well, i know not many people are reading or responding here. xanga is probably a fading fad, or my many months of "updatedlessness" has turned everyone away, but i will press on for those who happen to fall across this still.
first off, much love to everyone! Classes look like they're gonna be aight this semester. as long as i read a little everyday, nothing will really weigh me down like i usually experience every semester.
i'm getting more involed at the youth group here in waxahachie at the church that i've been attending. the youth pastor, a fellow student, actually asked me to speak next wednesday! God has laid a message on my heart to share with them and with Men of Integrity, and with everyone else that i can come into contact with. the message is that when we hear the phrase, "God knows who you really are!" we as Christians should rejoice, not shutter in shame and disgrace! When receive Christ and He receives us, He places His heart in us and creates a whole new being in us. God sees through all of the sin and crap that we get caught up in and sees who we really are. our lives of devotion and prayer is the process of stripping off the sin and feeding the God-heart inside of us. we aren't seeking to gain God's pleasure or grace through our actions; we are simply seeking to allow God the ability to show through our filth the heart and creation He knows that we are.
I'll save the rest for the pulpit i guess. i don't want to run out of passion or spit before i speak (hehe). besides, my screen is getting filthy with this preaching and hallelujah shoutin' message!
mainly ladies and gentlemen, God loves us and sees the true us. don't be afraid to know that God sees that heart. seek God and ask Him to help strip this crap out of our lives so that we can be who we are.
praise GOD! peace out! God bless!
Brett | 
