Have you ever done something stupid and then done something stupid to try and make it go away?
Have you ever done something stupid and wish it would go away?...... but there is another person involved who doesn't want it to go away.
Have you ever done something stupid and when you explained it, it just got worse?........ and the person you explain it too enjoys the problem but you don't.
I have done stupid. I have tried to fix stupid. I've explained stupid.
Now I wait for stupid to be seen by everyone. Will they really notice or is stupid really all about me and my persona.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Saying Goodbye
It is hard to say goodbye when you know someone is entering into less than ideal conditions for a specified period of time. The difficulties from placing a life on hold are more than enormous.
We often start the list with the children who are affected. They will do without frequent relationship with very important individuals that are not there for them. There is also the community of friends and extended family that continues on and learns to live without the individual except in reference or casually asking how they are doing.
The lives lived in two separate worlds only connect at the point of deliberate maintenance of the relationship. The inconvenient phone calls interrupt schedules which both sides may feel the other should have known and honored. If those events are forgotten it may be viewed as a lack of concern for this individuals world.
How do you say goodby?
You just put your hand on their shoulder and you pray for them to go with God and for them to see His hand at work in their new situation. This matter of blessing someone with the presence of God and blessing of prayer is the greatest and most loving act you can do. Then you continue to pray for them and their family as you prove that the reason it was hard is that you are a true friend that truly sticks closer than a brother.
We often start the list with the children who are affected. They will do without frequent relationship with very important individuals that are not there for them. There is also the community of friends and extended family that continues on and learns to live without the individual except in reference or casually asking how they are doing.
The lives lived in two separate worlds only connect at the point of deliberate maintenance of the relationship. The inconvenient phone calls interrupt schedules which both sides may feel the other should have known and honored. If those events are forgotten it may be viewed as a lack of concern for this individuals world.
How do you say goodby?
You just put your hand on their shoulder and you pray for them to go with God and for them to see His hand at work in their new situation. This matter of blessing someone with the presence of God and blessing of prayer is the greatest and most loving act you can do. Then you continue to pray for them and their family as you prove that the reason it was hard is that you are a true friend that truly sticks closer than a brother.
Monday, July 4, 2011
You are more>>>>>>
I am glad for many of the modern tunes that I get to hear on the radio daily. I love the theme of You Are More. When we are remade by faith in Christ we are definitely made into more than the sum of the past would dictate.
In the Celebrate Recovery Meeting we hear the great stories of each others past lifes. Each person shares with an honesty and directness that would make church people on Sunday uncomfortable. The reason they can be honest and direct is that they have been directed by God to share the past. When the past is properly shared we get to see God at work even in the most hardened heart and desperate life. Then we also have hope that God is at work within the happenings of our life.
No matter where we are and what we have done God can take us and remake us into something beautiful when we have been living in the junkyard of life. Then and only then do we realize what a miracle salvation is as we become more than we ever thought possible by the grace of God at work in us.
In the Celebrate Recovery Meeting we hear the great stories of each others past lifes. Each person shares with an honesty and directness that would make church people on Sunday uncomfortable. The reason they can be honest and direct is that they have been directed by God to share the past. When the past is properly shared we get to see God at work even in the most hardened heart and desperate life. Then we also have hope that God is at work within the happenings of our life.
No matter where we are and what we have done God can take us and remake us into something beautiful when we have been living in the junkyard of life. Then and only then do we realize what a miracle salvation is as we become more than we ever thought possible by the grace of God at work in us.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sharing the Mission
I am reviewing in my mind the good Missions meeting last night. It is good to see beyond the boundaries of our everyday church community into the world at large. When Brian said his field had recently become the whole world I was reminded of John Wesley who said, "the world is my parish." The work of the media world and the way God has opened doors and audiences is a miracle. I am sure God is blessing others the same way but it is exciting to hear he is doing it for your group also.
My church family represented itself well and the food and fellowship complimented the desire for a successful night together. My desire is to gather around the throne together with more joining us because we have been faithful in the mission God has given us.
My church family represented itself well and the food and fellowship complimented the desire for a successful night together. My desire is to gather around the throne together with more joining us because we have been faithful in the mission God has given us.
Friday, January 14, 2011
I Am a Wuss
Being home sick has confirmed something I never wanted to admit in all my years. I AM A WUSS!!!
When I tell my body to stop expelling air in copious amounts at various times it only accelerates the action and amounts (coughing).When I say I will be better tomorrow and I don't need to go to the doctor I wake up feeling the same (headache, stuffy nose,coughing my head off).
I definitely will attest that I can only make my body listen just so far. I feel like the words of Paul to Timothy in the age of gladiators and events at the Colosseum. Events which emulated the physical prowess and discipline of the mortal flesh. Accentuating pleasure over the eternal issues concerning the spirit.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 out of the KJ version of Christian Scriptures as modern writers are prone to say.
Well I will win as I am saying to my body get well or I will discard you for a better model. Sure hope it listens for today. That will help me get prepared for Sunday. I am there in spirit but not yet in body
Mattheew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” This NIV rendering is where I am today.
It is not where I want to be on Sunday. I want to worship and lead worship with my worshiping family.
If I don't win just call me a wuss. Where I will be it won't matter anymore.
God Bless you and give abundant grace and peace is my prayer and blessing for you.
When I tell my body to stop expelling air in copious amounts at various times it only accelerates the action and amounts (coughing).When I say I will be better tomorrow and I don't need to go to the doctor I wake up feeling the same (headache, stuffy nose,coughing my head off).
I definitely will attest that I can only make my body listen just so far. I feel like the words of Paul to Timothy in the age of gladiators and events at the Colosseum. Events which emulated the physical prowess and discipline of the mortal flesh. Accentuating pleasure over the eternal issues concerning the spirit.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 out of the KJ version of Christian Scriptures as modern writers are prone to say.
Well I will win as I am saying to my body get well or I will discard you for a better model. Sure hope it listens for today. That will help me get prepared for Sunday. I am there in spirit but not yet in body
Mattheew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” This NIV rendering is where I am today.
It is not where I want to be on Sunday. I want to worship and lead worship with my worshiping family.
If I don't win just call me a wuss. Where I will be it won't matter anymore.
God Bless you and give abundant grace and peace is my prayer and blessing for you.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Really!!
Starting a journey through a scripture or subject study is easy. Saying that you will incorporate part of a study into your schedule is easy. Being excited the first few days is easy. It is all pretty easy when we talk about it and start doing it . Why then does it get so difficult as we enter the later stages?
One of the most wise saying may be, "Familiarity breeds contempt."
When a person isn't well known it is easy to admire and respect them. The better known they are the more we see their faults. They also see ours and don't always respond the way we would like them to. It is then that we began to struggle with them as a person.
The better known a truth is and the more it relates to our lives the more we get disinterested. The truth is still true but the impact on our life is not what we hoped it would be. All truths end up changing us or leaving us disappointed that it didn't provide more excitement and be more rewarding like it was at the start. Familiarity makes old friends seem like old shoes and truths like a familiar chair. They are great to have around but not when they begin to wear in unfamiliar places.
This year I want to bless my old friends more and to allow new truths to become old friends.
That will mean I must take another look and see the good in them and not look only for what I may gian from them. I must first invest myself before the interest can be collected on either a friendship, investment or new truth to experience and incorporate.
One of the most wise saying may be, "Familiarity breeds contempt."
When a person isn't well known it is easy to admire and respect them. The better known they are the more we see their faults. They also see ours and don't always respond the way we would like them to. It is then that we began to struggle with them as a person.
The better known a truth is and the more it relates to our lives the more we get disinterested. The truth is still true but the impact on our life is not what we hoped it would be. All truths end up changing us or leaving us disappointed that it didn't provide more excitement and be more rewarding like it was at the start. Familiarity makes old friends seem like old shoes and truths like a familiar chair. They are great to have around but not when they begin to wear in unfamiliar places.
This year I want to bless my old friends more and to allow new truths to become old friends.
That will mean I must take another look and see the good in them and not look only for what I may gian from them. I must first invest myself before the interest can be collected on either a friendship, investment or new truth to experience and incorporate.
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