And now I can't remember what it was I was going to blog about.
I suppose it'll come to me.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
"God Time"
Everything seems to go better when you're having regular "God time". It can also be said that everything seems to go down the toilet when you're not having regular "God time".
To be truthful, I've been pretty lax with my time with God recently. I started working and getting a lot busier and started giving God less of my time. It's been pretty sucky, and perhaps it's even starting to show (?). I really need to get back to that.
I've never been a big journaller, but I do enjoy prayer and reading the Bible. I think my favourite thing to do with God though is worship. I love giving him praise and telling him about how awesome he is. I think he likes it too. I've been so busy lately, and tired, and sometimes discouraged, and it's really hampered the time with Daddy. I think that now that I'm working full-time it's going to take more effort and I'm going to have to be more diligent in scheduling God into my day and my week. It's going to take more sacrifice and more drawing of boundaries and such to make sure I get the time in, but it'll be worth it. I think that when it requires more of us there's a greater reward. On top of that greater reward, there's a higher level of discipline learned and diligence practised, which I'm all for growing in. Although, I should be careful in writing that. Those things have a way of coming back in biting me in the ass (spiritually speaking. And yes, I did just write 'ass' in my Christian blog! Shocking, I know).
All this to say, spend time with God people. It does you good.
To be truthful, I've been pretty lax with my time with God recently. I started working and getting a lot busier and started giving God less of my time. It's been pretty sucky, and perhaps it's even starting to show (?). I really need to get back to that.
I've never been a big journaller, but I do enjoy prayer and reading the Bible. I think my favourite thing to do with God though is worship. I love giving him praise and telling him about how awesome he is. I think he likes it too. I've been so busy lately, and tired, and sometimes discouraged, and it's really hampered the time with Daddy. I think that now that I'm working full-time it's going to take more effort and I'm going to have to be more diligent in scheduling God into my day and my week. It's going to take more sacrifice and more drawing of boundaries and such to make sure I get the time in, but it'll be worth it. I think that when it requires more of us there's a greater reward. On top of that greater reward, there's a higher level of discipline learned and diligence practised, which I'm all for growing in. Although, I should be careful in writing that. Those things have a way of coming back in biting me in the ass (spiritually speaking. And yes, I did just write 'ass' in my Christian blog! Shocking, I know).
All this to say, spend time with God people. It does you good.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
One's Kin Ablazed
So, this weekend has been the Families on Fire conference at TACF, and it's been pretty cool. Just thinking about family and all and I think I have some thoughts...
I had the opportunity to be a part of the prophetic presbytery team at the conference today and got to prophecy over about six or seven families, I think. Good times! Also kind of sad at times though, you tend to start to see things that aren't the greatest, thing in their lives that need healing. It's great though, because you also get to see a whole tonne of awesome stuff. It was really cool, because it's not something I get to do all the time, this whole prophesying thing, but I love it. There's a certain vibe, a certain feeling, a 'je ne sais pas' about some families. You can just feel the unique spirit about them, and it's really... well, it's really cool. My own family has its own unique spirit. I'm trying to understand my family better, I've often felt different from them. I'm the only one in my immediate family who is musical, and there are other things that, throughout my life, I'm just unique in. It can be hard for me, my brother doesn't go to church, and just doesn't have a sense of the spiritual side of life. It's scary sometimes and often very frustrating. I digress...
Family is cool, and it's really important. I don't think we value our families enough when we've been in them for so long. But then people start families and all the sudden it's the biggest thing ever. Then they tend to balance out. I can't wait to start a family. I love kids and I love family, but I'm also really excited for the things that God has shown me about my wife and kids to come. A lot of it I can't even qualify, it's just senses and feelings of the things that we'll do and the things that we'll be. I'm really looking forward to the great level of God's spirit that he's going to grow in me through my wife and family. It'll be good.
To break this down and wrap it up, let's treasure our families, there's nothing like them and God has us in them for a reason. Let's appreciate them and love them. Your family is unique and has a specific destiny and calling. It has a unique spirit that no other family could have. God loves family, he is, in himself, a family, and he's created us to be in families for a reason. It's because they're awesome.
I had the opportunity to be a part of the prophetic presbytery team at the conference today and got to prophecy over about six or seven families, I think. Good times! Also kind of sad at times though, you tend to start to see things that aren't the greatest, thing in their lives that need healing. It's great though, because you also get to see a whole tonne of awesome stuff. It was really cool, because it's not something I get to do all the time, this whole prophesying thing, but I love it. There's a certain vibe, a certain feeling, a 'je ne sais pas' about some families. You can just feel the unique spirit about them, and it's really... well, it's really cool. My own family has its own unique spirit. I'm trying to understand my family better, I've often felt different from them. I'm the only one in my immediate family who is musical, and there are other things that, throughout my life, I'm just unique in. It can be hard for me, my brother doesn't go to church, and just doesn't have a sense of the spiritual side of life. It's scary sometimes and often very frustrating. I digress...
Family is cool, and it's really important. I don't think we value our families enough when we've been in them for so long. But then people start families and all the sudden it's the biggest thing ever. Then they tend to balance out. I can't wait to start a family. I love kids and I love family, but I'm also really excited for the things that God has shown me about my wife and kids to come. A lot of it I can't even qualify, it's just senses and feelings of the things that we'll do and the things that we'll be. I'm really looking forward to the great level of God's spirit that he's going to grow in me through my wife and family. It'll be good.
To break this down and wrap it up, let's treasure our families, there's nothing like them and God has us in them for a reason. Let's appreciate them and love them. Your family is unique and has a specific destiny and calling. It has a unique spirit that no other family could have. God loves family, he is, in himself, a family, and he's created us to be in families for a reason. It's because they're awesome.
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