2010!

wow!...it is 2010!...even though this entry is coming in rather late, i still felt a need to come in Here and appreciate God for his mercies and grace, for showing me love and strength in my weakness....i just discovered something great...i was doing my usual thinking while reading a book and the book was talking about courage and it went ahead to mention couple of people who gave themselves up and over for a good cause...i always wondered what the mind set of those men and women was or is? i always wondered if their moments of standing up for such unpopular believes, if they were scared? did they doubt ? did they wonder were God was? and i discovered that all this people shared the same thoughts as many of us....they had their moments of fear, passion, tears, love, anger, doubt....but they pushed through that fear for the greater purpose bigger than themselves. So i have redefined what courage means to me " courage is not the denial of fear and doubt or even pain but the acceptance that those feelings are normal and allowing your weakness to push you into the hands of christ, so that through his spirit that is residing in, you would do the unmiginable that is why the bible says in 2cor 12:9 "my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" therefore i will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of christ may rest upon me.....So the answer to courage is the power of CHRIST! I have always wondered about those things and it is interesting to note that everything that pertains to life can be found in Christ Jesus.

What is true freedom?

I listened to a beautiful girl today describe what success is to her " success is getting to a place where it's no longer about me but about others" she said with fire burning deep within her eyes. Her answer forced me to reach into the recess of my own heart and face the voice that has whispered within my heart for so long "what is true freedom?"....i have listened to several preachers, psychologist, revolutionaries, Musicians, activist, speak not necessarily on freedom but on relating topics like success in weight loss, hair growth, in living a perfect life, in finances and so forth, but none of them have given me a satisfactory answer, until i kept searching the Bible aka the word of God for answers and the more i dug, the more freedom had less to do with me and more to do with my basking in the love of God and allowing that love to it's overflow until it is poured out on lives around me, it has less to do with money, that big house, financial freedom, Big flashy cars or whatever success might represent for you. Life is about love and the people who discover this enjoy the greatest joys of life. Freedom is found in the forgiving blood of the son of God JESUS CHRIST, true freedom is receiving and accepting his love letting it wash over you and learning that it is not about doing for he has done it all but about receiving with arms opened wide. Life is not promised to anyone, we are here today and gone tomorrow would you tie yourself down in the dreams of others? would you live life for just you? would you live forever in bitterness?. Freedom is the journey many have embarked on but not all got to it's destination, many get to half of the way and realize there is nothing good in man and the world then they give up thinking there is no hope.....if you would open up your heart more, just a little less doubt and ask more questions, is it possible that you might meet freedom?....waiting patiently?. Is this freedom life in the everyday living sense or is it life as in not afraid to die or lose at any time because you are not guided by the worlds view of life and death, riches and poverty, success and failures... as the appostle paul said in the bible " for me to live is christ and for me to die is gain".
what would life feel like if you had no fear...would you be free?...would you believe more? love harder? give of yourself daily..... I have come to the conclusion that whatever life is without fear is freedom and it can only be found in Christ Jesus and in him crucified...