Friends

I am starting to appreciate what it means to have a  friend.  We call so many people in our lives this word, but I think we miss the mark of what true friendship is.  I can’t believe the opportunities that have passed me by in my life because I was not willing to be hurt.  You see what I have learned is that trusting someone means you are willing to allow that person to hurt you.  Now, I know this may seem weird that I am talking about awesome friendships by how you have to allow someone the opportunity to hurt you, but I think that’s what makes it awesome.  For so many years, I would allow people to give me all of their trust and then I would try and control how much of my trust I would give them.  There have been many times in my past that my friendships were manipulated by me.  I can say today that I no longer do that with my friendships.  I have learned to give my friends my complete trust and know that they do have the ability to hurt me and the fact that they don’t means a lot.  It is so nice to see how many people care about what is going in my life and that I care about what is going on in theirs.  I am thankful for those in my life as you should be for those in yours.. Have a Blessed holiday time and know that Christ is Forever.. Selah!

Born again

It is amazing to see someone come to Christ. They are usually in a place where they cannot take it anymore.  The cool thing about God is he gets people to hear about His son in everyway.  They may want prayer for one thing but the Holy Spirit will reveal just a little more.  Then as their heart encounters Christ for the first time they do not know how to react.  There is such peace and quiet that comes.

Jesus has called us to pray for those who have wounded hearts and we must be aware that there is always more going on than what we see. Pray my friends for a discerning heart and commit to the Priesthood of the Most High God.. Selah

Stand back

I want to really just stand back sometimes. I want to watch the world move and see the inner workings of how we think and live daily.  Why is it that life comes so fast, you remember playing in your front yard when you were 5 and now all of the sudden 30 years have past.  Why is it that time seems to be moving at such a fast rate.  I want to stand back and enjoy my life, but if I stay in the flow of this world that will be a very hard thing to do.  The ultimate choice to live life to the full would be to swine against the current, if you will.  The ability to stand by Christ and His foundations in your life and not worry about the successes and failures in life, but rather to focus on the brokenness of others.  The reason I want to stand back and see the world work is because I fall victim to the flow of the world a lot.  Christ is the true foundation of our lives as Christians, but we must apply it to our lives and turn this knowledge into wisdom.  Selah!