Passage of the Day:
John 6:47-69
Verse of the Day:
2 Corinthians 12:10
So because of Christ, I am pleased in weakness, insults, catastrophes, in persecutions, and in pressures. For when I am weak, then I am Strong.
I don't have as much time to write what I want to, and I want to write a lot. God has done a ton in my life over the last few days, and it has to be shared. What I can say right now though, is that the above passage and verse are being amplified in my life through extraordinary ways right now. I'm daily learning the power of dying daily, and that without Christ's power overtaking my flesh, I am completely weak and worthless. In communication, relationships, plans, leadership,actions, thoughts. Everything. When Christ asks, "Who will you follow, disciple?", I will answer You, and You alone. There are more reasons for this cry of my heart than I can count, but one of them, is that following Christ gives me Strength to do all things. Apart from Him, I can do nothing. But in Him, I can be the man He made me to be. Who will I follow? I will follow Him, and follow Him strongly.
18 April, 2010
14 April, 2010
Dirt Road
I've had a lot of thoughts lately of regret. Regret from the fact that, here I am, almost at the end of this semester (my eighth, mind you) and God has supplied me with so many underserved privileges, responsibilities, experiences, roles, and last but absolutely not the least, relationships, and I have not recorded them. If anybody has noticed a gap since my last entry, all I can say is I'm really sorry. I've cheated not just you, in that I haven't shared what the Lord has done for, and in my life, but I've cheated myself as well. If you know me well, you know that I love reflection. Proverbs 16:1 says "The reflections of a man's are his...". I read a quote recently that said, What good is a life, if nothing is learned from it?" While I'll always have these God given experiences, I wish I would have shared them with you more. I am turning over a new leaf though. If I don't, keep me accountable, I promise, God is always doing enough in our lives to share with each other.
I'm writing this at dusk of a beautiful evening in Fayetteville...in the middle of a field. If you haven't seen it, there is a gorgeous field near Garland and Drake, where the University does it's agricultural research. It's open all the time, and while its pretty obscure, I discovered it's a perfect place to connect with God through His creation. I parked my car in the middle of this little dirt road to have some reflection on the last few days, and semester as a whole. I eventually noticed this dirt road just appeared to go on forever into the sunset, and it made me think of where the title of this blog came from, Proverbs 16:9. I started to think how my life is like this dirt road. With its rough patches, bumpy ride, loose gravel, and open expanses on both sides with which to deviate off of the path. My life is pretty similar. This semester, I've definitely had my rough patches, and I've hit some speed bumps. There have been a lot of things that I've learned about myself that I had to learn without a smooth realization. There have been quite a few times this semester, where my footing wasn't sure on some 'gravely' issues. And lastly, there have been times where the open expanses, which contain all of the things that the world uses to get me off of God's dirt road path for my life, have tried to tempt me off course.
I look back on this road though, bumps, loose spots and all, and am unspeakably thankful for it. Because they have all taught me things which I needed to know to see Gods plan for my life. I'll unpack these things soon,, because like I said earlier, what good is my life, if nothing is shared or produced from it? But to wrap up for tonight, I think the best thing about my time out in this field was when I actually walked down this road. I actually thought with each step about the course and plans I had made for this semester, but how God had directed my steps completely differently. I stopped to look at the road ahead, and what I saw was a truly awesome destination! Rest assured, God won't get me there with the steps I plan to take, but with the steps that He leads me in, and they will be the best yet!
I'm writing this at dusk of a beautiful evening in Fayetteville...in the middle of a field. If you haven't seen it, there is a gorgeous field near Garland and Drake, where the University does it's agricultural research. It's open all the time, and while its pretty obscure, I discovered it's a perfect place to connect with God through His creation. I parked my car in the middle of this little dirt road to have some reflection on the last few days, and semester as a whole. I eventually noticed this dirt road just appeared to go on forever into the sunset, and it made me think of where the title of this blog came from, Proverbs 16:9. I started to think how my life is like this dirt road. With its rough patches, bumpy ride, loose gravel, and open expanses on both sides with which to deviate off of the path. My life is pretty similar. This semester, I've definitely had my rough patches, and I've hit some speed bumps. There have been a lot of things that I've learned about myself that I had to learn without a smooth realization. There have been quite a few times this semester, where my footing wasn't sure on some 'gravely' issues. And lastly, there have been times where the open expanses, which contain all of the things that the world uses to get me off of God's dirt road path for my life, have tried to tempt me off course.
I look back on this road though, bumps, loose spots and all, and am unspeakably thankful for it. Because they have all taught me things which I needed to know to see Gods plan for my life. I'll unpack these things soon,, because like I said earlier, what good is my life, if nothing is shared or produced from it? But to wrap up for tonight, I think the best thing about my time out in this field was when I actually walked down this road. I actually thought with each step about the course and plans I had made for this semester, but how God had directed my steps completely differently. I stopped to look at the road ahead, and what I saw was a truly awesome destination! Rest assured, God won't get me there with the steps I plan to take, but with the steps that He leads me in, and they will be the best yet!
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