10.30.2007
fall brings on the cold...heart
As of late, I miss some old friends much more acutely, and want to visit my family in Georgia very, very badly. I also can't seem to muster up the courage to ask a certain interest of mine to dinner, and this drives me crazy. I guess I should just man up and do it, but the ever present fear of rejection seems to keep the words from escaping my mouth.
I see God so clearly in these days, and mostly in the perfectly crisp, clear nights. The stars seem brighter than usual, and the moon has been as silvery as can be, leading me to a realization that there is something good in the world, although chances are it may not be me.
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. Romans 1:20
9.17.2007
Stay Humble
Stay Humble
its for your own, its for your own goodness sake
its for your own protection from steps that you might take
i'm selfish, there i said it - it scares me when i see
that i can't deny what comes so naturally
stay humble humble humble
its for your own, its for your own clear view
its for your own efforts to hold on to whats true
my comfort and my glory - are shaken when i see -
that my life's not a story about me
stay humble humble humble
would someone please awaken me from my sleep
would someone please awaken me from my sleep
if you would wipe the sleep from my eyes
i could die to myself tonight
but i've been asleep
i've been asleep
9.15.2007
Of First Importance
While reading a little bit tonight, as well as listening to Matt Chandler's sermon series on the cross, some things have jumped out at me. Namely, the fact that we cannot take to lightly the cross and resurrection of Christ and the power that we receive through it alone. Nothing more, nothing less. Just the cross of Christ. Secondly, while reading through this chapter, verse 56 brought to light a thought that I've been learning more and more, but still can't quite grasp. That is, the fact that sin has power in our lives because of the law, because of the things that we think we must do to have the favor of God. This thought is destroyed by the cross of Christ. I just wish that I could fully take hold of it. Here are the texts that struck me.
1 Corinthians 15
The Resurrection of Christ
1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.