I am fine. And I have never been so broken. Though nothing has happened directly to me I look around at my family and I see the effect of sin on those I love and it is killing me. I want to be able to do something. In my head there has got to be [...]
One of my all time favorite songs; Derek Webb’s “Wedding Dress”:
If you could love me as a wife
and for my wedding gift, your life
Should that be all I’d ever need
or is there more I’m looking for
and should I read between the lines
and look for blessings in disguise
To make me handsome, rich, and wise
Is that really [...]
More often than not when I’m seeking God’s will, I’m really asking for approval for a certain action. Rarely do I go with a blank slate, with no set notions in the works, and seek what God wants. I ask for certain things or certain outcomes in situations.
It’s never easy to realize when you are [...]
I wonder how we view ourselves, and how the gospel has affected the view of ourselves. I think that when everything boils down we can’t help but to think of ourselves of worthy. I know that the thought going through your head right now is some form of a disagreement with me, and I think [...]
Have you ever thought about, I mean put some effort into it, how you view the world? The truths (or really the Truth) that affect how we live our lives?
Living in the Bible belt I think that there are two worldviews for a lot of people. The one that they were raised in (which means [...]
I just listened to Francis Chan’s The End of The World (Part I) sermon thanks to Kristi Clements.
In all honesty it pretty much rocked me. I always have this thought that I love myself, that one of my priorities is me, and I know that I should have this desire to want things for others [...]
I was reading today in 2 Corinthians. At the beginning of chapter 8 Paul is talking about the church in Macedonia who were “in a severe test of affliction.” Which pretty much isn’t a good thing, but even in this “their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity [...]
How much correlation is there between knowing about God (His attributes, etc) with knowing God personally? For serious. You should let me know your thoughts.
The only person I love like myself is… myself.
That’s not very good according to the Word. I’m supposed to love my neighbor as myself. I’m supposed to love them and serve them as I’d want it to be done to me. Thank Christ for the forgiveness he shows me.
We are called to a radical lifestyle. [...]
A concept that I struggle to grasp and understand is grace. It sucks because this concept is one of the most integral parts of the gospel. That Christ loves us and we don’t deserve it, and that we should take joy in that. The problem with me not being able to understand this leads to [...]