Growth

I was on twitter tonight, (haven't been tweet'n as much as i usually do) and i began to chat with some of the people who follow me. I seen how even in our communication words can be misunderstood. I looked at how we view the word "Christian" and what it really means. The word Christian means "Christ-like" and most of us carry that title around as if we have earned it but haven't. From the standpoint of similarities, we can also attach "title" to men who say they are faithful guys because they have seen that they "could" be, but aren't. Or the woman who says she is not a gossip because she don't "always" talk about other people. Being a Christian is a lifestyle...its something that is carried out daily and not because we call church our home only on Sundays.

We also have the problem of people saying that they don't need church because "God is in my heart". They think that they don't have to be in a place as such to receive God. Although that may be true, its not completely true. God exist everywhere man is but the bible constantly shows us fellowship between like minded people. The bible says, "If you abide in me" (John 15:7). This scripture is longer but the part that stuck out to me was us doing his word and not us doing ours and including him. The bible also stats, "Do not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, as some have done" (Hebrews 10:25). We feel that we can take bits and pieces from the bible and live them but the other pieces don't matter. What if you had a car and it was filled with gas but no tires...technically you are prepared to go somewhere but cant because one (or 4 lol) main piece that "gets you there" doesn't exist. If we were to apply all of the bible to our lives and not just take bits and pieces, we wont be so confused on what God has for us. The closer the relationship becomes, the more we are able to hear him. His voice begins to cloud out our own thinking and lead us as we need him to do.

Its crazy because when i started to write this blog, i was going to speak about how a gentle was playing "Her Story" (a song i did, link here http://youtu.be/hjD4VT5UCbQ ) at work. But the blog went a different direction...maybe someone needs to read that. He said he was playing it out loud and after it went off she walked over to him and hugged him when the song went off. He explained to her that its a rapper named "GS" that made it. She then thanked him for playing it and said that she had a similar story. The made my night. I just had to share it because many times the music is heard but not felt and this gives hope that God does reach the heart through this music.

Warning Before Destruction III will be dropping on Friday The 13th. I look forward to God speaking through me, to you. Be Blessed!! #ImDoinJesus

Judge Compares Blacks To Dogs

Montana's chief federal judge admitted on Wednesday that he forwarded an email comparing African-Americans to dogs and implying that President Barack Obama's mother had sex with animals.

Richard Cebull's email, obtained by the Great Falls Tribune, reads: "Normally I don't send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching. I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read this. Hope it touches your heart like it did mine."A joke then follows: "A little boy said to his mother; 'Mommy, how come I'm black and you're white?' His mother replied, 'Don't even go there Barack! From what I can remember about that party, you're lucky you don't bark!'"

Cebull forwarded the offensive email from his official court account to six "old buddies," who then forwarded to others. In an interview with the Tribune, Cebull maintained he did not send the email because it was racist, but because it was 'anti-Obama.'"

The only reason I can explain it to you is I am not a fan of our president, but this goes beyond not being a fan," Cebull said. He agreed the email was racist, but said he personally was not. "This is a private thing that was, to say the least, very poor judgment on my part," he said.

Personally, I'm not sure how a person can promote something that they are not. The bible says in Luke 6:45 "The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks." So here is my question...how (if in fact it is possible) can you promote something you do not support. That's like an atheist preaching a revival or an abortion clinic turning people away because they want to abort a child.

In 1 Timothy 2:1-2 it tells us that we should pray for those who are in authority or leadership positions. This is a direct example of why. If people like this, with this power that he obviously have, can make decisions based on skin color...imagine what he has already done under "his" leadership.

Instead of raising our voices in anger to speak ill about Richard, lets just pray for him and that the power that he has doesn't cause anyone to be unlawfully "judged" by their skin tone.