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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Put on your Glasses
Today in English class I put on my glasses for the first time in a long time. Wow. It was like watching HD television for the first time. That's when it hit me.
I didn't realize how ugly the world was without glasses. I didn't realize how ugly the world was without God. And honestly, I forgot.
I got used to the world without glasses.. without God. If you don't wear your glasses everyonce in a while, you become content with the ordinary. If you don't spend time with God everyonce in a while, you become content with your ordinary sinful life.
Put on your glasses. Read the Bible today.
I didn't realize how ugly the world was without glasses. I didn't realize how ugly the world was without God. And honestly, I forgot.
I got used to the world without glasses.. without God. If you don't wear your glasses everyonce in a while, you become content with the ordinary. If you don't spend time with God everyonce in a while, you become content with your ordinary sinful life.
Put on your glasses. Read the Bible today.
Monday, January 11, 2010
I'm Back
God wins. I figured out why I haven't wrote on here since September. Why I haven't read my bible consistently since summer. Why I haven't met with my pastor since summer. Why I haven't been able to pray like I want to. Why I have to dust off all the Christian books that have made such a huge impact on my life. Why I have an entry in my journal my pastor gave me to "keep myself accountable," only about once a month since the beginning of school.
Last Monday, I spoke at FCA. I summed up love. And I said that God doesn't want to restrain us with rules. God doesn't want to hold us back with rules. That's why God gave us the New Testament. That's why God gave His only perfect son, Jesus Christ. God doesn't want us to follow the rules in order to love. God wants us to love. Period. If we love, everything falls into place. God doesn't want us to operate out of guilt. God doesn't want us to operate because we have to operate that way.
Today, last years FCA sponsor spoke. She said God doesn't want us to live by rules, God wants us to love. She talked about how great God's love is for us.
A couple days ago, I read my good friend Zac's blog, takingheart4heovercame.blogspot.com, check it out. He talked about God's awesome love for us.
I watched a video today, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYWGmGc6-kQ. Rob Bell said, "There's nothing you can do that will seperate you from God's love, nothing."
That's when I remembered. Two days ago I picked up a book I haven't read in a while. Crazy Love by Francis Chan. He quoted the greatest commandment in the Bible, "love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your mind." Then he said this, "The results are intimate prayer and study of His word. Our motivation changes from guilt to love."
So... the point. My relationship with God plummetted since summer and I haven't been able to stop it. It's because this summer, I became President of FCA. I HAD to read the bible. I HAD to have awesome prayers every night. I HAD to be an awesome person. I HAD to spread His word. I HAD to write on my blog. I HAD to write in my journal.
I didn't truly love God anymore. I feared God, but not in the way we're supposed to. The few things I did, was completely out of guilt, because I had to do it. But I couldn't fix it. Until I heard Rob's words today, "There's nothing you can do to seperate yourself from God's love. Nothing."
So, it ends today. I love God. I WANT to know God. I WANT to spend time with God.
I love God. And you should too.
Last Monday, I spoke at FCA. I summed up love. And I said that God doesn't want to restrain us with rules. God doesn't want to hold us back with rules. That's why God gave us the New Testament. That's why God gave His only perfect son, Jesus Christ. God doesn't want us to follow the rules in order to love. God wants us to love. Period. If we love, everything falls into place. God doesn't want us to operate out of guilt. God doesn't want us to operate because we have to operate that way.
Today, last years FCA sponsor spoke. She said God doesn't want us to live by rules, God wants us to love. She talked about how great God's love is for us.
A couple days ago, I read my good friend Zac's blog, takingheart4heovercame.blogspot.com, check it out. He talked about God's awesome love for us.
I watched a video today, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYWGmGc6-kQ. Rob Bell said, "There's nothing you can do that will seperate you from God's love, nothing."
That's when I remembered. Two days ago I picked up a book I haven't read in a while. Crazy Love by Francis Chan. He quoted the greatest commandment in the Bible, "love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your mind." Then he said this, "The results are intimate prayer and study of His word. Our motivation changes from guilt to love."
So... the point. My relationship with God plummetted since summer and I haven't been able to stop it. It's because this summer, I became President of FCA. I HAD to read the bible. I HAD to have awesome prayers every night. I HAD to be an awesome person. I HAD to spread His word. I HAD to write on my blog. I HAD to write in my journal.
I didn't truly love God anymore. I feared God, but not in the way we're supposed to. The few things I did, was completely out of guilt, because I had to do it. But I couldn't fix it. Until I heard Rob's words today, "There's nothing you can do to seperate yourself from God's love. Nothing."
So, it ends today. I love God. I WANT to know God. I WANT to spend time with God.
I love God. And you should too.
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