3 Questions

Sorry for the lack of updates... life's been a lil crazy and posting hasn't been on my priority lately. But i'm gonna try to fix that.

Over the past few weeks, after going to my coach's house for Bible study, he started it off with his infamous 3 questions. So today I just want you to think about these questions...

1. Who are you? (what defines you?)
2. Where are you going?
3. How are you gonna get there?

Have a great day!

Man Weekend

This past weekend I had the privilege of going to my buddy's house and we got to do a lot of manly things- riding 4-wheelers, riding bareback on horses, working on cars, tearing off and re-shingling a roof, and many other things that got dirt on our hands, clothes, and between our fingernails. The weekend involved many kinds of tools, nails, vehicles, and cool man stuff. But even after those 5 days of pure manliness, only one of those days I read my Bible. It didn't hit me until now how UN-manly I was the entire weekend. What kind of man was I pretending to be? “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and thieves break in and steal… for where your treasure is, your heart will be also.” What is my heart interested in? Where is my heart?

Do I think there is anything wrong with having 4-wheelers and horses and working on cars? Not at all, unless it gets in the way of God. When I go 5 days without really thinking about reading my Bible or talking to God, what kind of relationship is that? If I had a girlfriend and I decided to call her once out of 5 days, I think she would be pretty mad, and I would probably end up where I am now... Single. I don’t want God to be a convenience for me when I need Him. I want to want him ALWAYS. Why don’t I think about reading my Bible when I have free time? Why not stop watching the Phillies for 30 minutes and talk to God for awhile? Why not wake up 15 minutes earlier just to say good morning to God? If my friends would ask me to wake up a little earlier to talk or help them with something, I wouldn’t hesitate. So why do I hesitate with the Almighty God, Creator of all things, Savior of all?!

Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

So Geren, what are your desires? Do you desire to speak to God everyday? To hear what he has to tell you everyday? “Give us today our daily bread” Do you ask and SEEK for your daily bread?

Psalm 27:4 “One thing I have asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire (meditate) in his temple.”

Hey Geren, are you seeking to dwell in the house of the Lord ALL the days of your life? Can I not be asked that question? Let’s talk about something else please. Can I pick and choose what I want to?

If you haven’t seen the clip called “We are God’s Masterpiece,” then you need to.

I’m not very diligent right now. But I want to be. I hope and pray that you will desire to follow God all the days of your life. Sorry it’s been awhile. I was busy desiring materialistic things. Sorry.

More posts to come… stay tuned!

Much love, G

Colossians 1:11-14

I've had the best two days of my life. You're about to find out just a part of why i'm having such amazing days... And before I talk about Colossians 1:11-14, I wanna talk about verses 3 and 4. It says, "We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you..." Even though Paul is writing this to the Colossians, I feel like it can be applied to my prayer life. I've always thought, "it's so cliche to thank God for dying on the cross." I don't really know why I've thought that, and I know it's the basis of our salvation, but I've always felt people said it to get an "Amen" or "mmhmmm." But after reading this verse, I feel like God was telling me that I was wrong all along. IT'S OUR BASIS FOR OUR SALVATION! I guess I just needed to break that thought out of my head. Sorry for the rabbit trail...

So I just started reading Colossians and I came across verses 11-14:

"(11)May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, (12)giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. (13) He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, (14) in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

This verse has a lot of power behind it. And you could probably break this down verse by verse, but I just want to quickly look at the first verse that is pretty powerful. "May you be strengthened with all power..." How much power? "...according to his glorious might..." Ohhh. That much!"...for all endurance and patience with joy..." So whenever you feel like you can't go on, God will provide you with patience and endurance... WITH JOY! What a powerful statement.

And another verse I've had on my mind is John 16:33... "But take heart; I have overcome the world." THE WORLD!!! God has our backs and we need to trust Him. He's the only one we can truly trust! Have a great day!

G