to do anything, anywhere, for anyone, that God leads me to and through prayer and worship He can use me EVEN when I am not DOING.... for when I am not DOING and being still God IS DOING without me getting in the way ... He has taught me that He will speak volumes, just listen, patiently willing to move when called .... Have I told you that I love Jesus.... Let the love fest of our God begin and carry on until the day fast approaching when we all worship our mighty God together..
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