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August 25, 2010
Haven't updated in a while - good reason. I've been trying to finish this demo cd - trying to make it not sound like a demo, although I'm finishing it in my spare bedroom at home. I want it to sound at least semi-professional.
I was thinking the other day...
On my phone, I can check facebook and twitter really fast with the apps. The apps are on my front screen along side my calendar and bible icons. Usual habit is to check facebook and twitter constantly. But I thought the other day, "How often do I read the bible on my phone compared to checking facebook and twitter?" - The answer is embarassing.
Solution - Turn the statistics around. i want it to be embarassing to the facebook and twiiter icons on my phone - not the bible.
How about you?
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August 11, 2010
Self awareness and importance is something everyone strives for.
Everybody wants to know "who" they are and "what" they're suppose to do - and they want to be good at it. (Or is that just me?)
The world around you pumps pseudo junk like this at you all the time. From movies, tv, news, diet supplements, online, and every other media portal - we walk away with the, "It's all about me" mind set.
As followers of God - our self awareness and importance has to be propelled by God.
But God does want you to know "who" you are and "what" you are suppose to do...
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. (Gal 6 MSG)
Experience the freedom and power of being "you" in Christ.
It's not the self destructive awareness the world pushes - but the empowering and unifying awareness of followers of God.
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August 9, 2010
First day of the new school year! Sixth grade and ninth grade begins.
I can't say enough how proud I am of my two beautiful girls - each so unique and God gifted.
It's gonna be great watching them this year continue to grow into the women that God wants them to be.
______________________________________
August 4, 2010
This is an eye opener to read first thing in the morning...
It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on. (Gal 5 MSG)
It makes me think twice about getting my own way.
Everything on this list, it seems, is what we all face everyday. It's a cut throat world we live in - a heartless, cold, hurtful, bleeding world. More than half of the list are things we can see each week on American Idol.
And we are encouraged in this behavior.
How much of this list shows up in your everday life? How much of this list do you portray?
I want none of it!
But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard - things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. (Gal 5 MSG)
I want all of that!
Haven't updated in a while - good reason. I've been trying to finish this demo cd - trying to make it not sound like a demo, although I'm finishing it in my spare bedroom at home. I want it to sound at least semi-professional.
I was thinking the other day...
On my phone, I can check facebook and twitter really fast with the apps. The apps are on my front screen along side my calendar and bible icons. Usual habit is to check facebook and twitter constantly. But I thought the other day, "How often do I read the bible on my phone compared to checking facebook and twitter?" - The answer is embarassing.
Solution - Turn the statistics around. i want it to be embarassing to the facebook and twiiter icons on my phone - not the bible.
How about you?
_______________________________________
August 11, 2010
Self awareness and importance is something everyone strives for.
Everybody wants to know "who" they are and "what" they're suppose to do - and they want to be good at it. (Or is that just me?)
The world around you pumps pseudo junk like this at you all the time. From movies, tv, news, diet supplements, online, and every other media portal - we walk away with the, "It's all about me" mind set.
As followers of God - our self awareness and importance has to be propelled by God.
But God does want you to know "who" you are and "what" you are suppose to do...
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. (Gal 6 MSG)
Experience the freedom and power of being "you" in Christ.
It's not the self destructive awareness the world pushes - but the empowering and unifying awareness of followers of God.
______________________________________
August 9, 2010
First day of the new school year! Sixth grade and ninth grade begins.
I can't say enough how proud I am of my two beautiful girls - each so unique and God gifted.
It's gonna be great watching them this year continue to grow into the women that God wants them to be.
______________________________________
August 4, 2010
This is an eye opener to read first thing in the morning...
It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on. (Gal 5 MSG)
It makes me think twice about getting my own way.
Everything on this list, it seems, is what we all face everyday. It's a cut throat world we live in - a heartless, cold, hurtful, bleeding world. More than half of the list are things we can see each week on American Idol.
And we are encouraged in this behavior.
How much of this list shows up in your everday life? How much of this list do you portray?
I want none of it!
But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard - things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. (Gal 5 MSG)
I want all of that!
horton's who, inc. 2010
