| Do you ever feel stressed out and you can't figure out why? I have nothing to stress me but I feel more stressed than I ever have. blah. |
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| All these voices in religion and Christianity now-a-days is really saddening and alarming sometimes. Like Jay Bakker and his gay approving and affirming ministry. I am all for loving people no matter where they are in life. I don't care if you are homosexual but if I was a pastor I wouldn't marry you in the church. I think God disapproves of that. I don't think God hates the gay people but I do think he is saddened by their life choices. I think he is saddened by their choice to live in sin and deny it is sin. That is the problem. I am a sinner and I am not saying I am perfect. I just think that you only go so far by loving people, they also have to realize that there are thing you do that are wrong and sinful and that sin is what seperates you from God. Jesus preached that you must repent for the kingdom of heaven is near. The love of God is that he forgives the repented sinner. He loves us enough to forgive us. He loved people enough that he didn't care who you were he wanted to hangout with you, but he didn't shy away from telling us our need to repent. I think that is an important thing to remember. Anyway this is long and there are more thoughts I have and maybe not all of them are right they are still pretty jumbled in my head but I had to write something because I am hearing so much about it lately...I pray that Jesus shows us the right way. Maybe some of the stuff we hear sounds amazing and revolutionary but maybe it really is a watered down version that is more harmful than good. More thinking needs to be done and I don't claim to be the smartest. Peace and Love people. |
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| Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
The storms are raging on God's deep-
God's depe, not yours; be still and sleep.
Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
God's hands will still the Tempter's sweep-
God's hands, not yours; be still and sleep.
Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
God's love is strong while night hours creep-
God's love, not yours; be still and sleep.
Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
God's heaven will comfort those who weep-
God's heaven, not yours; be still and sleep.
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| So I am sitting here and I am bored out of my mind. I can't remember the last time I was this bored. Seriously.
One thing that really irritates me is when relationships seem so one-sided. I can't think of anything more bothersome. It seems that they don't think you are worth the time but man you think they are worth a lot of your time. And that is with guys and girls. I just don't understand it. Even when they hangout with you it is always your initiative. Maybe you should just not talk to them and see how long it takes for them to contact you. But that means getting over them if they dont' and sometimes that is really hard.
Blah...just in a bored pissy mood.
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| I learned an awesome thing this weekend. About just finding joy and wonder in God our Father. Finding the Kingdom and relinquishing all our selfishness to it. To allow God to permeate our being and to overtake our mind. Just to know that He is God alone. The Almighty. A God that is deeply in love with us and desperately wants to have a relationship with each every person alive. Whether we are a Christian or not the truth still applies, Jesus Love You. The Bible says it. "For God so loved the world that He sent his one and only begotten Son that whosoever should believeth in him shall not perish but have eternal life" what a promise, what wonderful news.
I also learned this weekend that the wonder of God is even in small things in life. When I left Mount Vernon tonight I was coming home and my gas light came on this was like right off campus and when my gas light comes on it means I need gas now. Well I prayed and prayed that God would just get me to a gas station or home because I didn't think there was any way possible. Well the gas light come on as I said right outside of campus but for some reason I made it 40 miles or so away to the gas station right before zanesville and I was able to get gas. That is a miracle of God's doing. A wonder. Even such a small thing His wonder and glory is shown. I think that is so awesome. Praise Jesus.
So remember that God loves you, he cares about the small things in life, and desperately wants a relationship with you. He will give you a purpose and a joy. And although hard times will not cease they will be endurable. For when the Lord fills you and gives you a peace and joy that surpasses all understanding, even the darkest moments in life are filled with hope. Despair turns to rejoicing. Tears to laughter. Darkness to light. Selfishness to Wonder of God.
The Wonder of God. |
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