systems redone,
Oh what fun!
a new season is a new system
to be begun.
choose
sleep or pray
sleep or pray
minus the gym that’s easy;
both.
All praise
All praise to Father from whom all things come
And praise to Christ Jesus, our Lord’s only Son, Praise Jesus.
And praise to the Spirit who makes all us One.
All praise to our God and Redeemer.
He gave us life, and claimed us from death
despite our heading that way…
He gives us life, and teaches His paths
a life giving fruit and river.
Encouragement
i feel shame
i feel guilt for what i do.
but
I’ve washed you in my blood. I’ve made you new,
says the Lord.
you are MINE
says the Lord, Now act like it. Not perfectly, but do.
5 things grateful
Five things I’m thankful for.
I’m thankful for the unchained Leader Program.
I’m thankful for
the men that I have connected to through that.
I’m thankful for my job.
I am thankful
that I’m at the job I’m at.
I’m thankful
for the encouragement I receive.
I’m thankful that
I can give encouragement.
Enemy Action
one or two in a group experience pain-
but everyone all at once?
that screams enemy action.
especially against against kingdom work.
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Circumstances change, life can be
chaotic,
disruptive, and distracting.
Life likes to scream. But
everyone, all at once,
things suddenly get more chaotic,
suddenly become more
distracting and demanding, especially
distracting away from Kingdom work?
That screams enemy action!
enemy’s playbook
chaos and confusion-
The enemy’s domain.
disruption,
delay, distraction-
the tactics of the enemy-
degrade, destroy,
demean
isn’t convinced
If she isn’t convinced that
Christ is the only way and-
there is nothing I can do about that.
That is fully out of my control.
as much as I might like it to be
is out of my control and it is not my place
5 things I did right today
I visited Donny
during the Wake for his mother
and I tried to comfort and connect with him.
I fed our dog.
I went to the gym.
I did recovery work for my muscles.
Five things I’m
grateful for the leader unchained group.
I’m grateful for the men who
reached out to me
after it.
I am grateful for
Gilbert, Gill, who through God’s
grace alone reached out to me this morning. I’m grateful
for God’s work in my life. I am
grateful for God’s work in
his life.
I am grateful for the human connections and
growth that I feel God is doing in my life.
When I’m Angry, with God
When I’m angry with God
when I’m angry, I’m bringing it to God.
When I am angry with other people,
with things
with situations,
I bring those things to God.
When I’m angry with God–
I know if I bring that to God,
He will allow me
to yell, and rant, and be incoherent, and in
pain, and just be angry,
even though it’s with Him.
Even if I say “God, I’m angry with You.”
And then He’d say, “Okay, tell Me how you feel, express it to Me.”
And I’d say “I’m angry with You.”
And then I would be angry, and tell him exactly how I feel, and why, or even just share the emotion with him.
And we would sit there.
Then He would ask, as He always does:
“Can I have My say?” or
“Do you want to know what I think about that?”
And then I am
scared, because sometimes when
I’m angry, I want to stay angry.
And sometimes my anger is
justified and sometimes it is not.
But sometimes I do not want to
hear what God has to say about my anger.
especially when the anger is
towards him, justified or not.
He is wise,
and patient as long as
I am seeking Him, seeking reconciliation.
There’s times, in my pettiness I don’t
want that. But I have to choose
to hear him out. And he’ll wait,
when I’m angry.
Martin Write 