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Mar 09

Passing us by

I just realized the other day I am 36 years old, Holy WHAT!!  Where did they time go I remember turning 20 and thinking of all the life I had ahead of me and 16 years flew by.  There have been ups and downs in those 16 years, but how fast the time does fly.  Friends I went to school with have kids who are graduating high school now.  I mean we really need to stop and smell the roses as they say because before you know it we will be 60, God willing.  In my morning readings I am learning on how to be passionate about Jesus and not about ministry.  I think so many of us get caught up in what we are working for, instead of who we are working for.  It is not just for me and my job and the stuff I do for Jesus, that is not what defines me nor does it define you.  You have to put your family first and then let it trickle down from there, to your friends, co-workers, acquaintances and new friends.  Let Christ do the shining and you do less moving.  We have to learn to stand still sometimes, because if not 16 years will pass by again.  I want to be strong and follow Christ and I want to sacrifice all for him, but I know he would want for me to have a healthy home.  When my time comes to have a family, I want to be emotionally mature in Christ to know, he is our foundation and the quality I put into him in my own home will say a lot of the quality of time I will put into all my relationships. So my friends, slow down and smell the Palm Trees, since I am in Miami, but take your time and enjoy every moment God gives you.  Live everyday moment by moment.

One Love, One King, All Christ!

Mar 07

Terrible Feelings Please Flee

Well, this is something I have thought about for a while.  It is almost a 100% guarantee that when I start to draw near to God I get these terrible feelings.  My past seems to hit me in the face with a baseball bat.  Now, I know how that feels cause it happened to me when I was about 12 and I was playing catcher and my friend decided to let go of the bat when he took a big swing!!  Well, I didn’t get knocked out, but 20 stitches later and the scar under my eye reminds me of what that feels like.  Now, in my spiritual life it seems these feelings just linger in waiting and when they anticipate a God move by me they pounce.  I haven’t been in this alone, there have been people involved to hurt me a long the way and a good friend of mine reminded me that Satan will use everything and everyone to attempt to stop the good God is doing through us.  That little bit of advice stuck with me.  I have forgiven and moved forward but not on.  However, I know in order for me to find my peace and joy again in God, I am going to have to truly surrender.  When we get in these modes of life, sin sticks it nasty head in and then the numbness of life begins to thicken.  You find yourself not eager to go to church or participate in events that you used to.  Then Satan comes along and makes sure those people who use to contact you, don’t.  So here are all these emotions, followed by work, family, everyday life and whatever else life throws at you.  The answer is a resounding YES!!!  I know Jesus paid it all and will carry this for me.  Basically, I guess what I am saying is these terrible feelings of my past, being hurt and loneliness are all part of the excuses we make to not let God work.  I am asking for your prayer to battle these feelings and also a prayer so that I can move on and again see the paths that Christ has laid before me!

One Love, One King, All Christ!

Mar 05

Love Your Neighbor as you Love Yourself!

These are simple yet profound words.  Pretty much what the bible has in store for us.  Simple but profound.  I read this and listen to it only to come and realize I do not live it.  It’s not that I am not a good friend or a caring person, but I have an inner disappointment of myself.  Whatever the reason has been I look at my life and “feel” like I have failed.  Even with the many of friends and others who let me know that I have impacted their lives in a positive way.  So, I read this and realize, not only when I start believing this will I be a better friend, but I will be a better future husband and father.  God loves me so much and that is what this statement is about.  Letting God’s love pour over you so you can share it. Stop dwelling in the past, stop worrying about the future. TRUST!!  Give God and opportunity to show you he is real and he will do it.  Now not in your timing, but in his.  Loving myself means I understand that I am Jesus’ Beloved and that he simply wants to love on me.  If I allow his love to overflow, then others (family, friends, coworkers,etc.) will be changed.  You see following Christ doesn’t allow people to feel a difference, its more than that, when that seed is planted it causes a change in who we are and like I said before, we start to believe in the man or woman God knows we are instead of the man or woman that we think we are.  Loving my neighbor may seem easy, but it’s the second part that will really clear your path.  Are you loving your neighbor’s as you love yourself? Well, I am starting, because I want my life to be different and I want to make a difference everyday and realize I am making it in Jesus name.   My heart has been hardened for many years and my desires have been selfish, but I am ready to sacrifice my old choices and give into God’s desires for me.

One Love, One King, All Christ!

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