My reading exist in the book of John, yet my mind can't seem to completely fathom the scene of Jesus walking this Earth. I have always understood his role of the Son of God in human flesh, but why do people respond the way John describes?
The people in Galilee do not understand who is the true Christ yet He stands in their doorway performing miracles beyond their what their "pea" minds could imagine. This is the Savior! The living, breathing, God! As I read, I just want to yell and wake these sleeping people. But my thoughts don't stop with the townspeople.
My mind begins to examine the mistakes of the disciples. They don't really see Christ. They walk daily beside the Son of God, but they still makes fools of themselves. They still go against God's word.
My big research question...If we are striving to live a holy, pure, life without Christ on Earth, then why do those who walk with Jesus continue to fall short of living a holy, pure, life? Is it possible for us? How does this connect with God's big plan?
Monday, June 23, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Blessings
My mother recently found an old school project from my 3rd year of elementary school, and the front cover of this project has a list of every student in the class.
O where my life has been.
I praise God today for the many blessings he has brought upon my life. I thank him for the opportunity to know him in an intimate relationship which started after a mid-summer revival. I was eight years old and I knew I did not want to live in the firer sin pit of hell. From summer of 1994 to today, God has brought me along a journey worthy of 10,000 pages, and 95% of those pages would be filled with thanks and praises.
I thank God for my family, and the life-time travel my home has made from Athens, South Memphis, Siloam Springs (AR), and back to East Memphis. I thank God for Ben Rediske, Tyler Dees, James Hughes, Josh Siemens, Mitch Padgett, Matchell Family, Abbott Family, Crandall Family, Hall family, Simkins Family, FBC Siloam Family, Siloam Springs High School family, Memories of Arkansas, I-40 to Memphis, FBC Fisherville Family, Rucker Family, Strong Family, Perkins Family, Cordova High School Family, Jon Brin, Michael Bartemus, Filming sports in high school, blessing of a meteorology major, the short drive to Mississippi State University, MSU BSU Family, Michael Ball, June Scoggins, Taylor Family, Chip Stevens, the Wade Patterson, Big Dave, Paul Cleveland, Remey Graham, Student Life family, Beach Reach Family, Prince Avenue family, JP, University Television Center Family, Chris Coats, Bennie Ashford, the sports video assistant employment, video production experiences, Fox13 family, internship, Joey Sulipeck, Meteorology dept at MSU family, evangelism experiences, lives saved for Christ, Ben Jones, Tyler Sholes, Wes Barnett, Martin Hayes, friends with a passion for spreading God's word, Rusty Whitten, McDaniel Family, Thomas, Simon Bailey, and so so so many more people!
I thank God for the times to be able to dig into his word and find a deeper passion and understand for His renown.
God, thank you so much for your many blessings upon my life. I praise you for the opportunity to be with you in an eternal life. I praise you O Lord!
O where my life has been.
I praise God today for the many blessings he has brought upon my life. I thank him for the opportunity to know him in an intimate relationship which started after a mid-summer revival. I was eight years old and I knew I did not want to live in the firer sin pit of hell. From summer of 1994 to today, God has brought me along a journey worthy of 10,000 pages, and 95% of those pages would be filled with thanks and praises.
I thank God for my family, and the life-time travel my home has made from Athens, South Memphis, Siloam Springs (AR), and back to East Memphis. I thank God for Ben Rediske, Tyler Dees, James Hughes, Josh Siemens, Mitch Padgett, Matchell Family, Abbott Family, Crandall Family, Hall family, Simkins Family, FBC Siloam Family, Siloam Springs High School family, Memories of Arkansas, I-40 to Memphis, FBC Fisherville Family, Rucker Family, Strong Family, Perkins Family, Cordova High School Family, Jon Brin, Michael Bartemus, Filming sports in high school, blessing of a meteorology major, the short drive to Mississippi State University, MSU BSU Family, Michael Ball, June Scoggins, Taylor Family, Chip Stevens, the Wade Patterson, Big Dave, Paul Cleveland, Remey Graham, Student Life family, Beach Reach Family, Prince Avenue family, JP, University Television Center Family, Chris Coats, Bennie Ashford, the sports video assistant employment, video production experiences, Fox13 family, internship, Joey Sulipeck, Meteorology dept at MSU family, evangelism experiences, lives saved for Christ, Ben Jones, Tyler Sholes, Wes Barnett, Martin Hayes, friends with a passion for spreading God's word, Rusty Whitten, McDaniel Family, Thomas, Simon Bailey, and so so so many more people!
I thank God for the times to be able to dig into his word and find a deeper passion and understand for His renown.
God, thank you so much for your many blessings upon my life. I praise you for the opportunity to be with you in an eternal life. I praise you O Lord!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Vulnerability
We are extremely vulnerable. Does a conscious process exist beyond vulnerability? We will. We are. We exist as intricate creatures of bold self actualization inhabiting a world built for hope.
The detail of our deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, is one testimony to the magnifying greatness of believing in our great God. How can a "goo", a ball of dust, create such humans? The architect of our body can only land a true creator of great power and knowledge. The essence of creation stands with the formation of humans who bleed, cry, hurt, tire, sweat, intoxicate, snarl, burn, and wrinkle. Could the intricate design of our senses allow us to further understand God Almighty? He is bold! He is great! He is strong! He is healthy. He is our architect.
In our world of seeking self gratitude, how long must we go before we understand our insufficient power which cannot control our bleeding, crying, hurting, tiring, sweating, intoxication, snarling, burning, and wrinkling? There must be something more than us. Life is not a box alone. Life is a box with God looking from the outside-in. He created everything in the box. We owe it, our lives, all to Him.
Man thinks he needs himself, but, without hesitation, I pray all of humanity will see the necessity to need God.
The detail of our deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, is one testimony to the magnifying greatness of believing in our great God. How can a "goo", a ball of dust, create such humans? The architect of our body can only land a true creator of great power and knowledge. The essence of creation stands with the formation of humans who bleed, cry, hurt, tire, sweat, intoxicate, snarl, burn, and wrinkle. Could the intricate design of our senses allow us to further understand God Almighty? He is bold! He is great! He is strong! He is healthy. He is our architect.
In our world of seeking self gratitude, how long must we go before we understand our insufficient power which cannot control our bleeding, crying, hurting, tiring, sweating, intoxication, snarling, burning, and wrinkling? There must be something more than us. Life is not a box alone. Life is a box with God looking from the outside-in. He created everything in the box. We owe it, our lives, all to Him.
Man thinks he needs himself, but, without hesitation, I pray all of humanity will see the necessity to need God.
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