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24 October 2010
Waking up
Think of how it feels in the morning when you open your eyes for the first time. You open your eyes and the first gleam of dawn is peaking through the blinds or the moon is still smiling on you. But that first step is always the hardest, the first step of getting out of bed. Of actually starting the day before you. I got eye surgery on Wednesday (20 Oct) my eyes are still hurting and opening them in the morning is still one often hardest thing in my day. The first day or so I could see pretty well however over the past day or so they have gotten worse which is what the doctor said would happen. But still is a little scary. That is what I feel like spiritually some times. I am a brand new Christian (if you want to know more about why I say this ask me) and I am opening my eyes to who Jesus is and what it means to have a real relationship with Him. The first steps hurt they are hard, the first couple of days are really nice though you can see clearly and things make sense however then the third day hits and things get blurry again. This is one of the hardest parts because even though I know ideologically and theoretically things will get better it is really hard to believe some times. As a new Christian I am falling in love with Jesus for real for the first time and I am learning that relationships are not as easy as they are made to appear some times. They take a lot of time and energy however my relationship with Jesus is more than worth it and the time spent on this relationship on this love will not be waited or lost.
Jesus says to us that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all our soul, with your entire mind and with all your strength. And the second most important commandment is to love your neighbored as yourself.
But the most important one is to love Him. If my whole focus is to love Him with all that I have of metal power, physical power, and emotional power the love for him will be returned to me and will overflow on those near to my life like my neighbors. Jesus never asks us to give or do anything that we do not have or we cannot do.
I pray
Jesus give me the strength to realize that I have not strength, give me the wisdom to recognize that I have no wisdom because without you a am nothing and I can do thinking. Please fill me with you and teach me every day to love you more and more.
Jesus says to us that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all our soul, with your entire mind and with all your strength. And the second most important commandment is to love your neighbored as yourself.
But the most important one is to love Him. If my whole focus is to love Him with all that I have of metal power, physical power, and emotional power the love for him will be returned to me and will overflow on those near to my life like my neighbors. Jesus never asks us to give or do anything that we do not have or we cannot do.
I pray
Jesus give me the strength to realize that I have not strength, give me the wisdom to recognize that I have no wisdom because without you a am nothing and I can do thinking. Please fill me with you and teach me every day to love you more and more.
05 October 2010
Wow freedom is amazing!
I have tasted freedom and I now have the taste in my mouth and I will never forget it. It like I was a slave all my life and never knew what freedom was or what I was missing so I never knew how much I would be willing to sacrifice to pursue it. But now I have tasted it I am not free yet but I know what I am fighting for.
I have been seeing signs that I am getting closer thought. Last night my best friend told me about some amazing news and normally I would have been happy but jealous but last night as he was telling me this story all I felt was a sense of overwhelming joy and peace. I was truly and deeply happy for him. This is a feeling that I have not felt in a long time because I normally compare myself to others and their success’s and it get arrogant or jealous over it. But last night none of that I was just filled with the joy of Jesus, pure and true for my friend. (Love you man).
In this journey towards freedom and starting to plan crops that will yield a mighty harvest of righteous first I have to clear the field. I have sowed many fields but they are laced with wheat and chaff, I have started to build a foundation but the foundation is laced with concrete and mud and it will not hold. I have to reap that harvest that I have sowed I have to clear the foundations that are not in accordance with God’s building codes (civil joke).
Cutting crops and throwing them out is not fun, breaking up the foundations is not a pleasant task. Pain is the name of the season, forward movement is the direction and freedom is the goal!!!
Have a great day and learn from my suffering. Sow only in your life the seeds of God that lead to righteous. Put the hard work in in the beginning, it is all worth it. Trust me.
Love God, grow closer to him daily!
Never, never, never, never, never settle for second best!!!!!
I have been seeing signs that I am getting closer thought. Last night my best friend told me about some amazing news and normally I would have been happy but jealous but last night as he was telling me this story all I felt was a sense of overwhelming joy and peace. I was truly and deeply happy for him. This is a feeling that I have not felt in a long time because I normally compare myself to others and their success’s and it get arrogant or jealous over it. But last night none of that I was just filled with the joy of Jesus, pure and true for my friend. (Love you man).
In this journey towards freedom and starting to plan crops that will yield a mighty harvest of righteous first I have to clear the field. I have sowed many fields but they are laced with wheat and chaff, I have started to build a foundation but the foundation is laced with concrete and mud and it will not hold. I have to reap that harvest that I have sowed I have to clear the foundations that are not in accordance with God’s building codes (civil joke).
Cutting crops and throwing them out is not fun, breaking up the foundations is not a pleasant task. Pain is the name of the season, forward movement is the direction and freedom is the goal!!!
Have a great day and learn from my suffering. Sow only in your life the seeds of God that lead to righteous. Put the hard work in in the beginning, it is all worth it. Trust me.
Love God, grow closer to him daily!
Never, never, never, never, never settle for second best!!!!!
12 September 2010
50th post......motivation
This is my 50th post this is so cool. Now I feel like I am moving forward in the blogging community.
People here at West Point see me as "BIG JOE" with no end of energy and motivation. Who is always excited and motivated. And that Sucks!!! Because it is hard to live life under that kind of pressure. I have stopped trying to pretend to be and have motivation that I do not have. I have gotten a lot better when I am hurting I let people know and I do not hid it as much anymore. But it is still really hard.
For instance yesterday at the football game. My job is "Mic Man" I am down on the field and my job is just me running around trying to motivate and pump up 4000 people who do not want to be there. It is hard especially when we are losing the day is hot and people have lost heart. I am not really a football guy and I do not do it because I like the sport. But I do it because I like to motivate and inspire people to do their best and to never quite so I put my all out there. I push myself to the limit; pull all the stops, empty the reserves and quite literally waist myself. When I finish a game all I want to do is go back to my room and curl up in a little ball and cry. That really is it. I am incapable of doing anything else.
I am still not quite sure why I do it? I do not really like the job and it really sucks and hurts a lot but why do I do it week after week? Again I am not sure.
Maybe it is because it has to do with my attitude. I think that attitude is the most important thing. Because my attitude is the only thing that I and I alone control. I cannot decide to be happy today I cannot decided to be energetic today but I can decide to have a good attitude today and that I what I try and do every day.
People here at West Point see me as "BIG JOE" with no end of energy and motivation. Who is always excited and motivated. And that Sucks!!! Because it is hard to live life under that kind of pressure. I have stopped trying to pretend to be and have motivation that I do not have. I have gotten a lot better when I am hurting I let people know and I do not hid it as much anymore. But it is still really hard.
For instance yesterday at the football game. My job is "Mic Man" I am down on the field and my job is just me running around trying to motivate and pump up 4000 people who do not want to be there. It is hard especially when we are losing the day is hot and people have lost heart. I am not really a football guy and I do not do it because I like the sport. But I do it because I like to motivate and inspire people to do their best and to never quite so I put my all out there. I push myself to the limit; pull all the stops, empty the reserves and quite literally waist myself. When I finish a game all I want to do is go back to my room and curl up in a little ball and cry. That really is it. I am incapable of doing anything else.
I am still not quite sure why I do it? I do not really like the job and it really sucks and hurts a lot but why do I do it week after week? Again I am not sure.
Maybe it is because it has to do with my attitude. I think that attitude is the most important thing. Because my attitude is the only thing that I and I alone control. I cannot decide to be happy today I cannot decided to be energetic today but I can decide to have a good attitude today and that I what I try and do every day.
10 September 2010
William Borden
NO RESERVE
NO RETREAT
NO REGRET
this is a man who inherited a whole lot of money, he took a trip around the world while he was in his teens. During this trip he saw the world and felt called to be a missionary. Because of this decision many people wondered what he was going because a person in his position he could literally go any where he wanted. In response he wrote two words in his bible, “No Reserve.”
He went to Yale and very quickly noticed as the man whose heart was fully surrendered to Christ. He made a huge impact during this time at Yale. A small prayer group he stated by the time he left contained over ¾ of the college students. Upon graduation he turned down some very high paying jobs and in his bible he added two more words, “No Retreat.”
He continued his journey towards the mission field. He felt he had been called to China to be a missionary to the Muslims in China. His journey took him to seminary in New Jersey then to Egypt to learn Arabic. However not even a month after getting to Egypt he contracted spinal meningitis and died. His death was received very hard back in the states. In his bible before he died he had added two more words, “No Regret”
WOW…this man never even made it to the field he has been working towards. If that had been me I think I would have been so discouraged. However he was not discouraged he was secure in the grace and will of God. Because he knew that all he had to do was stay in the center of God’s perfect will and he would be and do exactly what God’ wanted him to.
All men die but few men really live…..
THIS MAN REALLY LIVED!!!!!!
Info for William Borden
NO RETREAT
NO REGRET
this is a man who inherited a whole lot of money, he took a trip around the world while he was in his teens. During this trip he saw the world and felt called to be a missionary. Because of this decision many people wondered what he was going because a person in his position he could literally go any where he wanted. In response he wrote two words in his bible, “No Reserve.”
He went to Yale and very quickly noticed as the man whose heart was fully surrendered to Christ. He made a huge impact during this time at Yale. A small prayer group he stated by the time he left contained over ¾ of the college students. Upon graduation he turned down some very high paying jobs and in his bible he added two more words, “No Retreat.”
He continued his journey towards the mission field. He felt he had been called to China to be a missionary to the Muslims in China. His journey took him to seminary in New Jersey then to Egypt to learn Arabic. However not even a month after getting to Egypt he contracted spinal meningitis and died. His death was received very hard back in the states. In his bible before he died he had added two more words, “No Regret”
WOW…this man never even made it to the field he has been working towards. If that had been me I think I would have been so discouraged. However he was not discouraged he was secure in the grace and will of God. Because he knew that all he had to do was stay in the center of God’s perfect will and he would be and do exactly what God’ wanted him to.
All men die but few men really live…..
THIS MAN REALLY LIVED!!!!!!
Info for William Borden
09 September 2010
THE THIEF
John 10:10
The thief comes ONLY to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY,
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
The thief, Satan comes and when he comes it is only for one purpose…
Kill our lives
Destroy our souls
Steal our hearts
But he does not look like a thief when he comes knocking at the window. He looks good, really good some times. It only we could see past his disguises. Jesus can so that is why we need to let Jesus guard and lead our lives.
If we could see the damage that Satan wants to causes we would never even think about letting him in. I wish that I had known the damage I would sustain by letting the thief in. I know now the damage only through experience and years of working through the repairs.
Our life is such a precious and fragile things we have to take such careful care of it.
In proverbs there is a verse that says guard your heart with all diligence for from it flow the well springs of life.
This is no joke at all!
We use our minds to decide what we are going to do and how but it is our hearts that tell us if what we are going is in accordance with God’s will.
But there is something here that is different. Once the thief tries once he does not leave us alone. He will continue to attack until he gets in or until the day we die and are out of his reach. This perpetual guarding against the thief never stops. Once we have locked a window we have to constantly make sure that it is not coming lose. We cannot assume that it is locked and that we will never be bothered from it again.
There is warning that I have learned the hard way:
Remain vigilant on all fronts. Guard your heart because it is the center of your live. (Jesus lives there let him help you keep 24 hour security.)
Some lessons in life are best not learned through personal experience
The thief comes ONLY to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY,
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
The thief, Satan comes and when he comes it is only for one purpose…
Kill our lives
Destroy our souls
Steal our hearts
But he does not look like a thief when he comes knocking at the window. He looks good, really good some times. It only we could see past his disguises. Jesus can so that is why we need to let Jesus guard and lead our lives.
If we could see the damage that Satan wants to causes we would never even think about letting him in. I wish that I had known the damage I would sustain by letting the thief in. I know now the damage only through experience and years of working through the repairs.
Our life is such a precious and fragile things we have to take such careful care of it.
In proverbs there is a verse that says guard your heart with all diligence for from it flow the well springs of life.
This is no joke at all!
We use our minds to decide what we are going to do and how but it is our hearts that tell us if what we are going is in accordance with God’s will.
But there is something here that is different. Once the thief tries once he does not leave us alone. He will continue to attack until he gets in or until the day we die and are out of his reach. This perpetual guarding against the thief never stops. Once we have locked a window we have to constantly make sure that it is not coming lose. We cannot assume that it is locked and that we will never be bothered from it again.
There is warning that I have learned the hard way:
Remain vigilant on all fronts. Guard your heart because it is the center of your live. (Jesus lives there let him help you keep 24 hour security.)
Some lessons in life are best not learned through personal experience
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