Browsing all posts in April, 2009.

encouragement // even when you don’t “need it”

Sometimes people will say, “thank you so much for that comment, it was just the encouragement needed,” or “that was perfect timing, because I really needed to hear that.” Right now, I don’t need any great encouragement. Its not arrogance or anything like that. I’m just confident that God is doing good things in life [...]

Called Out // to look different

I hear this phrase often. “You are to look different than the world.” Or, “I question those ‘believers’ who look like the world.” Or, “That church is too worldly.” And when I hear these phrases, I wonder what they really mean. I understand that Scripture over and again that we have been “called out” or [...]

Nine Ways God Always Speaks // money back guaranteed

So this is the big blog week for “Nine Ways God Always Speaks.” It’s a good thing I decided to read this book last week since the deadline for the review was this week. I had actually lost track of what I was reading and when they were due with all that surrounded Easter, but [...]

quick post Saturday // a short post

I’ve been loving following @gapingvoid for the creativity sake and wish I’d come up with this phrase on my own because consumerism cannot survive: Create or Die!

Believers // are you demonstrating it

I did a little short post yesterday on the world recognizing us (believers) by our love. I did that post for several reasons, but one was in order to set up for this post about believers, about Christians and how the world sees us. I had a conversation with my friend Eric several weeks ago [...]

By love // do they know me

I’ve been meditating on this phrase this morning, “you will know them by their love.” I wonder if that phrase rings true for me basically. I can run around telling people all day long that I love people, but the line does not say, “you’ll be able to inform people that you love them,” but [...]

What a difference a day makes // pettines, pfffff

Yesterday just sucked as I allowed myself to be drawn into pettiness. But today was an amazingly productive day, not only for me personally, but I would venture to say the Kingdom as I was reaffirmed in remembering the Kingdom is about people and is not in things. Today was not special because of me. [...]

Cosumers // I need, I need, I need

Just sitting here thinking about how many times I heard or read this yesterday, “I need this…to worship,” “give me…and I can worship,” “if only I had…then I could really worship,” “I can’t worship if…” I was saddened and somewhat frustrated by this. Why can we not kill this consumer mentality that makes people think [...]

sadness // that’s me though

I’m sitting here, one day after celebrating the amazing miracle of Christ, His resurrection, the part that makes the death significant (cause everybody dies, but He was the first to rise from the dead and stay alive), and I’m saddened. Why? Because I read one little thing this morning that frustrated me. Its not so [...]

Experiencing the Spirit // a book review

One of the first events that is stored in my memory after moving to North Georgia when I was in the eighth grade was going through the workbook study “Experiencing God” by Henry Blackaby. It did some great things for an eighth grader who was not overly excited about a move away from what had [...]