Filed under: disequilibrium | Tags: craving, kingdom, longing, pursue, seek, transform
Perspective. If there is any on thing Jesus tried to show us, it was to “see” the truth. So much is wrapped up in that word, “see”. In fact seeing Jesus is seeing the exact representation of God the Father (hebrews 1:3). Jesus taught us about seeing the Kingdom of God at hand; in fact he stated that the Kingdom of God is within us. What? It is a perspective shift, or even better stated, a new paradigm. Time and time again we read the urgency in Scripture to “consider”, or to “fix your eyes…” or “fix your thoughts…” and so on. The apostle Paul taught us about a worldly and a spiritual point of view (2 Cor. 5:14-16). He also taught us that believing in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior means that we are a new creation! Talk about getting a new perspective (or life…)! (more…)
Filed under: searching, simple things | Tags: addicted, craving, holy spirit, longing, pursue, seek, story
i have been pondering what Jesus meant when he said that eternal life is knowing the only true God and knowing Himself. I always thought eternal life was heaven, but i guess that is only a place, but not the activity of that life. well, to be honest, i never really dwelt what eternal life would be like, besides the fact that forever is a concept that my head can’t get around. but eternal life is knowing God…hmmm…i sort of like that idea. i suppose it would take forever to know God because God is infinitely unknowable and forever is yet inadequate to fully know God. but we get to know more and more and more of God.
what can be better than that? what can be a higher goal to strive after? what can be a better thing to think about? nothing. absolutely nothing. knowing God, is the very best thing that we can do. (more…)
Filed under: prayers, simple things | Tags: addicted, craving, holy spirit, longing, love, pursue
The other morning I was reading my bible while i was watching my baby princess sleep in her rocker. I caught myself praying for her and her future, time and time again that morning. Praying that God would give me the wisdom//patience//and all the other good stuff needed to be a great poppa and role model for her. Everything in my heart wants to see her succeed in this life and I want to be able to empower her in everyway to achieve that. (more…)
I don’t know about you, but I have little patience for some things. Especially in the morning. My brain is very foggy in the morning and it takes me awhile for it to clear up (i like to use this as my excuse for being impatient). So, if I have to look for something in the morning, or do a task or whatever, my patience level is quite low. From shaving, to cordinating my clothing so I don’t look like a chump, to even eating breakfast.
This past weekend, I have a story that goes to show my level of impatience. I took some students on a retreat down in Iowa, and we stayed in a sweet cabin. I recalled my conversation that I had with the owner and how he told me that there would be towels for us to use. So in the morning, I was the first one to get up and shower for the guys (the gals were already up…ya, we are lazy). So, I rummaged for the towels in the obvious places. Didn’t see them there, so, I thought I would have to become resourceful. So, I used my panjama pants to dry up (kind of gross, especially that I slept in them!!!). (more…)
Filed under: disequilibrium | Tags: addicted, craving, holy spirit, longing
I ended up in the emergency room last week for some weird physical issue. It was a bit alarming for me, because it was a new sensation that was sort of freaky. As I was being examined by the nurses, they were asking me questions in regards to what I was feeling or going on. I had a difficult time trying to explain it to them, but they took it quite serious.
Before I knew it, they were poking me with needles and hooking me up to machines. They later told me what they thought was wrong with me, and it freaked me out. But when it was all said and done, they couldn’t tell me anything specific about what was wrong with me.
So, I was left with asking, “what now?” What am I to do, or is there anything that I can take to help cure this? They replied after finding out that I drink roughly 30+ ounces of coffee and like to smoke good cigars, to change my lifestyle. I laughed! What? Are you telling me that I am getting to that age, where I have to literally watch what I eat, excercise daily, and stop enjoying the things that I very much enjoy? There answer…YES!
So, I am sitting at Caribou coffee in Red Wing, MN, sipping on freakin DECAF coffee. My wife has told me that I have been a bit crabby lately, probably due to the fact that I haven’t been able to indulge in the things that I once was able to. Maybe, I was addicted?
hmmmm…am I addicted to God? (more…)
