Forgiveness

Is forgiveness something that must be earned not just given? That is where we are wrong. Does the father not forgive us by our asking. Sometimes its the hardest thing to say or do when someone has hurt us. I have heard a song called "forgiveness" by Matthew West, its from where a lady forgave the drunk driver that took her little girl's life. If she can do that why is it so hard for us to forgive with much smaller things. Just a few days ago I have finally told my ex-wife that I forgave her for everything she has done in the past. After that it felt like some weight had been lifted off of me. We don't know what could be holding us down, but if someone needs to be forgiven that would be a start.

Brothers Keeper

Are we or do we need to be our brothers keeper? Yes we are and need to be because God wants us to look out for one another. We should help with staying strong in faith. We need to be there when someone needs to be shown love, compassion, strength, and just to pray with or for someone. I'm not saying we should or need to push Christianity all over people and down their throats. Just show them love and give help when its needed. We should be there for our brothers and sisters to show them they're not alone. By showing them they're not alone will give them strength to move on day by day.

Halloween

So sorry this one is a little late.
                                    
                                             here is me

                                       here is my son

                                       my beautifully wife

                                                and us together

here is me this sunday

Sorry it has been so long

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have a lot of things going on and need to get back to work on my post, will have one soon for y'all.

Sunday church outfit

Loving my Sunday outfits.

Praise and worship

To praise is to proclaim or describe the glorious attributes of God with homage and thanksgiving. We should give thanks to the Lord everyday and for everything. I myself give thanks for the sun or rain, just being able to wake up another day, and still having a job. When we praise God we are showing how thankful we are. And to worship is to show profound religious devotion and respect to; adore or venerate. Ok so devotion and respect, singing songs and praying to lift Gods name high. I don't feel a lot of churches do this enough today. It takes a back seat and everything has a time line to follow. God don't want to be put on a time line, he wants us to stand up loud with praise and worship. Sunday at our church that's all we did, some gave testimonies and some rededicated their life to Christ.  

Why and How could God use me.

A lot of us ask this. It may be because of our past that we ask. We all do it, I was before I said ok I'll do this blog. It may not be something big for all. Sometimes all it takes is telling someone hey or asking how they are doing. You never know how bad someone may feel because they are alone. We should show kindness, love and concern for one another. God can use anyone at anytime. If your asking yourself could he use me the answer is always yes. And just because you are different just means you can touch someone others can't.

Being Holy

I would like to touch on being holy. We should be holy as the Lord is holy. So we should be humble, not thinking we are better than anyone in any way. James 3:6 "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble". We are not to speak evil or judge another, nor are we to boast. Being holy is being more like God. I know that I myself fall short, but I want to be as holy as he. You never know, the homeless,poor, or just someone who is different could be your Jesus in disguise.

Battle for souls

The battle is going on all the time for our souls. We must fight and charge to the front of the line. We shouldn't run, put our guard down or sit on the fence. We must be ready and know our enemy. Satan is real and is out for all of us. He knows our weakness and will try his hardest to take over. He has hit me hard using friends, our preacher, and even my own father when I started thinking about ministering to others. We must have the whole armor of God. There is no stop to the war at hand and with God in our life we can beat Satan. If we stay with the Lord and walk with him, Satan will run, and we should not run from him but fight in the Lords name.

                                     Ephesians  6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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put on the breastplate of righteousness, shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace, taking the shield of faith, take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God.

Sunday outfit

My son and I going to church

Darkness

We have two kinds of darkness, a spiritual and literal darkness. The spiritual darkness is being lost, not knowing God as your savior and being in a world of sin. Then we have the literal darkness that some of us choose, of wearing all black, liking skeletons and just being different. I will tell you this, it doesn't matter what you wear or like, as long as you have faith and try to live your life by the Lord, he does not judge you. God brings it all down to one thought, and thats just knowing him as your savior. We should always show love to everyone we meet.l Love is very important in every day life. With some Christians, no one knows what they are for, only what they're against, because of judgment.                  
                               Psalm 71:8
Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your glory all the day.  

Why ridiculed

Why is it new and reborn people of faith get ridiculed by the people of the world. It's because Satan is of worldly desires. He wants us to get down and think we shouldn't openly share our love and faith in God. He wants us to stay in the worldly desires, and out of our faith. Yes we will always have hard times but with faith we can make it through anything that comes our way.

          1 Peter 4:16
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.

Mourning

I'm in mourning for all that are lost, that are poor in spirit. You could be the richest person in the world, and yet be poor in the spirit of the Lord. And yet I mourn because for the longest time, I have done nothing. I now hunger and thirst for his love and mercy, so that I can be filled and overflow for the world to see.

The Lord has compassion for us, no matter the sin. If we turn to him and ask for forgiveness, he will give it to us. He is the friend of sinners and the family to the lonely. He touched the people others wouldn't go near, and loved all. Even at death he  asked is father to forgive them for they know not what they do. He took on all the sins of the world so that we could be saved. In Matthew 5:6 he said " blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled." He wants to fill our cups so that they overflow with his love for the world to see.

You can't see me

Why do we think we can hide from you. We sit in the dark thinking you can't see us. We look around fearfully asking "are you there?" You stand there in silence, waiting on us to see what choice we make. When we make the right one, we know we should make, you answer "yes I am here with you" and shine a light for us to see our path.

Sunday best, outfits

Here are just a few things we like to wear to church, or just out around town. Yes my son and I have matching shirts that have skulls in the print.

The start of something big.

This is for anyone who feels they aren't able to go to church, cause they will be judged by the members of the church. The way I see things people have forgotten, the Lord said judge not for I will not judge you. Its been a hard road being goth and going to church, so far everyone has really welcomed us. I say so far cause the new paster that has started here feels that there is something wrong with us, just because we like to wear black all the time. I feel the Lord wants me to minister to anyone out there who wants to hear the word of God.  

I feel we should love and support one another, like the Lord showed love to everyone. He went to the people in the streets not the ones in the church of that time. We have people all the time look at us crazy for the way we dress, but it doesn't stop us from loving the Lord and doing what we can for him. I have done a lot of dumb things in my past from, drugs, drinking, love outside of marriage and a lot of hate to other people. I have been drag racing, I don't any more, but I was going down the track in a dragster  and lost it. I was doing 150Mph at 4.50 in the 1/8 of a mile while flipping. I don't remember anything, but being in the hospital,  and only a few minutes of a week in there. The lord had spared my life yet a second time to show me his love. I now have a tat on my back of angle wings and a scroll that says you can't outrun your guardian angle, and how true that is.