I read a story yesterday about two Christian missionaries in China. They had just celebrated the birth of their first child. One morning they were dragged out of their house by Chinese authorities and beheaded on a hill above town while their child was tucked away in their house with a ten dollar bill in its blanket.
A few days ago, a British solider was slaughtered in broad daylight. He was beheaded, and chopped up like meat while the two men shouted, "Allahu Akbar" which means God is Greater in Arabic.
I heard a story last night about a teenager from somewhere out west who was nearly trafficked to Phoenix, Arizona. By what could only be divine intervention she was saved before she actually got in a car with the two men who tried to traffic her. She came to find she had already been sold to a pimp.
I recently learned more about mind control than I would've like. It is used on children and in order to achieve it, that child is severely abused until that child has no choice but disassociate and become a slave.
Stories like this exist in bulk. I would be lying if I hadn't been feeling the weight of it all pressing down on me. I would be lying if I wasn't discouraged. These are just things that are happening around the world. In my own life I am currently looking for a job and fighting hopelessness everyday. I am daily fighting loneliness and lust. I am striving for a life that is built on abiding in the one true God.
This is a message for everyone because the message is simply to never give up hope. Most of us have a personal hell that we fight everyday. Satan is mean. He hates everyone. The world is also an awful place. Satan plays a big role in that. But the message in scripture is to never give up hope.
Jeremiah 29:11-For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18- So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Romans 8:24-25- For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Romans 12:12- Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Romans 15:4- For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:13- May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
I could go on. One interesting meaning of hope in the bible is to trust. Whether the darkness of the world is overwhelming you, as it did me, or your own life sucks the hope out of you, it is important that we hope in the Lord, that we trust in Him. One of Satans tools is the steal our joy. To discourage us. So my message is one that I have heard before and you might of as well and it is:
Don't give up. Keep pressing in. Keep asking and praying. Don't. Give. Up. Hope. If your family has issues that overwhelm you, don't give up on them. Don't give up on life, or decency in the world.Or people. God has a plan. He asks to keep praying, loving and hoping (trusting). Take your peace. These end times are not meant to conquer us. They are a reason to offer praise and glory to the one true God. Praise His name and in His name, Amen.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
For Girls
There is something wrong with our society. Regardless of your beliefs, being a woman sucks. Not wanting this to become a scholarly work on everyway woman are assaulted in this society, I will instead zoom in on one thing: Beauty.
For as long I can remember I have heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think it is said better by David Hume, "Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them." This means that beauty is a subjective thing. For example, some people find profound beauty in birds. I do not see it the same way. A bird is a bird to me. But for that person, that bird possesses beauty that only their mind knows the height an depth of. When it comes to people though, specifically women, this saying falls short in large ways. This saying suggests that a woman's beauty, which is central to her being and cosmic make up, is circumstantial and only true in some instances. This is a lie.
Somewhere in the history of mankind, beauty became something a commodity, something that suddenly had scarcity written all over it. But beauty is not something to be studied in an economics class. This is thought behind our society and cultures view of beauty. Beauty is bought and sold every day. Whether its pornography, sex trafficking, or professional modeling, society has told women that IT has cornered the market on beauty and you can only achieve it IF and only if you make it your life's goal.
What kind of life that? Spending every day trying to be beautiful but on the inside knowing you don't fit societies standard. Trying to be thin enough, tan enough, fit enough. Having the right hair style and color. Having the right boobs and butt. It goes on and on and on. This life endorses a life style of affection seeking. Desiring to be told that you have in fact achieved beauty.
You, whoever you are, are beautiful. Satan has stolen this TRUTH from you. As a woman, created by the creator, you embody your creators beauty. You are the only one who can. Notice men do not. We are hairy and gross. We fulfill another part of our creators identity. All that our God, our Father in Heaven is, you embody it. It only makes sense that Satan would seek to rob this from you. In stealing your beauty from you, he subjects you a life of seeking something that you already have. You have been lied to, society has lied to you. You are beautiful and worth loving and perfect the way you are.
Song of songs 4:7 "You are altogether beautiful, my love, there is no flaw in you."
I am not just saying these things. Our father has spoken them to us. To you. So bump society. The reason that the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" falls so short of describing your beauty is because no human could possibly behold your beauty. No human could possibly understand all that you are, will be, and can be. The only person who can behold your beauty, behold the Glory that is your beauty, is God. Because it is his glory and his beauty. And you are his creation. And you never leave his sight, meaning he never loses sight of your beauty.
For as long I can remember I have heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think it is said better by David Hume, "Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them." This means that beauty is a subjective thing. For example, some people find profound beauty in birds. I do not see it the same way. A bird is a bird to me. But for that person, that bird possesses beauty that only their mind knows the height an depth of. When it comes to people though, specifically women, this saying falls short in large ways. This saying suggests that a woman's beauty, which is central to her being and cosmic make up, is circumstantial and only true in some instances. This is a lie.
Somewhere in the history of mankind, beauty became something a commodity, something that suddenly had scarcity written all over it. But beauty is not something to be studied in an economics class. This is thought behind our society and cultures view of beauty. Beauty is bought and sold every day. Whether its pornography, sex trafficking, or professional modeling, society has told women that IT has cornered the market on beauty and you can only achieve it IF and only if you make it your life's goal.
What kind of life that? Spending every day trying to be beautiful but on the inside knowing you don't fit societies standard. Trying to be thin enough, tan enough, fit enough. Having the right hair style and color. Having the right boobs and butt. It goes on and on and on. This life endorses a life style of affection seeking. Desiring to be told that you have in fact achieved beauty.
You, whoever you are, are beautiful. Satan has stolen this TRUTH from you. As a woman, created by the creator, you embody your creators beauty. You are the only one who can. Notice men do not. We are hairy and gross. We fulfill another part of our creators identity. All that our God, our Father in Heaven is, you embody it. It only makes sense that Satan would seek to rob this from you. In stealing your beauty from you, he subjects you a life of seeking something that you already have. You have been lied to, society has lied to you. You are beautiful and worth loving and perfect the way you are.
Song of songs 4:7 "You are altogether beautiful, my love, there is no flaw in you."
I am not just saying these things. Our father has spoken them to us. To you. So bump society. The reason that the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" falls so short of describing your beauty is because no human could possibly behold your beauty. No human could possibly understand all that you are, will be, and can be. The only person who can behold your beauty, behold the Glory that is your beauty, is God. Because it is his glory and his beauty. And you are his creation. And you never leave his sight, meaning he never loses sight of your beauty.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Anonymous
The other night I was listening to a dear brother of mine rap about Truth. At one point I heard him say,
"I’d rather you know the Lord
And feel his presence everyday
Than listen to this once
And continue in your current state"
It was at that moment that the Lord gave me the idea for this blog. I am confident that there is nothing more important in this world than the Truth. Honestly it is what I want my life to be about. I want every one to know the Truth of God, His word, and what it says about them as a person. It is not that easy unfortunately. Every single one of us believes lies about ourselves. These lies end up binding us to sin that we are free from. Believing these lies causes many of our lies to become warped versions of what they could be. So many of us have aspirations to change and influence the world yet fall short.
I want my words to address these lies. I want my words to draw these lies into the light so they can be examined. I don't know exactly the scope of this blog, the Lord does though. I have tried to write blogs before and every time have been afraid of what people would think. I have wanted to be like rather than speak my mind. When it gets down past all my insecurities though, "I'd rather you know the Lord and feel his presence every day." My prayer is that God will be glorified and that the Lord will inspire something of value for me to write here.
Glory to God
Anonymous
"I’d rather you know the Lord
And feel his presence everyday
Than listen to this once
And continue in your current state"
It was at that moment that the Lord gave me the idea for this blog. I am confident that there is nothing more important in this world than the Truth. Honestly it is what I want my life to be about. I want every one to know the Truth of God, His word, and what it says about them as a person. It is not that easy unfortunately. Every single one of us believes lies about ourselves. These lies end up binding us to sin that we are free from. Believing these lies causes many of our lies to become warped versions of what they could be. So many of us have aspirations to change and influence the world yet fall short.
I want my words to address these lies. I want my words to draw these lies into the light so they can be examined. I don't know exactly the scope of this blog, the Lord does though. I have tried to write blogs before and every time have been afraid of what people would think. I have wanted to be like rather than speak my mind. When it gets down past all my insecurities though, "I'd rather you know the Lord and feel his presence every day." My prayer is that God will be glorified and that the Lord will inspire something of value for me to write here.
Glory to God
Anonymous
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