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Saturday, 07 November 2009

Lord help us all....
We need to know that you love us.
We need to know that we are okay.

Lord love us...
We need to feel your love.
We need to be lifted up by it.

Lord hold us...
We need to be comforted in pain.
We need to know its okay.

Lord empower us...
We need to love others.
We need to life others from the fire.

Lord remind us...
We need to know who You are.
We need to know what you have brought us out of.

Lord lead us...
We need to see your victory.
We need to be ushered into the light.

Peace, love, and truth are the only weapons against the vast waves of darkness that surround us. Without the Lord of Love, the God of Peace, we cannot hope to overcome or to hold out. We would instead sink to our ruin. There is no theology, no bravery, no knowledge, that can substitute the unstoppable power of God's Spirit. In the end, there is no one that will be standing beside us to the very gates of hell, but you. There is no one else that can give us peace in the face of death. There is no peace that transcends all understand apart from you. Efforts separate from you are in vain. My future is bright and my task is clear. We bow down to you God.
Wow

Watch this video entitled "Handlebars" by the Flobots. Though the video is really good, pay special attention to the lyrics. Just...wow.

We have the choice and ability to perform good and evil things.

Choose wisely, please.

Lyrics

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

Look at me, look at me
hands in the air like it's good to be
ALIVE
and I'm a famous rapper
even when the paths're all crookedy
I can show you how to do-si-do
I can show you how to scratch a record
I can take apart the remote control
And I can almost put it back together
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem
I can tell you about Leif Ericson
I know all the words to "De Colores"
And "I'm Proud to be an American"
Me and my friend saw a platypus
Me and my friend made a comic book
And guess how long it took
I can do anything that I want cuz, look:

I can keep rhythm with no metronome
No metronome
No metronome

I can see your face on the telephone
On the telephone
On the telephone

Look at me
Look at me
Just called to say that it's good to be
ALIVE
In such a small world
All curled up with a book to read
I can make money open up a thrift store
I can make a living off a magazine
I can design an engine sixty four
Miles to a gallon of gasoline
I can make new antibiotics
I can make computers survive aquatic conditions
I know how to run a business
And I can make you wanna buy a product
Movers shakers and producers
Me and my friends understand the future
I see the strings that control the systems
I can do anything with no assistance
I can lead a nation with a microphone
With a microphone
With a microphone
I can split the atoms of a molecule
Of a molecule
Of a molecule

Look at me
Look at me
Driving and I won't stop
And it feels so good to be
Alive and on top
My reach is global
My tower secure
My cause is noble
My power is pure
I can hand out a million vaccinations
Or let'em all die in exasperation
Have'em all healed of their lacerations
Have'em all killed by assassination
I can make anybody go to prison
Just because I don't like'em and
I can do anything with no permission
I have it all under my command
I can guide a missile by satellite
By satellite
By satellite
and I can hit a target through a telescope
Through a telescope
Through a telescope
and I can end the planet in a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handle bars
No handlebars

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

Monday, 02 November 2009

On we gooooooo!

So today was another day and tomorrow shall be that as well. I get up and read about wars and famine in the world and of course it is a downer to see those things and I wish I could help. I think about a different and more deadly war though. There are far more terrible wars to be waged in our very person. Everyday I get up and I go into combat with my despair and depression. I fight a war in my heart to be filled with joy and not be brought down by sadness. I fight a black-ops war in my mind against thoughts that would creep in like spies to fill me with doubt and attempt to steal my hope.

I know everyone fights these battles but I don't think many know that they do....and even fewer know dangerous and deadly it can be and what the cost can take from a person. These battles change who we are and can transform our very soul and character. It is a holistic battle that we endure, or don't endure every single day. I say this because I am very aware of my own battles against the darkness that is in me. I know my spiritual enemy is always pushing in on me, but I am far more frightened by the enemy that is already inside of me and that is that little bit of darkness that remains in me.

The enemy waiting outside cannot get inside unless the darkness inside of me lets it in. Alone, I could not fight this battle. Time and time again I am reminded of the efforts to fight this war alone and the countless losses I have endures.....and the pain that ensues from it. No amount of discipline has made me strong enough, no time spent in study has made me more knowledgeable in it, no knowledge gained has given me enough insight against it, no willpower burning bright in defiance has fought it away........

No it is only when I surrender myself to God that I have found the joy to stand up, the hope to move on, the raw power to bring the fight against it, and the vigilance to carry the fight to the next day. There truly is NOTHING I can do against it. When I have victories it is only the face of my loving savior that I see above me, holding me up. I have often wondered how I continue to drag along in these dark days, but I already know the answer.

Yes, tomorrow is another day, a day that I can choose victory over defeat and joy over sorrow. It only comes through the blood, through the Word, through the Church, the purpose of God, and the price.....the price has been paid.....I am free.

Sunday, 25 October 2009

I surivive

I will not be defeated. The enemy is a fool. We learn this from the start when he thought he could rebel against God. He shows his colors once again in nettling me. Well I have been attacked enough to be completely sick of it and I will not take any more of the enemies abuse. I will live once more and the funny thing is that I am not going to be doing any of the work. I will strive to remember who I am as a child/servant/friend/soldier of Christ and to allow God's redemptive Spirit to revive me and restore to me what Jesus rightfully fought to give me......life eternal and abundant. I will live now so that when I do return to my place of service, I will be able and willing to collect the harvest that God has set up for me to grab.

More to come in the future.....

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Before...

"I am no mere man, I am a son of God. A force to be reckoned with, a toll against evil. A living soul meant for holy deeds......this is me, this is my purpose, Christ in me, Christ around me, Christ consumed, Christ's servitude."

Interesting quote huh? The man who wrote this is a powerful warrior........he is/was me. I hope that one day I can be him again. I need a lot of prayer and a lot of support from people who care about me. My faith is alive, but my spirit is not.