we have a incomprehensible God

Karen and I recently went away together for the first time in ten years of marriage. What a wonderful time we had in Alabama at refuge. We vowed to go away at least once a year together.
Refuge was exactly what I needed' a refuge to be alone with God and be reminded of how incomprehensible He really is. We spent time in Isaiah 6 just exploring His throne room and Isaiah's response to what he saw. We have a HOLY,AMAZING,HUGE,AWESOME GOD. I forget that all the time trying to put him in my little human box.
Last night I spent time in Job 38-42. God answers Job after all the ranting, raving, and questioning. God speaks. I love verse 3 of ch 38 where God tells him to brace himself like a man. Then for the next 3 chapters God ask Job questions. Much like me reading it Job is instantly humbled and realizes how small he really is. God is HOLY, we are not. His plan is PERFECT, ours is not. We need God, HE DOES NOT NEED US.
I encourage you to spend some time in Job and being reminded of how Holy God really is. To move through life we need to have a proper prospective of God. I was reminded of that in Alabama and reminded last night. Thank you Lord for being everything I need, want, desire, and the things I do not even know. May I find true rest in your arms.

Frustration

You know the hardest thing about serving the Lord is the people. I am so sick of the games, lies, deciet, competition, jealousy, and that is just a few things to name. The problem with the church is we the people are in it. The only way to be the church is deny our self and become more like Christ.
I know this is something I try to do daily and fail daily. I don't know how Christ did it; but with the last month I have had I understand why people do not want anything to do with the church. because there has been a few days I have honestly agreed with them. I want everything to do with God, but at times not with the people who call themselves Christians.
Sorry this post is not uplifting or encouraging I am just frustrated.

amazing

It amazes me that people can say there is no God. Look at our body for instance. here are some facts just about our blood.

Two million red blood cells die every second.

There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.

Seven percent of a humans body weight is made up of blood.

In the early nineteenth century some advertisements claimed that riding the carousel was good for the circulation of blood.

Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys.

By donating just one pint of blood, four lives can be saved.

Blood is such a good stain that Native Americans used it for paint.

The kidneys filter over 400 gallons of blood each day.

The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days.

Blood accounts for about 8% of a human's body weight.

A woman has approximately 4.5 liters of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 liters.

Your blood takes a very long trip through your body. If you could stretch out all of a human's blood vessels, they would be about 60,000 miles long. That's enough to go around the world twice.

Half your body’s red blood cells are replaced every seven days.

If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, they would reach about 60,000 miles.

This is just a sampling of the facts about our blood, not to mention all the amazing things about the rest of bodies, not to mention the world.

How can this just happen? We have an amazing God. A very creative God. An endless loving God. Have you shared his love with some one you have encountered today? By word or actions?

a thought for the day

The unbreakable one become breakable to save us from ourselves. Have you thanked your heavenly Father for his sacrifice today? Thank you Lord for becoming breakable to save me from my brokenness.

ambition

Jesus had a secert ambition, yeah he did. It was to come and obey the will of the Father, set the ultimate example, and eventaully die for you and me. That was not the plan of the jews and even a disciple. It didn't make sense and it was definitly not what the world was doing. Saving lives by dying. In a world where power was determined by domination. Not much has changed 2000 years later, we still live in a world that is dominated be power and money. God is still asking us to die to self, deny the flesh, or pick up our cross and follow him.
Jesus had a secret ambition and I am glad he obeyed it. What is your secret ambition? Do you have one you have admitted to personally? Do you need to reevaluate your secret ambition?

Don't Waste Your Life

Last night in small group we watched a Nooma, it was titled Noise. We had a great conversation about the noise in our life. Our priorities and why we put God last.
We talked about doing a media fast as a group, because most of us struggle with media distractions.
Today I was listen to a podcast by Todd Nighswagner, the pastor at Cornerstone Church. His whole sermon was about not wasting our life on our vain pursuits to please our flesh. He referenced John Piper book Don't Waste Your Life.
I have been putting off reading that book for months now. I think God is trying to tell me something. I know I waste so much time that could go to further the kingdom or my own spirtual maturity. I have decided to make better use of my time.
How about you do you waste your time? Is it time to reflect and make some different choices? Just some food for thought.

Romans 8:16-39