Feast or Famine

Ring ring, the phone is ringing.

You answer and are presented with a question. 

Would you care to live a life as a humming bird, feeding off Jesus Christ with peace at hand.

Or would you prefer to continually browse around as vultures on the quest for the dead. They do nothing but fly around with no power to catch their own feasts, just scavenging for the deceased. 

There is a a simpler life than you having to zoom about searching for contentment. You can be a hummingbird and rest with the power of God, for you can find a never ending supply of nectar with the Lord.    

Not Your Typical Berry

Generally fruit grows on trees and branches, however, humans have a much stronger fruit. With the days given to us from our Lord, all our lives should be rooted in the presence of Jesus. Our core should be strengthened with love, with the same sense of love found in the fruits of the spirit. 

There is a children’s song that you can hum, "The fruits of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Meditate on this when you feel yourself digressing.

Your spirit is not a two story home, you can only chose to be on one level. Either go upstairs where the fruits of the spirits rest or mozy down stairs where you can do whatever you would like with the world.

Our souls are built as a single story house, where we are perpetually called to carry on with our lives bearing the fruits of the spirit. Nevertheless, there is also a face we can not divert from. The bright glowing face of our Lord Jesus Christ, who made it through all this with flying colors.

This face is what your eyes must rest on. 

Love makes its way through to touch each of your hearts, giving you access to these fruits. Not fruits as cherries or berries, but much more prominent one in our lives.

 ^"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.  Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided."

Galatians 5:22-25

Give Me the Recipe for Love

Grasping the concept of the attribute of love. 

It is not found from eating an abundance of cake or ice cream, even if this will put a smile on your face. 

There is only a single pathway to take hold of the notion; we need to first notice that there must be something infinitely more powerfull then you or I who put this whole planet with the sky and all into place. 

If we ultimitly accept this, we then find the single direction to life is from our God (for no one else could create this piece of art). He demonstrated what love is by sending His son Jesus Christ to get stomped on and finally get crucified on the cross. 

He gave us all "a get out of jail free card". 

This way we no longer merely exist, but have a purpose from our Savior. He did not have to come to earth, but took it into His own hands to save each person from their sins while also demonstrating what love is.

In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.

1 John 4:9-11

Be a Road Runner, Not a Pig

Should our personas be a pig or a road runner?

The former does not trust in God, but merely wallows in its own sin.

The latter has ears that are open to God, and sprints forward though trials with the Bible at hand. 

Pigs and road runners have varying traits; while the first is happy in misery, the second sees joy through all.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6-7

Gracias Pastor Mike Buford for giving me these ideas.

God Has Built in Hearing Aids

There’s always hope from discouragement. 

Focus your vision onto attainable goals, this is the answer on how we handle our failures. 

"In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. 

From His temple he heard my voice; my cry came before Him into His ears."

Psalm 18:6

Cry out to God, tell Him your feelings and He will listen. Then put on the blinders and keep going as Christians; open your eyes and see Jesus before you. Approach troubles with a determined spirit and remember don’t be disheartened, for it only brings you down. 

Set your mind and heart towards God, and be grateful just to be alive. 

Work hard in the power from God.