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| The Dark EmpireI would not drink it in a house
I would not drink it with a mouse
I would not drink it with a lady
I would not drink it with Slim Shady
I would not drink it in a cup
No, it is not the best part of waking up
I would not drink it with Juan Valdez
I don't care what Ryan Jones says
I will not drink it in the rain
Coffee is just like crack cocaine
I will not drink it by the bay
I believe that would just be gay
You may all drink it if you must
But I won't conform to your bean lust
Because you drink it it makes me sad
You treat it like an idol, and that makes God mad
For those of you that we offend
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| Hey it has been a long time since I have written something. There have been lots of things happening. Well I am here in Plano working a little bit at my job. I am a waiter at Studio Movie Grill (movie/dinner restaurant) in case you didn’t know and they let me come back anytime I want. I have been involved in many discussions revolving around God at my work. I really think people are curious about Christianity, but there hearts have been hardened or are in sinful ways. The conversations have ranged around Jesus to Christian views of sex and what is considered sex. Lately I have realized that the purpose of me working here is not for the money but the hope that Jesus can come into the lives of my friends. The weird thing for me is that some of my friends look up to me. I don’t think I am a person to look up to, but I know that the Living God that is inside of me is worthy to be looked up to. I have been reminded of this quote by C.T. Studd for awhile now, “Some wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel Bell. I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell”. I was reading some F.W. Boreham and he was talking about how it is not the company he keeps a person is judged for but the company he would like to keep. In the Book of Acts it says being let go they went to their own company. John and Judas were both at the most memorable supper this world has ever known. They both heard the beautiful words uttered by Jesus. Yet when they separated Judas went to his company and sold his Lord for 30 pieces of silver. He went on to talk about a dream he had about Heaven and Hell. He said that the dream showed they were very much alike with one difference. In Heaven the people who had sought God and followed Jesus, but had never obtained the goodness they so desired in the real world. In this new world they were hampered by no restraints. Heaven allowed no temptation or suggestion that was evil to be there. They were let go and at last they were with their own company. In the other world known as Hell he described it as he saw the wicked of the world with no restraint upon their wickedness. They were no longer checked by the presence of good men, or the operation of good laws, or soiling ones good name. Hatred, jealously, and all the evil passions were unchained and unleashed. Every man was let go and had with their own company. He described as a more disturbing picture of Hell than he could ever think of. As Generals in Christ’s army we are to show people that Jesus is the One and Only and how their friends are headed down the same path they were headed as well as giving them good Christ-like friends to come back to. M.A. Winters | | |
| The Unspeakable There are moments in life where you are left speechless. These times hang in our mind and come out at various parts of our life that remind us of an event. These speechless times usually shake us and fill us with a thing called awe.
To be in awe is an emotion that expresses confoundment. When we are in awe is when something happens that our minds cannot wrap around. Our mind is trying to process the information and the facts don't make sense. We can't comprehend the event or events that just happened. I have experienced these moments on occasion. They have all made me gasp that no words could explain or "do it justice".
An event that still makes my hairs on my body stand up happened on a day like any other day. On February 7th, 2005, is a memory that showed me the true power of the Almighty. I was in bed, about to take a nap, when my cell phone rings. I pick it up and I hear one of my friends ask me if I want to go with him and some other people to pray for a college campus in Houston. I went with my gut reaction and refused. I tried to sleep, but I felt the Lord pull at my heart telling me to go. I called them back and agreed to go. There are six guys in a Jeep, two are in front, three are in back, and one in the very back compartment. The driver, front passenger, and me have our seatbelts on, but the others do not. The road lies before us.
It is around 6 o'clock and the sun is slowly setting. The interstate highway has two lanes and we are in the left lane. We are all having a good time in the car. Then all of a sudden I see the Jeep spinning across the other lane and then hitting the guardrail. My mind blancks out a little bit and then I see the window in the Jeep rotating. Another space out and I find myself surrounded by dirt and I see three people missing from the car.
The emotions in my body are at a climax and all these thoughts are dodging in and out. I push myself out of the car and see my friends in various parts of the grass near the interstate. The paramedics come and check us out. One of my friends says he has a broken arm and can't feel his back. I do not know about the other two that were thrown. The driver and I were taken to a different hospital than the rest. We checked out and preceeded to head to the other hospital. We drove past the wreck sight ironically near an underpass called Calvary Road. We go to the hospital and after a few hours we find out that everyone is OK. How can this be? Three people were thrown out of a car? There is only one word that I can utter to explain it and that is God.
All of the unspeakable moments in my life happened when I came to know and love God. These events whether you know the Almighty are meant to show the power of Him. Remember these events for they will bring you back to the orchestrator.
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| Rejected
Rejection in any form is one of the hardest things man can
take. Being rejected makes the insides of your body ache with pain for
what a person or thing does to you. The person when hurt is confronted with
reality of the situation to come. I was confronted with this situation
yesterday when I found out a certain girl that I liked went out on a date with
another guy a long with some other things she said that made me hurt.
When she said these words resounded in my heart I felt betrayed and my heart
sank down.
I felt at that time that I had wasted some time trying to go out with
her. I felt I had given my heart away to somebody and they had just taken
it out. I saw myself on a long winding trail filled with beautiful trees
with patches of desert and then a snake launches out with his fangs and bit me.
I stumble for a little bit and fall off a cliff that is in front of me.
The girl had taken me down this trail for around a month and then there was
cliff in front of me.
Before this turns into a woe is me story, I want to say that I am joyful
in the Lord and that I have no harsh feelings for the girl. The thing is
that I am still quite fond of her. I have a feeling that Jesus still
loved Judas even when he had betrayed him. Jesus felt rejection more than
I can ever imagine. He felt rejection from not only the Pharisees, but
also one of his disciples. We can all relate to rejection and the head of the
rejected was Jesus. He is our empathizer, our mediator, and our hope.
There is no room for me to feel sorry for myself for Jesus is the one
who took the rejection like a man and laid his life down for the ones who
rejected Him. When I felt the rejection of one person it hurt, but my Lord felt
the rejection of thousands. I cannot imagine the torture and anguish He
went through on the inside when these people were antagonizing and demeaning
Him. The Son of Man became rejected so that the hearts of man could come
to Him joyfully without reproach or hesitation.
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| Russian RouletteI am for the most part a very cautious guy, which is why I think God pulls me out into risky situations. I guess the riskiness of a situationis defined by the person. I have had several situations that I would define as daring and courageous, but some others may not.
Well anyways the essence of riskiness is kind of like playing Russian Roulette. Russian Roulette is the game where you put one bullet in a revolver and spin it. There are two people and they alternate between pulling the trigger until someone dies. When you are playing Russian Roulette there is three types of stress put upon you mental, physical, and emotional. This is a real risk where one action will determine your destiny.
I ponder to myself about asking out a girl (the only reason I am saying this is b/c she doesn't have a xanga). My insides start turning and tighten up. I think to myself that this is a big risk. This is mainly due to the fact that I am putting thyself on the line. If this is a real risk then what will happen if it doesn't suceed. If the girl says "no" then I am sad. There is not much else that will happen to me. A risk if gone wrong will bruise a man inward, outward, and the people that are close to it.
What is a bigger risk than Russian Roulette? A better question would be, what is the biggest risk of all time? Here is my thinking it was God letting His people to spread the Gospel of Jesus His Son. Throughout the Old Testament, God wants His people to come back to Him, but again and again they go against Him. God gets fed up with them and does something radical He gives them His Son. The Son then takes in some losers and shows them the heart of God and His Kingdom. Jesus then dies upon the Cross for everyones sins.
It has been over 2,000 years since that event. This entity called Christianity is prevalent throughout the land. It revolves around the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. What happened to produce this entity? God did something crazy he trusted these losers to preach His gospel. What God did is comparable to giving a car dealership over to pre-schoolers. He gave full control over to the sane people who didn't listen to Him. We, to this day, have been enlisted to trust and abide in Him. We are the frontlines of His Gospel.
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