Listen

Listen

People are hurting in the shadows of your church.

Listen

People really don't care how cool your church is

Listen

Do you hear them.... Crying?

No? Turn down your Church programs...... Now do you hear them?

Listen

There are people in your Church who feel beat up because they don't feel like they can measure up to what you are beating them down with.

A whisper.... vaguely asking questions

Questioning God

Questioning life

Can you hear them?

Maybe you cant because they don't ask you... they are afraid to question you. So they ask God.

They might be mad at God... but even He knows that is taboo in a building with his name on it.

People need God

Did you know that?

Not YOU

God

Not your doctrine

God

Listen............. Shut the door of your church, just for a while and see what God is doing in other places that you would not be caught in.

He is under the bridge with a homeless person

He is at a bar watching them have fun, while you judge them for going.

He is holding the hand of a Muslim, Christian and a Buddhist because he loves them all.

He is at the football game... yep on a Sunday!

He is in Arkansas

New York City

Africa

Small towns

Churches

Temples

Honky Tonks

At a rich person's house

A Poor persons house

A card board box

He is at Wal - Mart

He is with you

Listen.. Shhhh...

Do you hear Him?

It's all good

Life has been a trip lately. Ton's of challenges for my family. But, it's all good.

Yes, i have been theologically challenged, spiritually challenged, physically challenged, emotionally challenged, beat up, knocked down, pushed down, walked on, laughed at, ticked off, sad, fearful, cowardly, fake, stupid, but its all good.

I haven't really been "following God" like i should, but, it's all good.

I have seen of my friends become silent to me, but its all good.

One thing i know is this. God loves me and his grace has NO opposite.. so, it's all good.

So in the words of Bob Dylan, "It's All good"

The Opposite of time?

Einstein showed that time is not a natural feature of our universe. Time is merely a human concept invented to separate events. There is no such THING as time, therefore no opposite either.

Think about that statement. God, is timeless. There is NO opposite of "time". Just as there is NO opposite of God. That's right God has NO opposite and NO equal. HE IS GOD.

GOD simply....... IS - Always has been, always will be......... God.

That makes me feel safe, how bout you?

Super - Natural

God, The LORD, YHWH, The creator of the universe is so awesome! He speaks and things stop or go at His command. He moves and the earth shakes. He breaths and things come to life. Why/ because is is a super God.

Humans, people, the created. We are awesome as well, because we are made in the "image of God". His love for us knows NO end. Yet, we are not Super, we are natural.

Think about this though, when we partner with God it becomes "Supernatural"!

He uses us in spite of our failures. He uses us in ways that we will never know until we get to heaven.

His unmerited favor (grace) is almost an indescribable force that connects to our spirit and causes us to take what seem to be risk.

Do you want to see the Supernatural in your life. Then move, give, pray, worship, love your neighbor as yourself, if you don't love yourself then forgive yourself and start loving your self.

We are a part of His plane. You ready? Just a Thought.....

Romancing the past

Today God spoke to me loud and clear.

As I near the 40 mark in my life I find myself saying more and more, "remember when."

Wow, what is so intreaging about the past?

The good memories. Sure there are bad ones as well. But we stuff those in until we want to be the victim. (thats another post for another time).

We like to, in the words of Rob Bell, "Romance the past".

Dont we?

The time we did that........... This.......... and the other.

How the story went (no matter how sweet or sour it was) is not how it has to be... Or become.

I have been married for 20 years. Great years. Surly though the next 20 will be even better than the past 20, right?

Simply put, I hear God say in a very still, small, whispering voice. "Quit dancing with the past"

My dance partner is the now. I will "romance" the now and plan for the future - which will be better.

As a matter of fact I love to dance. However, if I try to dance like I did then, well haha, I think I will just dance how I do now.

Break dancing anyone? Just A Thought.....

Power

I long for it. I long for the day when i can walk into a hospital room and lay my hands on a person who is sick with cancer, heart disease, etc... I long to see the stuff that happened in the Bible to happen in my life. I long to see a God that I know is active, be active in my life. I know things happen "according to His will" but I refuse to use that as an excuse. Jesus Christ said, "I am gonna die, and then be raised again, then I will pray to the Father (God) that He will send the POWER of the Holy Spirit. It happened then, it happens now and I want it. Not for me, not for popular gain, not to feel good, but to see people changed and draw other people to God. I am not talking about belief or doctrine. I am talking about a real God, that really cares and really loves me. A powerful God, that longs to powerfully touch me. I long for it, and I will walk in it. Just a thought..........