I find that I’m not a very creative person, but I wish I was. I wish I had creativity sparked within me every once and a while. Occasionally it comes out but I’m not sure where it comes from and I’m unsure how to hold on to it for any significant amount of time. Creativity within humanity is often spoken of as one of the distinguishers of the Image of God. Of all of creation only humans are creative. A given bird species will not depart from its standard song, it does not create but reproduces. So creativity is down there deep inside of us all. But some have the ability to hold onto it for significant periods of time. How do they do it? What do you do to spark creativity inside you? Do you consider yourself creative? Any thoughts on how to form this inside yourself or others, primarily me?
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2 months ago
So I haven’t posted much in a while and I blame it all on the fact that I haven’t been doing much thinking lately. Lately I’ve spent a lot of time playing video games and doing the opposite of thinking. I used most of my summer to shut off my brain instead of thinking. I am by no means advocating this, simply stating the truth. Truth be told I would advocate the opposite of what I did this summer; if that was a little to twisty for you that means I advocate thinking. It is something I think we should all value. We should desire to understand more and be able to think things through. Well school has started up again so that requires my brain be turned on. This past week in Old Testament class I came to a conclusion. I don’t delight in God’s law all that often and that concerns me. Psalm 1:2 stats “but he delights himself in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night.” This man is called “Blessed” in the previous verse and that is a good thing to be called if you ask me. So I have been reflecting on this the past few days. When we delight in something we devote time to it and we think about it a lot, hence why he meditates on it day and night. Frankly I don’t take much delight in God’s law right now, at least my actions say otherwise. I genuinely enjoy reading the Bible but I have “lost that loving feeling” towards it so to speak. I have had that delight for it before and it disappeared at some point, and I’m not sure where it went. But I am going to find it. This is something I am dedicated to. I am all in on God and his word, the Bible. Don’t know how but I am going to do it. I certainly know where to start. And that is by reading it and putting it first before TV, video games, and other things.
As I have thought about this for myself I wondered where my friends and others are at with this. If you are a Christian do you find yourself delighting in God’s word? If you are not a Christian have you ever read the Bible? If so what did you think of it? If you haven’t would you consider it? That is all for now.
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2 months ago
FIVE THINGS ONLY GOD CAN DO!
Is someone interested in spiritual things?
Only God draws people to Himself. (John 6:44)
Is someone understanding biblical truth?
Only God reveals spiritual truth. (Matt. 16:17; John 14:26; 16:13)
Is someone under conviction of sin?
Only God convicts about sin. (John 16:8-9)
Is someone under conviction of righteousness?
Only God convicts about righteousness. (John 16:8,10)
Is someone under conviction of judgment?
Only God convicts about judgment. (John 16:8,11)
I found this at http://www.sbcimpact.net/2008/02/29/five-things-only-god-can-do/
A great blog post.
4 months ago
Since the end of my high school days I can remember think about and dwelling on some form of love or another. In that time I grew fond of movies that would deal with love, you know cheesy romantic comedies and the like. I also grew fond of love songs and books that dealt with love, well only a few and I’m not going to admit which ones. There were times when I would “fall” in love with a girl but that would quickly fade. I would begin to care for a girl so much that she would be all I would think about. My mind would be drawn to her at all moments. But this would not last, it would ebb and flow as a result of her action or mine.
Along the way I encountered Jesus Christ and he changed my life. I knew he loved me but it was entirely mental. I knew in my mind that he loved me but rarely did it touch my heart. Like my “love” for these girls my understanding of this would ebb and flow. And this is how I have continued for the past 8 years, wow that is weird to write. 8 years is a long time, sorry for the side note.
As I have progressed in my journey I have read, discussed, heard, and learned about God’s love but it never really sank in. I guess in my heart I thought his love was like ours. I thought it ebbed and flowed like every humans love. You see we say things like “I’ll always love you” but we don’t really mean that. What I mean by that is the degree to which we love the person will change. We may always love that person but that amount we love that person will change from time to time. And this is where my epiphany came yesterday, July 30, 2009.
Yesterday in my heart I realized that God loves me continually with the same amount always. His love does not ebb and flow like human love. You see he loved me the same when I “knew” he didn’t exist, he loved me the same when I was making the stupidest decision of my adult life, he loved me the same when I decided to follow him, he loved me the same when I read my bible every day, he loved me the same when I was on a mission trip, he loved me the same yesterday when I realized this, and he loves me the same as I write this. For you see “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” (Romans 5:8 NLT) and “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.” (Luke 15:20 NLT)
His love for each and every one of us is the same. He loves all of us yesterday, today and tomorrow…forever. This was my epiphany. But I have a question for you. How will you respond to the love of The Father?
4 months ago
