The Beauty

My family has been having some serious talks since I got back for Thanksgiving…great, spiritual talks!  Before now, I have never seen our family interact like this, and I am loving every minute of it!  It is awesome to see God grow my whole family, not only individually, but as a whole.  This is all a product of God and his incredible power and sovereignty to grow us.  I love sitting back and looking at where our family used to be, and looking at it now.  I could not have ever noticed this until this summer, when God revealed Himself to me in a way that would not allow me to deny Him.  I LOVE IT!  All it does is push me more and more to Him.  He gets all the glory because there is nothing that I did to make myself worthy to gain salvation.  It was His more than sufficient grace.  I never would have thought to have these “spiritual” talks with my family before, but now I see it as an opportunity to share our lives with each other.  Take a look at 1 Thessalonians 2: 8!!!

 

Talk with your family!  It is unreal

So Good

I got home a few hours ago, and it is awesome!  I am truly blessed with an amazing family.  I cannot wait to just chill with them for a few days!  I am also looking forward to some good home cooked meals.  I have not had one in about three months!!!!!

Home

I am heading back to the east coast tomorrow afternoon, and I cannot wait!  I have not been home all semester.  It’s going to be awesome to see my family and all my friends!  But, it kind of makes me wonder…why am I not this excited about my relationship with Jesus all the time?  At times the thirst is unquenchable, but than at some points my human element takes over, and I just get ridiculous complacent.  So, then the goal is to set my eyes on Jesus.

Inspired Scripture

This morning I was in a Bible Study, and we were going over 2 Timothy 3: 16-17.  After reading through that and talking for a minute, I remembered something I found very interesting in the commentary in my Bible.  It was about the part that said “all scripture is inspired by God.”  The commentary said to remember the fact that it was the scripture that was inspired, not the scripture writer.  At first I was slightly confused at this.  After thinking for a moment it started to become a little more clear.  Scripture is the very WORD of God.  They are His words and not the writers.  The writers were God’s chosen vessels to deliver the message.  What an honor, huh???  Just a little taste of what I am learning right now…

 

Do you take pride in what God is doing through you?  I am guilty at times…just remember, whatever God is doing through you, it is His work and not yours.  You are the chosen vessel!  A true honor, because as humans, we deserve no such honor.  We are capable of nothing on our own.

LECRAE

Finally got the new Lecrae CD!  So money.  I mean, other than the fact that his lyrics are sick, his overall sound, beats, and flow are as good as any rapper; Christian or not!  I mean it is legit.  By far his best CD in my opinion!!!  Buy that junk!!!!!!!!!

Be Equipped

I was doing a little reading this morning, and it was 2 Timothy 3: 16-17.  Verse 16 talks about ALL scripture being inspired by God.  It also speaks of the uses of scripture.  Verse 17 is the part I got wrapped up in.  The last sentence even!  The commentary in my Bible says of  verse 17, “Equipped for every good work.  Enabled to meet all the demands of godly ministry and righteous living.  The Word not only accomplishes this in the life of the man of God(preachers of divine truth) but in all who follow him.”  This morning was perfect timing on this or me.  Over the course of this weekend, I was striving to figure out and pray through why at times I feel somewhat distant from my Savior.  After reading this verse, it is apparent that my problem is my own fault…when I feel distant, I’m not actively studying the Word of God.  How can I expect to feel close to Him when I am not investigating His character everyday?!?!?!

Uncomfortability

Do we strive to be continually uncomfortable as Christians today?  This has been on my mind in one way or another for a while now.  I think that is essentially our calling, yet it is overlooked to say the least in most circles, in my opinion.  I know that from time to time, I will take a step back and think about how comfortable I feel in my life.  Was Jesus ever comfortable with His ministry and the people He was reaching?  I think no would be an understatement.  He found His comfort in the fact that He was here for a bigger purpose.  Do we???  I know I could do a way better job at this…get out of your comfort zone!

Obama????

What do you think about the blog in this link?  Pretty good stuff in my opinion…

 

Give me your thoughts

Rebel

I bought Lecrae’s new CD yesterday.  It should be here in a few days!  I am too pumped for this.   Here is a little taste of the new CD:

 

THIS STUFF IS HOT!!!

If you lust you go to hell.

“Jesus said, ‘if you don’t fight lust, you won’t go to heaven.’”

-John Piper

Does anyone have an opinion on this???  Be honest…I want to know what y’all think!