Thank you God for Your unfailing love...
I love you too!
-r
Monday, October 16, 2006
Friday, October 06, 2006
stuff
OK...so it has been a while. I have been busy...very busy.
I had all of these thoughts running through my head that I wanted to post. I was in the shower thinking about things. Then I logged in after my shower and start perusing other people's sites...I am not sure if I remember what I was going to blog about. :)
I know one thing was this:
I was cleaning the shower before I took one. It was dirty. Very dirty. I had to scrub hard. It got me to thinking about spiritual applications. How we always try to clean up our lives...we can work hard at it, not even really noticing that we are working on it ourselves. The thing is...we don't have to. Now, don't leave just yet. I am not saying we don't need to change, that is what repentance is all about. We make a 180 degree turn. We change. For Christ. And He is the one that does the cleaning. We can't. He doesn't even have to scrub...that's power man. It also reminds me of the part in "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" by C.S. Lewis, where Eustace had turned into a dragon because he was so beastly, but then he changes...and that causes him to want to change. Make since? :) In comes Aslan. Takes him to peel off the dragon scales to return to his 'boy' self again. He finds something like a zipper and quickly unzips it, only to find that as he steps out, he is still a dragon. Bummer that. So he tries again...same thing. Several times until Aslan says that He needs to do it and tells Eustace to turn around. With a nice big motion of His paw, he digs the claws in and rips the scales off of Eustace. It hurts, but not for long as the scales just come apart. There is Eustace in what looks like new skin...Aslan lets him take a bath in the coolest water...it stings right at first, but then is the most refreshing bath he ever has. Good stuff....Jesus does the work, it may hurt, but not for long...as everything is as new. But at this point, you have a responsibility. Turn your life around. Do not conform to this world...not that hard really. Your priorities, your focus changes. You focus on Christ. As much as you can.
Another thing I was going to write about was something similar. I shaved tonight...the entire face. Didn't leave the goatee...I shaved my whole face. Feels weird...but it is like getting a fresh start. It's nice. I could write more, but I am tired. So I will leave it at that.
Until next time...
I had all of these thoughts running through my head that I wanted to post. I was in the shower thinking about things. Then I logged in after my shower and start perusing other people's sites...I am not sure if I remember what I was going to blog about. :)
I know one thing was this:
I was cleaning the shower before I took one. It was dirty. Very dirty. I had to scrub hard. It got me to thinking about spiritual applications. How we always try to clean up our lives...we can work hard at it, not even really noticing that we are working on it ourselves. The thing is...we don't have to. Now, don't leave just yet. I am not saying we don't need to change, that is what repentance is all about. We make a 180 degree turn. We change. For Christ. And He is the one that does the cleaning. We can't. He doesn't even have to scrub...that's power man. It also reminds me of the part in "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" by C.S. Lewis, where Eustace had turned into a dragon because he was so beastly, but then he changes...and that causes him to want to change. Make since? :) In comes Aslan. Takes him to peel off the dragon scales to return to his 'boy' self again. He finds something like a zipper and quickly unzips it, only to find that as he steps out, he is still a dragon. Bummer that. So he tries again...same thing. Several times until Aslan says that He needs to do it and tells Eustace to turn around. With a nice big motion of His paw, he digs the claws in and rips the scales off of Eustace. It hurts, but not for long as the scales just come apart. There is Eustace in what looks like new skin...Aslan lets him take a bath in the coolest water...it stings right at first, but then is the most refreshing bath he ever has. Good stuff....Jesus does the work, it may hurt, but not for long...as everything is as new. But at this point, you have a responsibility. Turn your life around. Do not conform to this world...not that hard really. Your priorities, your focus changes. You focus on Christ. As much as you can.
Another thing I was going to write about was something similar. I shaved tonight...the entire face. Didn't leave the goatee...I shaved my whole face. Feels weird...but it is like getting a fresh start. It's nice. I could write more, but I am tired. So I will leave it at that.
Until next time...
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