The Wolrd Needs to See Us Broekn

The world needs to see us broken, gone are the days when I sold "perfect Christianity." Christianity that sells the world we are perfect or there is some way to be perfect. Because we are not and because I am not. We do not need to present a much more perfect way, a divine walk a prosperous lifestyle. We need to show them we are loved and we can lead them home. I think at base level we need to comfort, we need to forgive we need to let the world know we are forgiven. We need to let them know they are loved.



We are broken vessels, we are repaired and used by the Master's hand. We are broken and whole all at the same time. We are divorced, if not from our spouses from Jesus... before we get saved. After getting saved we are still broken, we are addicts, we are defunk, we are filled with Grace, Truth and Life. We are a contradiction.



We struggle and we need to show them that. We to need to acknowledge that we get it wrong, daily. We need to be open to see people as they really are, where they are at and meet them there. We need to realize and be willing to admit we need Jesus before the world will ever admit they need Jesus.




We live for Him, we get it wrong, He still loves us and that is the matter. We could not love Him otherwise. We need to show them we love a God who loves us. We love the good Samaritan... We love Jesus. We need to not stand in judgement and say we are better or even different. The difference is Jesus not us. CONSOLATION... Not PERFECTION - not in the sense of being sinless - Perfection in the sense of being made complete with the Father through Jesus Christ His Son.



We need to tell the world that. We need to show the world we are human. We need to show the world we struggle. Sin does not have dominion over us, how...

Grace and the power of the Holy Spirit. Mostly it is the blood of Jesus and His life in us the hope of glory!

July 9th 2008

T-Shirt Design idea:

"We matter both ways..." via Angela Hughes

I matter

E=MC2

Then Angela said "we matter" can be represented in three different ways:

We matter E=MC2
We matter to God = place of value or worth
What's the matter = an emotional state (usually negative)

I put a sign by my fig tree today for Debbie Melito's sister who lives caddy corner behind our house, she travels through our yard on her way to Debbie's house just down the street. Our fig tree is really abundantly producing this year and I put a sign up with the following scripture to encourage her to enjoy some of the figs too. God's heart is for us to help take care of others and to be a blessing.

Leviticus 23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

There is always a reward for serving the Lord and honoring his commands. See this scripture that popped up when I searched online for the Lev reference.

Deuteronomy 24:19
"When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

I want the LORD to bless me, and he has. I want us to be a blessing to all people the LORD has called us to bless.

Mal 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

Mt 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Mt 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Ro 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.Ro 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Ga 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Re 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Ps 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Ps 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

Ps 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Ps 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Wow

I Like Flat Coke

I remember as a kid going to my dad's house to visit. Usually a weekend stay, sometimes a Saturday cook out or family get together. One of the things I remembered in my own home tonight was ... flat coke.

See dad used to buy the cheap brand of cola and they oftentimes had that "not so fresh" and watery taste. They would usually come from half empty bottles that sat for long periods of time in between use.

Dad and his household used fruit juices to mix their cocktails and so the colas often sat for a day or two etc...

So here I am tonight drinking a glass of flat cola that was left next to my plate since dinner. That was around 9:00PM it is now 1:30AM.

I have not thought of or had that familiar taste in well, since I was a kid visiting my dad's house.

It struck me how the unpleasant and often overlooked things in life, even the minuscule slight annoyances can be triggers later on to become awesome memories.

Even if it is, flat coke.

I miss my dad; he's been gone now about 6-7 years. Every once in a while I get a nudge from God that he's there, I also get those moments when I feel like his son. I can't wait to see him again!

Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.