Some diffrent stuff.

SOrry it has been awhile since I posted so to make up for it I will post several things. 2 diffrent things (questions) I have written in my absense. I have been very busy with school and triathlon. SO here are my two things.

Fire….(written a few months ago)
There have been lots of fires lately. It has me to thinking about the body of Christ and the lack of fire but what about embers smoldering in our hearts ready to spring to action when the breath of God is breathed on us. How many hidden gifts are lying smoldering in your heart where you thought the passion had long ago died? I noticed several things while fighting a small forest fire over the weekend One…There was a lot of dead debris from plants that was just ash and it covered the embers but then at any given moment the embers would burst back up into flames. Are we like that? I hope so. The embers are still hot. They are glowing orangey yellow bundles of energy lying there waiting for the perfect time when most likely to start a fire to spring back into flames. That just reminds me of the church. At one point we were on fire turned on sold out hooked on Jesus (shout out to all of you who get that reference) but have spiritual/ religious ash or pain quenched our fire? Just like this Log I saw last Friday night from the outside it was covered with ash and what not but upon me bending over to look inside of it the inside was a total beautiful orange red glowing sight. The entire inside was a giant ember. So that being said…Don’t loose heart!!! That fire is still in you. God wants to remove the junk, pain, religious bondage and breathe on the embers and begin the fire inside you once again. And Two… the next morning I went to look at the burned area in the day and was amazed at how it so easily spread from one place to another. We should know that people right now are hungry. They want a change, people want something that is real and not just some quick fix to deaden their pain. It we allow God to set us afire it will spread through this town and area quickly. People are so dry and want something (they just don’t know what) so badly. You can see it by all the people tuning toward various vices to try and fill the void in their life. I think this is the time where God would like to pour his anointing on us His people but we must be willing and wanting to accept it. He is a gentle Father and He will not force it down our throats. We as a body also need to stand up and take back what is ours and be prepared to throw down with Satan because this is going hack him off. Ok that’s all


Judgemental (written a month or so ago)
So often I walk around with a super judgmental attitude saying oh they are going to hell, he gonna burn, she’s going to regret that…. But am I right for doing that?? Am I qualified to judge them and try and sentence people for an eternity? I am not supposed to damn people to hell and I am not supposed to judge them. On the same judgmental note I will see people and say oh they are so spiritual look at them look what they are doing but again how qualified am I to do this? Should judgment be based on what we see outwardly or what is going on inwardly with Christ? I know you can judge by fruit…but what about Mathew 23:27-28
27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”
The people talked about here were obviously looking like they were supper connected to the Lord but it says about the heart and your inward walk.
What happens if someone gets saved and God is working on them cleaning up their act but they are not a tidy package of a person when they die? What if they are still struggling and fighting to overcome addiction. What about a drug addict who gets saved and is trying to get clean and allowing Christ to work through him? What if the drug addict slips and relapses and dies? He has that relationship with Christ but stumbled. I stumble daily mine may not be drugs but I don’t think my sin is less or more than theirs. Am I qualified to judge where they will spend eternity? Can I pass that judgment? What is worse a homosexual who has got saved and allowing God to teach them and show them the unconditional love that they crave yet they are still struggling with that life style or me… I grew up in a church, I know the love of God, I have been taught about the bible and seen Gods gifts in my life, I have felt His guidance and heard his voice, but yet I make a choice to gossip to judge harshly over people or over eat or lie whatever the sin may be. If we both died would we both go to heaven? Again am I the judge? Can I say one way or another? (I firmly know that if I were to die I would spend eternity with my savior) What is different between the drug addict, homosexual and I? My sins are more socially acceptable. I don’t know the answer. I know there are scriptures that promote both stances. Personally I my goal is to not judge, condemn/ exalt anyone instead try and show them unconditional love. I want God to show me how to love others with a love that we all long to feel in our lives. The love that makes us fill we are not a lone person in a world of pain with no alternatives but counterfeits. Lord, today show me at least one person I can love and help it be unconditional and let the person come to understand You more through love. Love me Lord and show your love for others through me.