So I'm officially mind blown because God just dropped a word in my heart while on the phone with a friend.
We were talking about how God doesn't stop loving us because of our actions, then his love would not be unconditional. His Unconditional Love is not dependent on even the condition of our hearts. Now, don't misunderstand me because there is a difference between experiencing the Love of God and the gifts of obedience to God. (I'm gonna let that one simmer)
Now the real point I Want to make is that we live in this world, learn in this world, go to school in this world, work in this world, and everything in between. And in this world SIn is NOT all equal. FOr example. A guy shoots 10 people in the airport randomly, he CERTAINLY will not be punished equally to a 13yr old girl who steals her teacher's favorite pen because she likes the way it writes. <----This is the world we live in.
In this world people like Oprah and Angelina Jolie do good things and are therefore good, but not in the eyes of God.
HEre is what blows my mind. The truth is, when we become saved, we are still living and breathing in this world and like someone who has spent the last 15 or 20 or whatever number of years living in one world, it becomes EXTREMELY DIFFICULT and pretty much impossible for us to adjust to a life where we understand that SIN EQUALS SIN, but God loves us despite it all. See, in our world we can forgive someone who lies about where they were last night quicker than someone who murder's one's kid or plans the robbery of your store. IN Gods world, its all equal, but when we repent its ALL DISMISSED. In our world, if someone throws your toy on the floor but gives your $50 to replace it, we're ALL Good, In God's world, Good works do not equal a repentant heart. BUT, because we continue to live in this world, experiencing Gods world will be challenging UNTIL we Learn to do as Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Im sorry to everyone to whom this is redundant, but it really just blew my mind. Renewed mind is not a commandment because God just FEELS like it, but he understands that it is the ONLY way we can truly grasp the essence of HIS LOVE!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
RELATIONSHIPS
I've been thinking a lot about relationships. Who will I be friends with after graduation?? Will it be like high school where I still communicate with ONE PERSON? (I pray not). It is becoming even more real to me since Im spending my last semester in school working an internship, almost 200miles from where I spent the last 3.5yrs of my life building relationships. It's really putting some of my friendships in perspective. Who is IN THIS for the long run, who even cares??
I took the Greyhound to a Research Conference presentation in Huntsville this past week,and right before getting on my connecting bus in Houston, I was listening to some people's conversations. I was riding the bus for 1.5hrs and would be at my destination, a man behind was heading to Los Angeles, a few people to Dallas, a woman in the seat next to me COnroe, TX (20minutes before my destination.) BUt surprisingly, we were ALL on the same bus. It made me think some about life and relationships.
We may all be on the same bus, but we don't have the same destinations, and half of the story is knowing who is going the distance with you and cultivating THOSE relationships, BUT also, building those bonds with some of the people who may NOT be going the same distance you are, helps keep life in perspective.
ON THE OTHER END OF THINGS! To truly be successful in our relationships, how ever many each person decides to cultivate, it is CRITICAL to be INTENTIONAL about friendships. In the first stages of friendship, at least in my experience, it is not as critical to be intentional, because it sometimes leads to a FORCED friendship, but after the foundation has been set up, then, when you move, or graduate, or start doing whatever with your life, chilling till 4a.m. in the dorm lobby doesn't just happen. Plans MUST be made.
I took the Greyhound to a Research Conference presentation in Huntsville this past week,and right before getting on my connecting bus in Houston, I was listening to some people's conversations. I was riding the bus for 1.5hrs and would be at my destination, a man behind was heading to Los Angeles, a few people to Dallas, a woman in the seat next to me COnroe, TX (20minutes before my destination.) BUt surprisingly, we were ALL on the same bus. It made me think some about life and relationships.
We may all be on the same bus, but we don't have the same destinations, and half of the story is knowing who is going the distance with you and cultivating THOSE relationships, BUT also, building those bonds with some of the people who may NOT be going the same distance you are, helps keep life in perspective.
ON THE OTHER END OF THINGS! To truly be successful in our relationships, how ever many each person decides to cultivate, it is CRITICAL to be INTENTIONAL about friendships. In the first stages of friendship, at least in my experience, it is not as critical to be intentional, because it sometimes leads to a FORCED friendship, but after the foundation has been set up, then, when you move, or graduate, or start doing whatever with your life, chilling till 4a.m. in the dorm lobby doesn't just happen. Plans MUST be made.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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