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True majesty will always grab your heart through your eyes
What is the very best day you’ve ever had? Can you remember it clearly? Is there just one, or now, have they turned into many? How do you even begin to put best into the conversation, when it comes to days that you’ve lived? What if your best day, the very best day you ever had, you know it happened, because the feeling is there, but the memory, the crystal clear memory of it, has faded? What then becomes the very best day you’ve ever had? Does it go around and then become something that will happen, next?
In “Way of the Peaceful Warrior,” Dan Millman suggests that we experience the journey with a sense of being alive to the moment. What is the very best day you’ve ever had?
Mine, you ask? Well it wouldn’t be fair to go through all those questions and then hold out on you, would it? So lets you and I make a deal between us, O.K.? Lets say that if you agree to let me know what you think about it, I’ll agree to tell you about it, hows that sound? One thing to bear in mind, you’ll need to email me and ask.
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Dr. Joe Vitale a nationally recognized marketing guru
makes the point constantly that the universe loves speed,
meaning, when you get an idea, don’t sit on it, act on it.
Don’t think about it (much), put it into play, and see if
it moves something into a different phase? One of my
favorite mentors is a fellow named Chris Voss, he has a
Podcast plus blog plus Net show he does in which Chris
just blows you away with info- can you tell he is “my man!”
On one of his blogs Chris gets off on Facebook, and really
I’m starting to see his point, I like Facebook as well, but
if you are into marketing products over the web, my goodness
consider this chart:
Okay, now for the kicker…you knew there had to be one,
right? Check out where the mighty Twitter has landed itself?
Six months back the clamor over Twitter was so loud you
couldn’t hear your tweets as they came in? “What happened?”
You ask, “glad you asked, here is my guess…” Twitter had
some hangups that they’ve gotten past I hope, about how you
did what you did in terms of Tweeting…and in being kind of
Twitter management of posts happy, I think they got legal minded
about who could tweet what and when and where, and they forgot
who was payin’ the bill? Now I’m thankful for Twitter don’t
misunderstand me, it’s a tremendous way to get the word out,
on some things, but it isn’t nearly as well used as Facebook
according to this review. So for my money, I guess I better
learn how to tweak out the Face, huh?
The October challenge, find amazing parts of theology and
then each day bring one paragraph to you the reader about that.
Today we draw from a very deep well indeed, C.S. Lewis, a man
of mystery, a man who fell in love with a married woman, who
later divorced her unconcerned husband, and who C.S. felt was
the completion to his soul. They eventually married, although
they weren’t able to spend much time together, is it possible
that in the years they hesitated to leave their comfortable
lives, they were cheating the joy they felt when they were
finally able to become one soul? One soul- the Hebrew calls
the soul the “Nephish” and they say that, and even Christian’s,
read a Bible which proclaims that man is a soul which has
the breath of God in it. This breath of God separates and
makes man distinct. So each person is indeed unique and
a creation. Creation an ongoing act of creator God, what
is He creating in your life today?
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man [of]
the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul.
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These days it is fashionable to write in a certain way
speak in a certain way, and behave in a certain way; and
the mantra is, that will bring you success. This is the
repeat Parrot system that is do dangerous that it is
almost too scary to be written about. Does that tell
you how frightening repetition and duplication are?
Here is why- when you replicate someone else when it
comes to success, you stop what is essentially you-
and you become what is essentially – their success.
The very real danger is, you will never achieve the
success that was possible in you, you won’t ever see it.
The very real danger of duplicating someone else when
it comes to the delicate area of success- it will be
limited to what they had achieved, diminished from what
was possible for you; and here is the strongest harm-
it is exponentially harmful as you advertise “follow me!”
Real leaders don’t duplicate, they don’t replicate, they
are people who have the inner character not to. Leaders
are tough but not tough, loving but not too loving,
kind but not too kind, understanding but not too far
gone in understanding minutiae. Leaders don’t duplicate
because they have a vision which won’t allow them
to track along a path which has been trodden upon
before, as most today are familiar with the poem,
by Frost, that “Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I— I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.” Click
The ads, suggestions, books, public speaking, and
even so called collegiate education these days, does
not emphasize being your own person; instead, the folks
who have been given the responsibility to lead out to
new shores, aren’t interested in that, they are rather
interested in folks who will follow what they say.
This lockstep group-think mentality is not only
dangerous, it is costly. To measure the cost of this
lack of internal growth and character, look at the
growth in crime and associated criminal activities?
Every year crime increases, criminal activity
increases; this shows clearly that those who want
to institute follower-ship rather than character
and individuality; are creating a gigantic monster
which will consume the very core of the nation
which allows it to fester, and that nation is
unfortunately; America. We decry the lack of leadership,
and yet, almost all of our current leaders in the
Senate and House, are law school graduates? Tell
you anything about the type of education which says
not to step too far out of line? Look at the
types of laws which these leaders are putting
together? You will find measured, poll successful
ideas, but will you find daring visionary laws?
So the absolute two words for success, which
when they are missing will guarantee that a person
won’t reach the level of success possible had they
been present, are…
Fidelity and Victory.
When it comes the subject of fidelity, is it
possible to find a more refined thinker on the
subject, than Shakespeare? Recently, the very
ethic of fidelity has been challenged. In
postcolonial critics’ eyes, faithful translations
of the towering figure in the English-language
literary canon risk reinforcing the global
hegemony of Anglo-American culture.
(From a must read article linked in here)!
You have undoubtedly heard the quotation which
it seems most aptly applies to victory, but let’s have
a little fun with the comments section and see if
you can nail the source of the quote? Here it is:
“There is no substitute for victory”
And indeed there isn’t!
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“She said- Our fathers worshiped
in this mountain…”
Sometimes it is the small things that matter,
our instead of my, in instead of on…
My life is blessed because of a church
home- people who worship God in a way
that challenges and arouses me- but even more
than how they go about getting in touch
with God, they don’t enforce a way that
I must. Yes, they have some behaviors
which they believe in, and yes, they
have some basic precepts of faith which
they feel prove that a person is in fact
a disciple of Christ, but beyond that,
they are very accepting and very genuine
folks. My hope is that you have such a
church family- on the other hand, I would
suggest that no church family is going to
be perfect- because the Body of Christ is
made up of humans who are imperfect, and
while basically the whole may look and
act perfect, because every single part is
flawed, in the end, it isn’t perfect.
Neither is my church home perfect, but in
defense of it I will say this, it is the
people that show me love, teach me God’s
Holy word and lead me in prayer and
thanksgiving of heart to God, to get in
touch with God (called worship) which
keep me returning. So finally the
decision to worship God in one house
or another, is up to you, God is not
going to interfere with your freedom
to choose, but I would suggest to you
one single item, pray about that decision.
Pray and earnestly ask God if He would
like for you to worship in one place
or another. You might be amazed at
His answer. It is hidden in this
statement from Christ to a woman who
was astonished at our Lord, imagine that!
| Jhn 4:20 | Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. | ||
| Jhn 4:21 | Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. |
So it comes down to the basic
question about where you will choose
to tell God you love Him, while I am
less than perfect at it, my first suggestion
is, that we do so humbly, on our knees.
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Most of the time we are happy to have life
go along on a pretty straight line, certain
things happen, we are used to those, and
certain things don’t happen, and we claim
that they don’t matter, which isn’t true
they do matter, we just don’t want to admit
it. The question is, do you really believe
that God, who made you, wants you to lose?
Wants you to hurt? Wants you to give in?
Wants you to flaunt endless justifications
about your inability to achieve at the end
of which is, another loss? Is your life
to be all about that?
God would not want that, surely not?
So we run smack into your right
to mess up what otherwise would
be perfect, and WHY- God wants you to be
obedient BEFORE BEING SACRIFICIAL – get it?
Being sacrificial doesn’t help you achieve
the God’s perfect will for your life; because in
being obedient you will find His will for
the life he has imparted to you. Now this
is pretty deep stuff but it is supported
it would seem by this and other Bible based
passages, let us know what you think?
1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD
[as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold,
to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and]
to hearken than the fat of rams.
So let’s get serious about the point of obedience?
Let’s make it today, and when we know that we
have failed to obey, let’s pray- it is under
this guidance that it seems to me Jesus was
referring when he commanded that we ought always
to pray!
| Luk 18:1 | And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; |
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Yesterdays entry caught some people up short
because they aren’t used to someone being
so blunt. That is true, here is something else
that is true- the damage to love that ruthless
evil has done, is pretty blunt, isn’t it?
One of the very real problems in this war
is just understanding how it is to be fought.
We want to fight it in a way that makes sense
to us, only problem with that is, such a means
doesn’t accomplish what you want, it has
the exact opposite effect. Want to know
why so many churches are struggling
it is this very thing- this reverse role of the
warfare of the spirit- we don’t win this war
with means that make sense to us.
Because of that, you feel powerless in
this fight; and that is the supreme paradox
of trust and relationship to God, letting go
and letting God. Sounds easy, turns out
to be very hard. One kind gesture, one
kind moment, one simple essence of
taking yourself off the center of the life
and considering the other person. It
does make a difference, they do notice
it, it does matter. Yes it gets to the point
sometimes that you do wonder if such is
true, but you can believe, on the life
of the one who gave that life up, that
it is true- He didn’t back down, when
they told Him, “If you’re gonna keep
on tellin’ us you’re God- we’re gonna
have to silence you.” He knew then,
the road to the cross he was asking you
to take part in- do so with GLEE!
| Mat 5:12 | Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you |
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