| i was reading the Gospels the other day and i was thinking...
wow Jesus sure was hard on the Pharisees....
so then i was like well since Jesus is God this anger must be justified. so i tried to think of why he could accept and love a but shun a religious leader. Everyone has always told me that a sin is a sin; all are equally bad. To some extent this is true, but a or a er knows that they have done wrong. Even if they don't admit it and even if they aren't sorry, they still know they did something bad. this is the same with every sin except the hypocrite. Think about it. If someone lies, they know they did wrong. But if someone told everyone else how to live but was prideful and harden to the love of God then they wouldn't know they were wrong.
Jesus loves the Pharisees he just s their sin, and the way he treated them was with a harsh love. He was trying to show them that they were wrong. That is the first step in asking forgiveness...
just a thought for the day...
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| is it bad that i have 8 days worth of music on my iPod...?
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| hey guys i just made it back from mexico and i thought i'd drop you all a line.
The
interesting thing is that i never like leaving. i hate it. but once i
get there i always want to stay. so needless to say i am emotionally
drained. so do you think that i'll quit going because its hard? no in
fact that makes me want to go even more. because its hard.
Give me a challenge and so i can see how far i can go.
ill leave you with this thought.
there isn't a promise for another day, but if it comes...it will be more glourious than you can imagen.
-Andy
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| Why do we try to hold on so long?
why don't we drop what we know is Killing us.
If we would open up our eyes,
and see how things really worked
would we still kill, lie, steal, cheat and drink?
but i don't want to be like them, another face in the choir
a solo artist singing from his heart that what i want to be
i want to be different. i want to be unique.
I wanna be different, something new that the world has never seen.
i want to be a shaker, a creator of something beautiful.
but you know what they say, nothing new under the sun.
i'll show them, i'll show them something beautiful and new.
I wrote this song on an off day
where everything seemed to be going their way.
same boring ruteen. same old drive.
but HE made me feel alive.
God, help me to start new, not living in the past
but living for you.
God help me be different everyday, help me please.
I wanna be different, something new that the world has never seen.
i want to be a shaker, a creator of something beautiful.
but you know what they say, nothing new under the sun.
i'll show them, i'll show them something beautiful and new.
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| Dear God,
Help me get through this year. I need your stregth everyday.
Help me be a light where there is none.
i love you.
Amen. |
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