choice.

To intro this "new" blog I have nothing fancy to say other than, I got tired of the old one.

I'm not going to try and woo you with the best things to say at the right time.  I'm really just going to type out my thoughts and hope to bring glory to the name of Jesus.  Just to let you know, He is going to receive all glory for all things anyway. I would like to team up with the angels, fields, rocks, trees and other things to help do that.

With that said, here's where I am at:

I've come to a place where I recognize my insufficiency and humaness [if I could use that word].  It's a slightly painful process to see yourself for what you truly are sometimes.  Painful to realize this war you are born into, that is between Heavenly and Earthly things and painful to know that either side you sit on, you are not in control of the situation.

Understanding you are not in control is a good place to start.  Now, I am speaking to myself.  I'm not sure If I have "given up" control.  I sometimes like to think that I can control my life and that I am the master over what happens and what doesn't happen.  It's the side of me I like to call, selfish.  How can I mold a situation to make it more comfortable for me?

This is where the painful realization of WHO I really am comes into play.  Me? I'm a selfish, prideful, ego-hungry being. I want, want, want and take, take, take.  I fill voids with more voids and then sprinkle a little void on top of that.

What happens when I see all of this void going on in my life?  I make a choice, heavenly side or earthly side.

Heavenly side: This is the side that is knowing a man named Jesus came, oh not only is he Jesus but also he is God, to bring a hope to all who believe in who he is.  A hope which is a covering over all the things that I described earlier that I don't like about myself.  A hope that is a filter to which when God looks down at me from Heaven he sees a holy and glorious child.  A hope that allows me to call the God of all things, father.  A perfect father at that.

Earthly side: This side is a cycle of void and more void with some.. do I need to go back into that again?  It's about stuffing your face with all things that we have here on Earth and nothing you can take with you when you die.  Also, if you do believe in eternity after death, then trust me this isn't the side you want to buddy up with.  It has nothing good to offer you for eternity.

Each day is a struggle but with that struggle is this choice as well.  Paul [who wrote many books in the Bible] said he wanted to know nothing other than Jesus Christ.  This was something that he took into eternity with him.  He is spending eternity joining in with the angels, rocks, birds and plants bringing glory to Jesus.  He chose the heavenly side.

Everyday, we have a choice.

I'll leave you with something I read today:

"What if God in all of his grace is radically committed to showing himself strong on behalf of a people who express their need for him so their lives might make much of him?"
                                                 - David Platt from Radical

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