I’m beginning to think there is something wrong with me. I know so many talented people and some very talented bloggers. They have so much to say. I on the other hand, have very little to say. I feel joy. Joy in the Lord. I’m content with the challenges and gifts the Lord has given me. I wish I could go on and on, but I can’t.
I really have nothing to say to the masses, Jesus said it all. I will try to blog, but At this time, I just don’t have anything all that insightful to say. Personal messages and comments may be my best way to express my thoughts, for now.
I was watching TV last night, something I rarely do, and I was watching 20/20 on ABC. Between 2 segments promoting the homosexual lifestyle (why I don’t watch tv) I saw an amazing story about a brother of ours in Christ.
His name is Nick Vujicic. He was born without limbs and has learned to walk…. His mom gave him a great instruction, when he was very young she told him to speak, whenever someone was staring at him. Well, he took that to heart and has become quite an amazing public speaker. Nick is taking the Gospel and the message of Jesus to the whole world.
You can check out his ministry at www.lifewithoutlimbs.org . He was quite inspiring and I think everyone should hear him speak. I was also thankful, that a bit of Kingdom news, got out amungst the constant preaching of evil, done by mainstream television. I’m posting a short youtube video of Nick so you can see what I did.
After yesterday’s post I start to think about the scripture. It seems I go to the word whenever I’m troubled. I know that is what you are supposed to do, but until the last few years I never did. I’m leaning towards the A- Millennialist view point and so I wonder is the devil really bound now? If I interpret the scripture correctly, then he is. Then all the evil in the world is a result of the wickedness of man? Or is the devil only unable to mess with those of us who are sealed? I know these are questions that Bible scholars battle about, but it is very scary to think that the devil is not loose. And how bad things will be, when he is lossed for the short time. I will just have to pray to keep him away, loose or not.Pretty heavy thinking for a Friday morning. I think I will go fly a kite.
I am so lucky. The devil seems to leave me alone. I rarely have bad days and I find evil keeps away from me. It might be because I pray for that daily. But the deceiver finds his way into my life through others. I can see him working in their lives. He causes pity pot behavior, He causes strife and unhappiness. He causes false ideas about immaterial things, he makes material things all important to those he preys upon. The frustrating part about it for me is that, though God is keeping the evil one away from me. The people I love, do not ask Him to do the same for them. I can pray it for them but I think they need to do it for themselves before the Lord will help. How do I get them to realize they have access to the Almighty? How do I get them to recognize the evil one? I guess I will pray about that.
Enfield’s Say Goodnight Gracie was my one true perfect dog. I had loved her ever since she was born in my kitchen, she was mine and I was hers. She was smart, beautiful and had a wonderful personality. I was so in love with her, I wanted to speed her development along, so I sent her to a professional trainer in Canada when she was only 10 months old. I had dreams of handling her to new heights in our breed. She was going to be a polished field dog and a great show dog. Dreams of madison square garden filled my stupid head. Well, she never returned home from Canada, She never achieved any of those meaningless things I was dreaming of. She never again got to be in my arms. She still however has a meaningful relationship with me. She is in my heart. The day she died, my life changed for ever. Quickly and I mean quickly my earthly life fell apart. My former partners brought a crippling law suit against me trying to prevent me from earning a living. I was not even intending on taking anything or anyone from them, I just wanted to be free. I lost all my money, I lost all my status, I was deceived and I was angry. I turned to looking for Gracie, and in the process I found Jesus. I had not known him before, I had always believed, but I did not know him. And I fear, he did not know me. I found him and began to know him because of Gracie. God used my love for Gracie to give me a nudge. And I have been seeking God and understanding, since that day. God also gave me a new charge, A charge that is not for me, but for him. Through dark days and what you may think, are awful circumstances, but I don’t. God has had my back. Worry has left me, and I now only have 1 hour left of contractual bondage and freedom is in my grasp. I go back to work in the morning, after quite a long time in the penalty box. God will help me to do what God wants me to do. And my business may or may not be successful, I guess that depends on what God thinks of it. I’m going to listen to him. Follow his charge and we will see where it goes. I sure it will be a great ride. Freedom is here again for me and I feel liberated. Of course, I have felt liberated ever since that day I was looking for Gracie and found my Lord. Thank you Jesus and thank you Gracie.
Some of you know and most of you do not, Last year I had an epiphany. Call it a conversation with God, call it a nudge from the Holy Spirit call it what ever you want. It was powerful. It changed my life. Not as dramatic as Paul’s visit on the road but powerful enough to bring this man to tears and leave me running for a pad in pencil to write it all down. God gave me specific instructions on things to do. I believe I have done all the specifics. He also gave a very broad outline for my mission, I thought I would share it with you, I urge you to seek God’s mission for your life, when he gives it to you, and he will. Write it down, Keep it handy and refer to it every day. Here is my little piece of kingdom work;My Creed
I will live and lead based on my principals. My character and reputation are built upon my values. I will do all things with integrity. Honesty, openness and creativity are my tools. I will strive to practice the 7 habits daily and implement the teachings of my Lord, Jesus Christ, into all aspects of my life.
My Mission
For the glory of God, I will dedicate my remaining years to leading others in the recognition and pursuit of their dreams while building deep and meaningful relationships. I will also focus on perfecting my own, God given gifts while learning patience and empathy. All this, will be done under guidance from God, through prayer.
When I was 18, I took astronomy 101 at the University of Iowa. It was an incredible class and Iowa has a world class astronomy department. The professor had an audience of 300 dumb kids and a gaggle of graduate students teaching the lab portion of the class. He made huge proclamations about the non-existence of God and big bang this, and evolution that. He taught that if you believed in creation, you were an idiot. I didn’t remember the professor’s name until today, His name is satan. I was a young Christian, two years baptized , my parents had just split up and my life, as I knew it, was gone. This man preyed on a entire room full of kids in similar positions and he helped me to question every thing I believed. I struggled for many years with my faith, I can direct some of this questioning to my impressions from that class. I have since found the truth in science and the truth of Jesus in the super natural. There is so much science today that proves creation, even quantum physics proves the existence of God in the universe. Using the same facts that satan twisted into his lie’s. I now have a better appreciation of the study of space. I’m continuing my learning about astronomy using all the data available on the www. I caution the parents out there. Teach your children to question what they learn in school, teach them the truth. Please teach them the truth, it will serve them well and it may keep them from struggling like I (we) did. Jonathan
As I sat to down to speak with the Father this morning, I could not wait to start our conversation. You see, I am struggling. I have many people in my family who are ill, not cold and flu stuff, but real serious illness. Most are incurable ailments that involve PAIN. Like you, I’m unable to do anything about any of it, I can only ask our Creator for help. I also have asked for forgiveness for hurting the ones I love. You see I have always felt it was not healthy to dwell on illness. I have always thought that the constant conversation about it only magnified the illness and kept the cycle of illness and pain going. And that not dwelling on it, would aid in the healing process. I still believe this, but I now understand why my dear ones always want to talk about it. They are in real pain and it is all consuming. The cant just dive into another mind occupying task that takes there mind off the pain that is ripping through there bodies. The devil has a hold of them and is hurting them, bad. Well, my attitude towards the illness has been apparent and now my dear ones avoid me. They realize I don’t want to give the illness the floor . So instead of talking about positive things and such with me. they just avoid conversations all together. What have I done here? How does one small attitude get so twisted around? I love all of them, so much more than they know. I just want them back, out of the clutches of the evil one and whole again. I know that this wont happen till we get to the Kingdom. So how do I redeem myself in their eye’s? I’m not sure. I have asked Jesus for help to point me in the right direction. I know he will.
