A buried treasure
November 13, 2010 at 2:27 pm | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: abortion, adult, alcohol, Almighty, anointing, answer, ateasetees, Batman, battered, believer, Bible, bitter, bitterness, bless, bold, boys, breakthrough, burger, buried treasure, calling, change, character, child, childhood, Christian, church, clown, coffer, comfort, community, compassion, compromise, congregation, cool, cotton candy, creator, crime, crushed, death, depart from Me, disease, divorce, drugs, Elvis, empty, entertain, evangelism, exposit, faith, fear, flock, forgive, foundation, generation, gentle, goat, God, gospel, grace, graphics, harsh, hell, hip, holy, homosexual, homosexuality, honor, hope, hurt, hype, integrity, Islam, Israel, Jesus, job, jot, Judge, judgment, kind, last resort, laugh, law, life, lights, lost, love, lure, marriage, meat, megachurch, memory, mercy, message, milk, mind, misunderstanding, money, movie clips, murder, Muslim, pain, parent, passion, pastor, peace, person, perspective, pew, plastic, play church, pornography, prayer, precious, pride, program, prominent, rant, reality, relevant, repent, righteous, sad, salvation, scripture, seeker sensitive, sermon, sex, shallow, shame, sheep, shepherd, sin, smile, song, soul, sound system, Southern Baptist, special, spring, stage, strength, strife, study, suicide, Superman, ten commandments, tittle, transcendent, tremble, trial, tribulation, truth, unemployed, universe, valuable, war, watered down, weight, wisdom, Word of Faith, works, worry, worship, wrath
Think of something precious to you. Not someone, some thing. Maybe this is a ring that has been handed down in your family for generations. Maybe this is a tool your grandfather gave you. It may be something from a loved one who is no longer here. Whatever it is, think about it. Could you describe it to me? What color is it? How big is it? What is it made of? Does it have any distinguishing features? Do you remember the day that you got it? Where you were? What was going on when you got it?
For most of us this exercise comes pretty easily. As humans, we hold on to those things that we hold dear. The things that are most important to use have a prominent place in our hearts. Now, think back on that object that is precious to you. See yourself holding it (if possible). Now imagine that you took the item outside; somewhere in your backyard. And you dug a hole, dropped that precious object into it, covered it back up with dirt, and tamped it down. Continue Reading A buried treasure…
How did we get here?
July 12, 2010 at 8:31 pm | Posted in Christianity | Leave a commentTags: abandon, adultery, afraid, America, anecdotes, answer, ateasetees, atheism, authority, awareness, backbiting, Bible, bickering, bishop, body, brain, brother, candy, cars, children, Christ, Christian, church, circle, clique, compromise, concern, conflict, context, craze, death, denomination, diligence, discipline, disobedience, distrust, divided, divorce, enhancement, error, evangelism, facade, fad, faith, false, family, fellowship, fight, flock, fornication, friendship, funny, further, game, gay, God, God told, gospel, gossip, grace, gratification, greener pastures, grief, head, heal, health, hell, history, holiness, holy, homosexual, homosexuality, honest, hope, houses, how did I get here, hungry, hurt, image, Jesus, jokes, judgment, justice, law, leader, life, love, malnourish, marriage, material, mercy, ministry, money, murder, narrow, non-Christian, numbers, off track, parent, pastor, path, peace, perseverance, pipe dream, planes, poor, pop quiz, pornography, positioning, power trip, prayer, preach, promise, prophet, prosperity, question, reach out, reason, religion, repent, responsibility, sad, saint, salvation, scripture, secular humanism, separation, sermon, shepherd, sick, sin, sister, sleep, snack, snakes, social, South, sovereignty, spiritual, standard, state, stop, stories, story, sugar, Sunday School, teacher, ten commandments, thorns, trend, trip, truth, universalism, vines, vision, watered down, weeds, work, world, worship, wrath
Have you ever had a moment to stop and look at your life? Have you ever stopped, examined your life and where you are, and wondered: How did I get here? I’ve done that a few times and it’s always been eye-opening. I never seem to have been where I thought I was. Sometimes I was further along than I thought and other times I wasn’t as far along as I expected. As I looked back on the path that I trod to get where I was, when I began studying where I walked, I could easily see the things that had gotten me off track. Things like disobedience, willful blindness, and sin led me off of the narrow path and out into the weeds. Because of my lack of diligence or awareness I had to work harder to get back on the path. I had to push through painful thorns and cut through the vines of worldliness that were trying to hold me down and choke me out. Through God’s grace alone, I am here. I’m cut up, bruised, and worn out, but I’m here. As I was pondering these things, I couldn’t help but wonder if the body of Christ has ever done this. I can think of one time when I would say this happened, but other than that, I don’t think that something like this has ever taken place. I wonder why? Does the church not see where it is? Do they not care where they are going? Or are they afraid of what they’ll find? Regardless of the reason, I think that the church would benefit from taking a little time to look at where it is in the face of the state of the world. Continue Reading How did we get here?…
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