We take things for granted. Life, family, love... We even take for granted the right to certain freedoms we have, not realizing that at any given moment it could be taken away.
We are guaranteed to the right to a fair trial, and to the right to a trial by jury. The jury is supposed to be of our peers. But how do you explain a jury of perdominantly white people for a trial where the defendant is a black man accused of killing a white cop?
How do we justify killing a man without giving him the benefit of a doubt even though there were eye-witnesses that recanted their stories.... How do we justify not letting him get a re-trial? Is it because he's black? Is it because he's convicted of killing a cop?
Or do we just take for granted that our legal system isn't as corrupt as what it seems to be?
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
In the midst of it all....
Bad things happen to good people. It seems as if that's the question we ask all the time... Why do bad things happen to good people. We make mistakes. We don't always do what we are supposed to do. When we do that, our actions not only affect us, but it effects those around us. We don't always see the mistake that the person made. We just ask... He/She was such a good person why did such a bad thing happen...
Bad things happen sometimes to get us to dig down deep. To get us to think about what it is that we need to possibly turn around not only with in us, but with the world around us. sometimes bad things happen because we need them to happen. If life stayed good, we wouldn't tell someone we loved them, we would go on assuming that they knew. If life stayed good, we wouldn't learn about who we are because we wouldn't take the time out to stop and spend time with God getting to know him. For it's when we get to know him that we find out what our purpose is, and in finding out our purpose, we learn who we are, what we're capable of.
There have been many postings that refer to the story of David. Man did he go through some things on the way to becoming king... Through it all, he spent time and relied on God, and then wrote about it... Where do you think all of the Psalms that he's credited with came from... In the new Testament, Matthew 11:28, has Jesus telling us to rest in him when we are weary. To lay all of our burdens on him... How many of us do that? How many of us just walk around acting like things are OK instead of admitting we cannot handle it on our own? How many of us find other ways in which to deal with the hurt and end up in the process killing ourselves?
We have to get to a point where, we are depending on God more and more than we depend on ourselves and our own mind....
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.... Proverbs 3:5-7
Bad things happen sometimes to get us to dig down deep. To get us to think about what it is that we need to possibly turn around not only with in us, but with the world around us. sometimes bad things happen because we need them to happen. If life stayed good, we wouldn't tell someone we loved them, we would go on assuming that they knew. If life stayed good, we wouldn't learn about who we are because we wouldn't take the time out to stop and spend time with God getting to know him. For it's when we get to know him that we find out what our purpose is, and in finding out our purpose, we learn who we are, what we're capable of.
There have been many postings that refer to the story of David. Man did he go through some things on the way to becoming king... Through it all, he spent time and relied on God, and then wrote about it... Where do you think all of the Psalms that he's credited with came from... In the new Testament, Matthew 11:28, has Jesus telling us to rest in him when we are weary. To lay all of our burdens on him... How many of us do that? How many of us just walk around acting like things are OK instead of admitting we cannot handle it on our own? How many of us find other ways in which to deal with the hurt and end up in the process killing ourselves?
We have to get to a point where, we are depending on God more and more than we depend on ourselves and our own mind....
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.... Proverbs 3:5-7
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Timing
It's funny how this came about. Timing is everything. We learn that when something presents itself, when the opportunity comes... to just jump on it. But it makes you wonder why when God presents us with the perfect opportunity we don't take it. How is it that we can turn down the chance to have everlasting life, yet we can't pass up that new job... or that one-day sale. Makes you wonder doesn't it?
Saturday, August 6, 2011
In your Presence
For in your presence
I am whole
In your Presence
My mind is clear
In your presence
I know which way to move
In your presence
I am free
For it is in your presence
That I draw
My strength
I draw my hope
I draw my peace
For it is in
And by your presence
That I can walk
Walk out my purpose
My anointing
I am whole
In your Presence
My mind is clear
In your presence
I know which way to move
In your presence
I am free
For it is in your presence
That I draw
My strength
I draw my hope
I draw my peace
For it is in
And by your presence
That I can walk
Walk out my purpose
My anointing
Friday, August 5, 2011
What man plans for evil- God uses as good
1 Samuel 18:17-30, 1 Samuel 19
..... But Saul thought to make David fall by the hands of the Philistines....
By this point, Saul wanted David killed. Saul recognized David's anointing. He recognized that, that was once his anointing and wanted to kill David because he now had it... Saul however, was a smart man. While he wanted to kill him, he knew he couldn't be the on to do it because David had God's anointing. Saul gets this idea to have the Philistines do it. This was supposed to be accomplished by David going out and actively seeking the Philistine's to attack and kill them as apart of the price for marrying his daughter.
What happens is, not only does David get the actual price, but he's able to go above and beyond what was asked. Because of this, Saul knew, and was beginning to learn exactly what and who David is and what he was destined to be.
Because Saul kept trying to kill David, David had to run. He had to flee, and in the process of his fleeing, he had to rely on God. This is when David writes a bunch of the Psalms that he has been credited with. During this process, David grows. David learns things about what he needs to do in order to have a successful kingdom. David had to go through this before he could become king. God had to remove him from all distractions, to get him to rely solely on him. David had to go through God's kindle. He had to be molded, and shaped and formed, but God couldn't do this while things were good. He had to go through the fire... and because of this, we know of him as a "Man after God's own heart..."
..... But Saul thought to make David fall by the hands of the Philistines....
By this point, Saul wanted David killed. Saul recognized David's anointing. He recognized that, that was once his anointing and wanted to kill David because he now had it... Saul however, was a smart man. While he wanted to kill him, he knew he couldn't be the on to do it because David had God's anointing. Saul gets this idea to have the Philistines do it. This was supposed to be accomplished by David going out and actively seeking the Philistine's to attack and kill them as apart of the price for marrying his daughter.
What happens is, not only does David get the actual price, but he's able to go above and beyond what was asked. Because of this, Saul knew, and was beginning to learn exactly what and who David is and what he was destined to be.
Because Saul kept trying to kill David, David had to run. He had to flee, and in the process of his fleeing, he had to rely on God. This is when David writes a bunch of the Psalms that he has been credited with. During this process, David grows. David learns things about what he needs to do in order to have a successful kingdom. David had to go through this before he could become king. God had to remove him from all distractions, to get him to rely solely on him. David had to go through God's kindle. He had to be molded, and shaped and formed, but God couldn't do this while things were good. He had to go through the fire... and because of this, we know of him as a "Man after God's own heart..."
Someone Else's Armor
1 Samuel 17:38-39
...... And David said unto Saul: I cannot go with these for I have not proved them.....
When David got ready to fight Goliath, Saul tried to give David his armor. Saul's armor was made for him, designed for him, yet he tried to put it on David. It make you wonder because why was Saul trying to put something on David designed for him? Why was he trying to impose himself on David?
Have you ever seen this, someone putting their "armor" on someone else? Armour, not being the literal meaning, but armor being a way of thinking, hopes, and dreams. Saul at this time was King. He had had God's favor on him and could do wondrous things. When Goliath showed up, Saul had lost his anointing. It had been given to David, and with the new anointing came the new way of thinking; David understood that the old way of thinking didn't work and hadn't worked for some time. David understood that his protection came from God and he had this thought tested and proven to him ten-fold on many occasions. The armor, not so much. It had shown it's unreliability in the face of the toughest challenges. Because of this, he knew that the armor would not help him it would only hinder them, so he shed it.......
Now think about this... What armor do you need to shed or reject?
...... And David said unto Saul: I cannot go with these for I have not proved them.....
When David got ready to fight Goliath, Saul tried to give David his armor. Saul's armor was made for him, designed for him, yet he tried to put it on David. It make you wonder because why was Saul trying to put something on David designed for him? Why was he trying to impose himself on David?
Have you ever seen this, someone putting their "armor" on someone else? Armour, not being the literal meaning, but armor being a way of thinking, hopes, and dreams. Saul at this time was King. He had had God's favor on him and could do wondrous things. When Goliath showed up, Saul had lost his anointing. It had been given to David, and with the new anointing came the new way of thinking; David understood that the old way of thinking didn't work and hadn't worked for some time. David understood that his protection came from God and he had this thought tested and proven to him ten-fold on many occasions. The armor, not so much. It had shown it's unreliability in the face of the toughest challenges. Because of this, he knew that the armor would not help him it would only hinder them, so he shed it.......
Now think about this... What armor do you need to shed or reject?
Friday, July 15, 2011
Trust-Letting it Go
Those of us that have been hurt, know that it's hard to trust. Whenever we see something that resembles the behavior of those who hurt us we shut down. Any little thing... We start to reveal what we only want people to see. Who we only want people to see. In all of it, in everything, we only show... only send our representative. It's said that when we have our first date with someone we send in our rep... But when does the rep go away? You would think after 20+ years of marriage that the person should feel like they can trust their spouse enough to bring out who they are, but they can't because they are still holding onto that hurt...
God teaches us that in order to become a new creature in him, we have to let go... I know that's easier said than done. Heck, there are things I still haven't let go, but I'm learning to. Letting go of past hurts and pains is the first step in being able to put away our representative. How do we get comfortable enough to let ourselves get over the hurt and pain? We have to get into a secret place with God. We have to tell him everything that is eating at us, why we feel the way we do etc... We have to start by opening up, by letting ourselves into the place that we have hidden away buried... We have to acknowledge the hurt, who hurt us, and why we felt hurt. When we take the time to go to God about it, he helps us to let it go, and when we let it go, it gives God the opportunity to restore the broken pieces of us back to better than who we were before the hurt. It's going to be an ongoing process, but at the end of it all, as God works on us, we can be that light in the world that God wants us to be. As God works on us, we walk away with a testimony. From our testimony, we teach.
Letting Go means learning to Trust that God has you in the palm of your hand....
"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength...." Isiah 40:31
God teaches us that in order to become a new creature in him, we have to let go... I know that's easier said than done. Heck, there are things I still haven't let go, but I'm learning to. Letting go of past hurts and pains is the first step in being able to put away our representative. How do we get comfortable enough to let ourselves get over the hurt and pain? We have to get into a secret place with God. We have to tell him everything that is eating at us, why we feel the way we do etc... We have to start by opening up, by letting ourselves into the place that we have hidden away buried... We have to acknowledge the hurt, who hurt us, and why we felt hurt. When we take the time to go to God about it, he helps us to let it go, and when we let it go, it gives God the opportunity to restore the broken pieces of us back to better than who we were before the hurt. It's going to be an ongoing process, but at the end of it all, as God works on us, we can be that light in the world that God wants us to be. As God works on us, we walk away with a testimony. From our testimony, we teach.
Letting Go means learning to Trust that God has you in the palm of your hand....
"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength...." Isiah 40:31
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