Sometimes I feel like my brain is about to shut down. Do you ever feel that way? When your mind is so spent that all you feel like doing is sitting and staring off into oblivion? I guess it has to do with my lack of sleep and my focus on what I do. The job I have now demands my complete focus in everything, from moving things around to comunicating to people. If I'm not focused, I get yelled at. Or something doesn't happen right. Or I ruin the business of that day. I hope when the big time stuff comes I don't lose my focus.

Anyway the reason I started with that random bit of info is because I want to talk to you about where you draw your strength. I've heard that, at WOLBI down in FL, they are doing the Passion Play again. Wait. There's a new name for it. Jesus, Behold The Man. Good name. He was man, and He was God. Thinking about that, I've always wondered how much Jesus really loved me. I remember doing the crucifixion scene for Easter. I remember looking up at the cross and immediately everything around me went out of existence. The world around me blurred and even the man playing Jesus blurred. All I saw was my Lord, my Savior, my creator, and best friend dying the most horrible death man could ever have imagined. And then, for one solitary moment, he turned his head and looked right at me.I still remember those eyes. Eyes that felt as if it didn't matter what barriers were between them and my heart. He saw me for who I really was; a sinner, a lost sheep, a prodigal son. A tear ran down His cheek as He said," I love you this much."

This is an encouragement for all of you, especially the ones involved in easter productions and passion plays and cantatas and whatever else. Don't ever take the cross for granted. Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his friends. So many people have missed the importance of that very act. I saw the Passion of the Christ last year and I remember a woman walking out in front of me after the movie who said, "Well I didn't like it. It emphasized his death too much. I think Jesus would rather have us remember the way he lived rather than how he died." Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that the reason Jesus came to Earth in the first place; to die to redeem us from a lifetime of evil? I love the words to this song. "When the world  comes crashing down, the cross still stands alone. And on this my faith is built and my courage is made strong... It's still the cross.
It has always been the cross, and it is Still The Cross.

Do you ever wonder if computers are demon-possesed? I'm pretty sure mine is! Every time I go to write out something nice and encouraging, my computer steps in to make sure it's all nice and deleted. How great! But ya know, God is sovereign, and there's no way He's gonna let demons interfere with His encouraging work. So hopefully this won't be my last blog.

I wanna say something about the lost today. By the lost, I mean non-believers. Forgive me, those of you who think I'm a bigot for saying that if you aren't a believer in the cross of Christ, you're lost. But sadly, that's the cold hard truth. Anyway, what I wanted to say relates not so much with God as the redeemer, but rather God as the all powerful sovereign creator and lord of the universe.

Everyone, as a wise man once put it, is born with a God, shaped hole in their heart. Like King Solomon, they will try everything to fill this void, except God and for this reason; sin nature and Satan work together to cause extreme denial in a person's life. At one point in his or her life, a person will come to the realization of this void. It's manifested in 3, simple, yet extremely complex questions. Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? These questions have circled the globe thousands of time over the millenia.

Starting with the first question(because if I did all three, my blog would be too long for anyone to read), most people would reply with a smart-aleck answer a little like this." Well, my parents were in love and when they got married...". The question in your mind is, however, where did all of us come from, all the way down to the first few people. Many people blindly accept theories that they've heard, like evolution, the Big Bang, and my favorite, creation. But if people think about it, about the way things run, how complex things are, they realize a few things. If I pointed to that Ford truck across the street, and told my youngest son that it evolved from a Chevy Caprice, he would probably laugh at me. I ask him why, and his reply would be something to the effect of," That's silly, Dad. Somebody made that truck at a factory." It is the same with us. It is "silly" as my son would put it, to believe that something so much more complex than a truck would evolve from something else. Inside us, our subconscious mind knows that we are, as the bible says, fearfully and wonderfully made.

sooo......that's all.

A Bondservant of Jesus Christ

So today is a new day...Thank God for allowing us all to get up this morning. I just wanted to share something with you all this morning about God's Love. John 3:16 says,"For God so Loved the World, that He gave HIs only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have Everlasting Life." Basically, God didn't just say that He loved us for the fun of it. He really did. He loved us so much, that He split the perfect fellowship of the trinity, sent His Son to the planet Earth, to ultimately die for the sins of humankind. John 15:13 states," Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."So not only did Christ love us, but He loves us more than any man on this planet could be capable of loving. That excites me, because I've had family members who "loved" me and then went behind my back and wronged me. This means that God, because of His Love and perfect nature, will never fail us. If He says He will do something, He's gonna do it, no matter what. You know what else is cool about this kind of love? We don't deserve it! I saw this on the internet the other day from a church in Tampa. "You stink, but Jesus is the soap, so God can't smell you." We are lower than dirt compared to Him, yet He died for us, so that we might have fellowship with the Father! Do your quiet time today!

A Bondservant of our Lord Jesus Christ

Hey guys. This is my first post so this will probably determine how many times you will ever revisit my site again. I've created this for one purpose alone, and that is to glorify God. He is so much more amazing than I am, so you will never see my name, my complaints, my life story, or anything about me on this blog. I will be writing about God, giving encouraging words to my readers, and ultimately giving Him the glory for everything. If you're just visiting and you have no idea why I would say such things, email me. I'd be glad to explain to you the relationship that I have that is better than any friend/significant other/spouse relationship. In the mean time, I want to share with you all the importance of God in your lives. God started it all. God's going to end it all one day, and then His Son will set up His kingdom and Reign for all eternity. To trust in Him to save you from your sin will give your life purpose. For we were not put on this earth to live a good life and make a lot of money. God put us here for His glory, yet since the Fall of man starting with Adam, Mankind has done everything but glorify God. Instead, we mock Him, we tell Him we love Him and then spit in His face, we reject His plan for our lives, and we put other things before Him, when He deserves ALL the Honor, and ALL the glory, and ALL the Praise, for ever and ever. Amen. Now that my fingers hurt for typing really intensely, I will quit. Have an excellent day, remember God loves you, so love Him back!

A Bondservant of the Lord Jesus Christ