As I sit here and watch the Hillsong United"s new dvd With Hearts as One I am stoked! For those of you who have no clue who that is or what that is, Hillsongs United is a worship team from a church in Australia and they usually set the tone for contemporary worship music for most churches in the modern era! But as I sit here and watch people from all over the world sing and dance and experience God I am finding the two main ingredients, God and people! Not the music, not the lights, not the places, all of that is circumstancial and are only part of the ingredients but without the main 2, you have nothing!
Picture this, its like you have driven to the grand canyon in your car. Once you are there is how you got there so important? Wouldnt you look around in all of the magnifincance and just be in awe of where you are? Do you think you would say, yeah I saw the Grand Canyon, but hey let me tell you what I was driving getting there! Isnt that how it is sometimes? We enjoy the ride getting there rather than what we went to see? God is so much bigger than the avenue we use to get to Him! I love music but worship isnt about the music! It isnt about setting the mood, it isnt about what you listen too, it isnt about your style or how you worship!
Worship has to do with how we live our lives infront of God! Its us, and God and how we thank Him for what He has given us then we go live it out! That is worship! You dont need a car to go somewhere, all you need is an open heart! We are God's most cherished creation, and He totally is sold to those whose hearts are turned to Him! So the next time you have a chance, thank God for your next breath, your next meal, your next stage in life and just spend time knowing that God is looking for you, and He is waiting for you in worship!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Be All That You Can Be
Be all that you can be in the Wal-Mart Army! At first when they handed down that dress code I was like, guys why dont you just make the logo a big circle with a bullseye in the middle of it! Cant you see the commercial , these two wal mart execs sitting there with a lawyer, ( like the Coke Zero commercial ) saying what if we take the middle circle out and leave the outer circle, can we use that logo?
Sometimes I feel like I have joined an occult! Gotta wear blue and khaki everyday, and for God's sake doent say God unless your a customer! Anyway I could go on my soap box for hours on this subject alone! I do like aspects of my job, getting to see 450 to 500 people everyday, and I get plenty of excercise walking from window to window and then fill a little but unless you work there and know who works back there you know what I am talking about!
I am praying, alot lately for God to change things for me, but for the most part to change me! REmind me that I am not working for man my work is unto God, I work to please Him! Help me tho think about what is good and worth my thoughts! Help me to keep my mind focused on job and to show people that God isnt mad at them! If what Jesus said is true when He said He was the light of the world and He put that light in those that believe in Him, then if people look at me do they see that light? Do people see God in me? What part of God are they seeing? I was joking the other day with my Pastor and said, " If I am the only Jesus that some of my customers saw that day, then they would think that Jesus was a little pissed off! "
As christians our actions tell more of a story than our words ever will! Same when Jesus was alive, there were people claiming to be the Messiah and doing things in the name of god, but Jesus' actions showed that He was who He said He was! I leave with this, am I who I claim to be? Do people see that I follow Jesus?
Sometimes I feel like I have joined an occult! Gotta wear blue and khaki everyday, and for God's sake doent say God unless your a customer! Anyway I could go on my soap box for hours on this subject alone! I do like aspects of my job, getting to see 450 to 500 people everyday, and I get plenty of excercise walking from window to window and then fill a little but unless you work there and know who works back there you know what I am talking about!
I am praying, alot lately for God to change things for me, but for the most part to change me! REmind me that I am not working for man my work is unto God, I work to please Him! Help me tho think about what is good and worth my thoughts! Help me to keep my mind focused on job and to show people that God isnt mad at them! If what Jesus said is true when He said He was the light of the world and He put that light in those that believe in Him, then if people look at me do they see that light? Do people see God in me? What part of God are they seeing? I was joking the other day with my Pastor and said, " If I am the only Jesus that some of my customers saw that day, then they would think that Jesus was a little pissed off! "
As christians our actions tell more of a story than our words ever will! Same when Jesus was alive, there were people claiming to be the Messiah and doing things in the name of god, but Jesus' actions showed that He was who He said He was! I leave with this, am I who I claim to be? Do people see that I follow Jesus?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Up and Running!
Well here it is! My page is up and running, ta daa! Ha ha well I usually blog on myspace and I do it randomly like when something significant happens or during football season, but it has been on my heart to do this for some time now. I think it will be healing for me and an outlet to express this life force that is my passion for being! Where to begin! Life has taken me down some pretty scenic roads this year, some great times and some low times but I continue the walk!
Every morning I wake up something strange happens, well it is to me! I'll get up and get a cup of coffee and well I might turn on ESPN and catch some Mike and Mike in the morning but then it happens. I start mumbling, and what I mumble is well its like I am preaching! And I am going at it, and its good too! This morning for instance was one of those times. This is the strange part, I always say man I need to write that down, but I dont! Can you see my procrastination in this?
Some might say wow what a cool way to start your day, you must have a great day everyday, ha ha no not necessarily so! Here lately I have been working through alot, but with this new blog start I am going to make a change in my life, again! So in the morning instead of trying to get up and face the day, I will get up and embrace the Creator of the day and embrace what He has for me!
Every morning I wake up something strange happens, well it is to me! I'll get up and get a cup of coffee and well I might turn on ESPN and catch some Mike and Mike in the morning but then it happens. I start mumbling, and what I mumble is well its like I am preaching! And I am going at it, and its good too! This morning for instance was one of those times. This is the strange part, I always say man I need to write that down, but I dont! Can you see my procrastination in this?
Some might say wow what a cool way to start your day, you must have a great day everyday, ha ha no not necessarily so! Here lately I have been working through alot, but with this new blog start I am going to make a change in my life, again! So in the morning instead of trying to get up and face the day, I will get up and embrace the Creator of the day and embrace what He has for me!
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