Thu, Nov 26th - 12:32AM
just another miracle
Hey It would be wrong not to praise God anywhere I can for this.
A couple of weeks ago Taryn (my wife for newcomers) had her yearly mamagram and they found something. There followed the expected poor communication and reshedules, but the apointment for a needle biopsy for breast cancer was scheduled. Coincidentally I reconnected with Lee from this webside about two weeks ago also. She is the greatest prayer warrior that I know. We caught up on old times and shared this praye concern and Lee promised to pay for Taryn. We didn't really tell anyone else, prefering to wait until we knew more. Taryn's mother died of beast cancer and we kind of accepted the possibility that it might occur in Taryn. We did feel pretty confident that if the biopsy was positive it would be an early detection and an easier battle. We waited thru two weeks of nervous confidence The appointment was yesterday. Of course, the doctors office was behind schedule, and ran late. But then she was done earlier than expected. "They didn't do the biopsy," she announced. "They couldn't find the mass. They looked and looked and called for help but they couldn't find anything to biopsy. It was gone!" I guess its worth mentioning that God could have made it so they never found anything in the first place. But this gave God a chance to show his power, and love. And for us to grow closer through the experience.
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Sun, Nov 8th - 12:44PM
worship
Hey, We saw the David Crowder Band in concert a few weeks ago... and I'm still worshiping.
When a great worship leader is working, he disappears and only Who he is singing about becomes visible. How He Loves Us
David Crowder Band He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all
He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all
And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…
That He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
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Thu, Oct 22nd - 5:20PM
Personal Update
Hey I guess there is almost no one still there who knows me but a faithful friend has asked for an update so here goes. We are at a new church. The bad feelings are mostly gone from the old church. I wrestled with whether to approach the leaders to make peace, and did apologize to one elder for my part. His response was disappointing and I decided that many of my motives for approaching people would have been for my benefit, and probably would have made things worse anyway. I expect that things will never improve between anyof us. But we will all move on. Sorry to lead with the negative, but that is where I left off. The new church is great. We have plugged in, but not in all the areas that we used to serve. I have taught Bible studies and even preached once. But I have turned down any thought of being in leadership. In fact I am teaching a month long series on discipleship next month. Two hours each Sunday afternoon, on Bible, prayer, fellowship and tithing. We have a Bible study in John at our house each week. I am mentoring a couple of kids. Oh and I was Moses for a class of one 10 year old last week. Everything else is good. The kids are in college. We have been cut a little in the bad economy, but are getting by. We are much less busy now. I thinnk that maybe I did so much in part because I was trying to "stay on God's good side." At least, I know that I wasn't doing it all for the joy of serving God. I didn't do a lot of it with joy; at least the parts that weren't teaching. So now I want to teach when I can, and avoid the rest like the plague. I see now that God doesn't NEED us to bring His Kingdom, (He can make happen what He will make happen) He just invites us to be part of it. I tried to write for a while, but it never took off. I don't get on the interenet much. I do wish you all the best. Love God. Let Him love You.
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Tue, Oct 14th - 12:33AM
From Greg Boyd How we need to be freed from the illusion that we’re doing anything kingdom by voting a certain way every couple years! How we need to wake up to the truth that we vote for or against the Kingdom every day of our life. We vote by how we spend our money and time. We vote by where we live, who we hang out with, the kind of car we drive and the kind of clothes we wear. In the Kingdom, we vote with our lives, not in a booth expressing our opinion about what Caesar should do.
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Mon, Sep 1st - 2:07PM
What Was Jesus Writing? John 8:1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
11"No one, sir," she said.
"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." What was Jesus writing? Maybe we should deal with what we do know before we get distracted by the unknown.
I can’t help but wonder, which side would I have been on in this scene. Of course, we know how the story turns out. I like to think I would have rushed to the woman’s side and stood between her and her accusers. That I would have been there to demonstrate grace for those vile, legalist Pharisees. But I don’t know. How many other times have I stood up for a known sinner? An outcast? When the "religious" are condemning Clinton, or Obama, or gay marriage, do I ever suggest grace? Excuse me while I find a place to drop this stone.
Have you ever felt condemned? The Pharisees planned this show. The waited until Jesus had a big crowd and then went and got the person they knew would most be seen as guilty. Because if there had been a thought that she might be innocent, that would have given Jesus a way out. They knew right where to find her. They dragged her out, maybe barely covered to enhance her shame, and cast her in the dirt before Jesus. That is our rightful place, by the way, not standing with a stone, but in the dirt before Jesus.
How beautiful then is verse 10! How long had it been since she was able to look up and not feel condemned? Here was the whole city, gathered to judge her, and they had simply walked away. For once there was no one there to shake their heads. To spit on her. How great it must have felt to have them simply walk away. To admit that they were no better. To be accepted.
What was Jesus writing? I don’t know. I’m still trying to deal with what he said.
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