Imagine if you will, a world where no one is the same. Every person is unique, but they all seek the same goal. Now, imagine that goal. Whatever it may be. If all the people in the world seek the same goal, will it be denied them? And imagine the sense of unity among all people, as they strive together for this goal. Billions moving as one.
Now imagine the church. The Body of Christ. Is the Body of Christ unified as a whole? Do all followers of Christ seek the same goal? Do some of them sit in church and soak up sermons that they'll forget as soon as they leave, while others preach and prophesy about the coming of Our Lord? A call to unity is what we need, people. The Body of Christ, as a whole, reaching out to the ends of the earth, bringing healing, peace, and the Holy Spirit wherever we go. Would you deny the Grace of God to that small child growing up in filth? Would you deny Paradise to those whom you love but never reach out to? Christianity is not solely a "sit-down-and-pray religion", it is a relationship with your God, a friendship with Jesus. You know what He did for you. What will you do for Him?
We separate ourselves because we cannot agree on some things. If we dwell on our similarities, rather than our differences, a unity can grow from there. All those who call themselves Christians believe that Jesus Christ died to free all people from the bondage of sin. That in itself is enough for Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Baptists, Mennonites, and all other Christian denominations to be of one accord, to have unity. That is the body of Christ, it has many different parts, but if we all know Who to worship and what to do with what God has given us, then we will all be seeking the same goal as a whole. All of us have a part to play, not everyone will speak in other languages by the Holy Spirit, not everyone will prophesy, not everyone will heal the hurting. But I tell you, if you believe, truly believe that God can use you, He will.
You are worthy no matter what sins you may have committed. Jesus never condemns, He died so no one will ever have to be condemned. Turn away from the flesh and from this world of conformity and seek Jesus with all your heart. That is His will for you.

"The Lord is my shepherd." Psalms 23:1 He is my leader, I follow him, he knows where I'm going, I do not. I am but a sheep, mindlessly gnawing away at the grass that He has led me to. I don't know what grass is in store for me in the future, but God will always be my shepherd.

"I shall not want." Psalms 23:2 As long as I follow Him, my every need will be met. I will be blessed with that which God desires me to have, according to His will and timing. He knows when to lead me to new pastures, and if I follow when he leads me, those new pastures will be more abundant than I could ever imagine.

God is good. All the time. There aint nobody better.
Woohoo! Go Jesus!

I got rained on! I wore the hat and the jacket, it was wonderful. In the words of my friend Stephanie: "Yay!" :) It's cold, I'm happy. But the clouds are gone for now. No more rain for a little while. Too bad. I'd love to see some snow. It's cold enough right now for it. Alas, the sky is clear. Most people would consider that a good thing. But I grew up in Oakhurst. :)

I was happy all weekend. God is blessing me big time. It may take a little while for those blessings to show themselves, but that doesn't matter, God's timing is better than mine. "God knows better than me how to live my life." -Dave Ramsey. The further I go down the road, the easier it is to trust in Him, the more I need to trust in Him. God is so good.

Praise the Lord! There were clouds in the sky today. I don't think I saw a single patch of blue sky all day. It was wonderful. I didn't have to squint or wear sunglasses. It was cool all day, even the air coming through the broken air conditioner in my car was cold. It wasn't quite cold enough to for a jacket, probably sixty to seventy degrees. I prefer hat and jacket weather myself. Hat and jacket weather means: cold enough to wear a jacket and snowing or raining hard enough to wear a hat. I don't do umbrellas. My umbrella is my Indiana Jones/Aussie hat. There are actually some people who would not recognize me without that hat on. It works for when you're in the sun all day too. I highly recommend getting a hat like mine. Sure, it might mark you as a back-woods type person, but that's not an entirely bad thing. If you're curious, I do wear the Indiana Jones jacket too. Indy's one of my two favorite movie characters. The other one is Han Solo. :) I figure dressing like an archaeologist/adventurer from the '40's is better than dressing like a space-smuggler from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... And it's not all the time, only when the weather permits, obviously. But alas it wasn't cold enough today for the hat and jacket. But it was a lot cooler than it's been lately, to quote my friend the Holy Thug: "Glory hallelujah, praise the Lord, grace like rain." Oh, by the way, I am BLESSED! God is so good. Trusting in Him is so freeing, I don't have to worry about ANYTHING! It's awesome. God is good. All the time. There aint nobody better!

Woohoo! God is so good. If anybody tells you that true friends are not blessings from God, they are a lying to you and the truth is not in them. It's late and I'm feeling happy and silly at the same time, it's kinda fun. Yes, I'm a guy and I used the word "silly". I'm confident in my masculinity enough to do that. *grins* Anyways, God is good. All the time. There aint nobody better!

God is so good. He'll bless you with things you never realize you need. He'll bless you with more than you thnk you deserve sometimes, but you do deserve it. To Him, you're worthy of all blessings. Never mind your sin, get rid of it and forget it. Your sin is nothing next to the Grace of God. We are not mere flesh and bone anyway, we are created in God's image. God said: "Let US make man in OUR image, according to OUR likeness." Genesis 1:26a. He was speaking as One, but also as Three. Not only do we look like Him, we also have a soul and a spirit like Him, though in and of ourselves, we have no real power other than that which He Himself bestows on us. We are indeed a reflection of God, and just as we can manipulate our reflections with mirrors and lenses to create images, so God can manipluate us(if we are willing) to show Himself to those who need Him.

This is my first post. But I suppose that's obvious. Thanks go to Stephanie for introducing me to blogging. This should be fun. I might even preach a little(or a lot). Last time I had any kind of journal it was a notebook with pencil-smudged pages. That was way back when I thought I had something to write about. But now, I definitely do. God the father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, I couldn't imagine a better trio to expound upon. The Creator, Saviour, and Sustainer of all of His children. God is good. All the time. There aint nobody better! *grins*