I have never been able to go on a food fast, maybe one meal but I only last two hours and now I really cannot go on a food fast because I am having blood sugar problems and I cannot skip meals. So I am going on another kind of fast...
A BOYFRIEND FAST...
At least for thirty days...maybe longer. Its going to be a time for me to talk to God and not worry about the opposite sex. I need to figure out what I am doing this fall I need to find out where God wants me and what he has to say to me. So boys step out of the way...im going on a journey,One to find who I am and what I like. An adventure of discovering things that are good about me and things that I need to work on. Its going to be a hard and messy one...but its one I am willing to take. I need this...
Friday, June 27, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Love the Hell out of Them
I think a few people might have just gasp for their breath because of the "foul" language I used in my title, but before you throw you judgement at me read on...
Can you imagine what it would be like to not know how to love or what it would be like to not experience love? I am a big believer in loving people no matter what they do. When a person hurts you, no matter how bad love them. I have found that love always wins. I have had a situation recently where people are asking why I am even talking to a certain individual because of what they did to me, but the way I see it no matter what anyone did they still need to know that they are important and loved.
When some one does something that hurts you, turn around and forgive them. Let them know you hold no grudge and allow them to experience real love. No one can give love that they have never experienced so maybe you should be the first person to love the one who hurt you the most so they can then turn around and love someone else.
Love is not just a mushy feeling, love is much more. Love never walks away when the going gets tough, love is patient even when the one you are trying to love just does not get it, and love never quits. People have flesh on them and that makes them real...real people need real love.
May we go through life experiencing love, may we love the hell out of others, may we know that they are important and need love no matter what they do, and may we never go through life without letting our Father in heaven and those around us love us.
Can you imagine what it would be like to not know how to love or what it would be like to not experience love? I am a big believer in loving people no matter what they do. When a person hurts you, no matter how bad love them. I have found that love always wins. I have had a situation recently where people are asking why I am even talking to a certain individual because of what they did to me, but the way I see it no matter what anyone did they still need to know that they are important and loved.
When some one does something that hurts you, turn around and forgive them. Let them know you hold no grudge and allow them to experience real love. No one can give love that they have never experienced so maybe you should be the first person to love the one who hurt you the most so they can then turn around and love someone else.
Love is not just a mushy feeling, love is much more. Love never walks away when the going gets tough, love is patient even when the one you are trying to love just does not get it, and love never quits. People have flesh on them and that makes them real...real people need real love.
May we go through life experiencing love, may we love the hell out of others, may we know that they are important and need love no matter what they do, and may we never go through life without letting our Father in heaven and those around us love us.
Friday, June 20, 2008
I have been reading stuff like I posted below all morning and I am convinced that people have nothing better to do than talk bad about others... One website I was looking through bashed every minister that they could think of from Shane Claiborne, Rob Bell, Mother Teresa, to Joel Olsteen. Whether or not every view of these people is correct or not there is no reason to find every bad thing you can about them...
I found this article
"Evangelicalism worries chronically about its youth. Polling by the evangelically oriented Barna research group shows that at least half of regular churchgoers ages 16 to 29 think their church is too judgmental, too political and too negative about homosexuality. Princeton sociologist Robert Wuthnow describes today's young adults as spiritual "tinkerers."
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692051,00.html
Are we afriad that our young people will wake up and realize that homosexuals and prostitues have flesh on them? These are human beings, with flesh, that are real and have real feelings. Are we afraid that this generation of young people just might rise up and realize that love is more important than politics, judgment, and seuality? Not that I am saying I am for homosexuality, but they are humans and there is no reason to sit around and be jerks to them.
Jesus' life was a constant reflection of love...all the way to his death he was loving and forgiving. I mean what did he say hanging on the cross? "Forgive them Father..." after being beaten and torn he still found it in him to love those around him. I do not think it is such a horrible thing that young believers are beginning to catch ahold of this love movement that Shane Claiborn and Rob Bell are after... maybe this generation of young people will rise up and show the world the real God that is full of love and forgiveness. I just do not think we can bash those who are showing love to those they come in contact with. I am not here to say that everything they say or do is perfect, because they are human and there is no way they are perfect, but they are doing their best to get the gospel out in the most effective way. Sorry if they do not use thees and thous...if you are expecting that you have a rude awakening coming because young people today would not know who thee or thou was... so stop bashing people for trying to be relevant and for loving people...its dumb.
I found this article
"Evangelicalism worries chronically about its youth. Polling by the evangelically oriented Barna research group shows that at least half of regular churchgoers ages 16 to 29 think their church is too judgmental, too political and too negative about homosexuality. Princeton sociologist Robert Wuthnow describes today's young adults as spiritual "tinkerers."
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692051,00.html
Are we afriad that our young people will wake up and realize that homosexuals and prostitues have flesh on them? These are human beings, with flesh, that are real and have real feelings. Are we afraid that this generation of young people just might rise up and realize that love is more important than politics, judgment, and seuality? Not that I am saying I am for homosexuality, but they are humans and there is no reason to sit around and be jerks to them.
Jesus' life was a constant reflection of love...all the way to his death he was loving and forgiving. I mean what did he say hanging on the cross? "Forgive them Father..." after being beaten and torn he still found it in him to love those around him. I do not think it is such a horrible thing that young believers are beginning to catch ahold of this love movement that Shane Claiborn and Rob Bell are after... maybe this generation of young people will rise up and show the world the real God that is full of love and forgiveness. I just do not think we can bash those who are showing love to those they come in contact with. I am not here to say that everything they say or do is perfect, because they are human and there is no way they are perfect, but they are doing their best to get the gospel out in the most effective way. Sorry if they do not use thees and thous...if you are expecting that you have a rude awakening coming because young people today would not know who thee or thou was... so stop bashing people for trying to be relevant and for loving people...its dumb.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
So life has been a little crazy lately and its not like life ever goes how you plan...but somehow through it all God has a plan and his plan is better even if we do not understand it in the moment.
Right now I really do not understand why things are going the way that they are, but I do know that God's love will break through all the heartache. I know that he will always remain faithful even when I feel like he is somewhere distant. He is right there...always despite how I feel. You probably want the details of what is going on, but at the moment it is not necessary for me to give those away. Right now I just want to encourage all those who are hurting and feel like giving up. Even if your life feels like its caving in and if there was a cliff you would like to go over the edge, do not give up. Allow your heavenly father...your daddy to wrap you in his arms and love on you through the pain. It may hurt right now, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and your daddy is never going to leave you. Surround yourself with people who love you and allow yourself to be loved by them and by God. As we go through life there is going to be trouble and heartache, but God's plan is perfect. We may not understand it, but it is a perfect plan and his timing is perfect...trust him.
As we face the trials in life may we know that we are loved by a God who will never leave, may we understand that he made us with purpose, may we always lean back on him and be loved through the pain, and may we know that we are special, loved, and we can make it with the help of our daddy
Right now I really do not understand why things are going the way that they are, but I do know that God's love will break through all the heartache. I know that he will always remain faithful even when I feel like he is somewhere distant. He is right there...always despite how I feel. You probably want the details of what is going on, but at the moment it is not necessary for me to give those away. Right now I just want to encourage all those who are hurting and feel like giving up. Even if your life feels like its caving in and if there was a cliff you would like to go over the edge, do not give up. Allow your heavenly father...your daddy to wrap you in his arms and love on you through the pain. It may hurt right now, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and your daddy is never going to leave you. Surround yourself with people who love you and allow yourself to be loved by them and by God. As we go through life there is going to be trouble and heartache, but God's plan is perfect. We may not understand it, but it is a perfect plan and his timing is perfect...trust him.
As we face the trials in life may we know that we are loved by a God who will never leave, may we understand that he made us with purpose, may we always lean back on him and be loved through the pain, and may we know that we are special, loved, and we can make it with the help of our daddy
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