Life

This past sunday afternoon, me and Bethany decided to go fishing.  For some reason lately i’ve been addicted to fishing.  So as we  are on our way through the woods to the fishing spot, Bethany yells out that something bit her.  I immediately think it was probably just a thorn and she’s overreacting.  So I go over to help her when I notice her anckle is bleeding and there looks to be two marks on it.  I ask her to show me where it happened and as we walked over a 2ft cooperhead snake slithers away.  I immediately dial the number for bur-mil park and call 911.  Since cooperheads are posionius and I knew that it got worse over time we got her to a hospital as quickly as possible.  Long story short she had to stay in the hospital for 2 nights to monitor her anckle and was released tues.  Her anckle is still swolen and she has to stay off of it alot for the next 6 weeks, but she should make a full recovery.  I’ve had all kinds of emotions throughout this and have just lately been able to process it all.  I think the one thing that stands out is how quickly your life could end.  Although Betehany’s bite was not lethal it could have been alot worse even deadly.  In the blink of an eye everything could have changed.  Things come out of nowhere when we least expect them to.  I’ve had close calls in my life before, alot actually.  But I’ve just been reminded at how sacred our lives are.  Death is something I try not to think alot about, but it is a reality of life.  We won’t live forever.  I try to ask myself what am I living for, am I living for the eternal things or am I just living for myself?  Do I always have an eternal perspective or is it more worldly?  I mean what really matters in life?  And do we always keep the things that really matter at our highest priority.  I know that eternal life starts the moment you become a christian, but what would you want to tell God you did your last day here on earth?  I want to see people come alive just like our vision!  I just want to live everyday as if it were my last!

Shout!

Last night, like alot of other nights I had to much caffiene and wasn’t able to go to sleep.  So I sat up wondering what to do and decided to read some in the old journals i used to keep.  I was so amazed at how saturated in scripture i used to be.  In almost every entry I had quoted some scripture from somewhere.  This was quite a realization for me because this does not describe me at all now.  I want to be the kind of man who is always meditating on God’s word and His word is always on my lips.  For some reason I’ve lost some of the passion I used to have in studying God’s word and desperately want that passion back. 

I’ve noticed lately that in some of the conversations i’ve had with people (and myself included) they tend to vent or get frustrated and not know  what to do before even opening up the Bible and seeing what God has to say about it.  Or maybe you’ve heard someone say before ”If I just knew what God wanted me to do” or ”If God would just speak to me”, God Already Has Spoken To You! Through his word.  I know God can speak to us in other ways other than his word, but lately I’ve felt like God is SHOUTING at us if we would just open up his word and listen!

“Something supernatural occurs in the heart when it absorbs the truth of God’s word.” -unknown

Why?

Do you ever have those times where bad things just keep happening to you and you don’t understand why?  Lately that’s kind of what my life has been like.  For awhile I have really been struggling financially and have not been able to find a good job.  So long story short, I found a great job and would have gotten hired if it had not been for me having to many points on my license.  The good news is the guy I talked to said they really want to hire me and once some points fall off in July they will be able to.  It has been a little disappointing that I have to wait till July to work, but what can you do.  Then I was driving to go fishing the other day and all of a sudden I see blue lights behind me.  I don’t know what it is with me and cops, but I feel like OJ every time I drive anywhere.  So I get another ticket for going 48 in a 25 which could not have come at a worst time.  This could effect my chances of getting that job in July if I get any more points on my license.  Now however I am not worried about it, I know this could just be another trial I must go through.  Even though I have no idea where my income will come from if I don’t get this job in July, I know that God sees the future and He knows, so I can rest in that.  I’ve also learned more about tithing and giving to God during this time of not having money than i think ever before.  So praise God that he is even soverign over tickets and angry cops that pull me over.  Instead of asking why?  I think I will start asking what do you want me to learn from this situation or circunstance you have brought me to?

Jesus was the usher sunday

Recently I’ve really been convicted of not tithing faithfully.  I’ve always known that I need to do a better job at this, but lately I’ve realized that there is a real substantial connection between God and your money.  I think alot of why I have struggled so much financially this semester is due to not tithing consistently.  When you think about it tithing should really be easy for us and a joy to do.  If everything we have is God’s anyway then why do we find it so hard to give God the first fruits of what we make.  This really hit me when I was in church the other day.  A lot of times I will notice that when the offering plate gets passed around people for the most part just keep on passing it and don’t put hardly anything in the plate.  Maybe this is just on my row,  but i doubt it.  So last Sunday I had the thought what if Jesus was the one passing the plate around.  I mentioned this to someone and said how much do you think people would give if Jesus was the one taking up the plate and she said well i would empty out my purse.  So what’s the difference, shouldn’t we all be emptying out our wallets and purses for the cause of Christ, shouldn’t we be giving above and beyond of what God expects of us, because there’s nothing greater to give to and everything that we have is God’s anyway right?

Ok so apparently wordpress thinks alot of me cause when i was trying to created my page i was somehow able to become an administrator on Mike’s and change his.  Well the problem has been fixed and so this is my first blog.  I’ts been awhile for as far as blogging goes, so i’m just gonna get my feet wet on this one and not dive in to deep.  An update on what’s going on with me for those who don’t know, I’m almost finished with my 1st year at southeastern, I’m involved with beginning a college ministry with the Patio church plant, which is exciting.  I’m hopefully going to start a new job in July with Invisible Fence, which is a company that installs well u can guess.  I’m looking forward to being a part of this community on here.  Now let’s see if my blog posts on my page or mikes…