worth more than this

SO here's a real blogpost.

Today i had the unfortunate experience of being sick.
However prayer helped. you see when i woke up having multiple problems that would cause me to not be able to make a floor event that i had planned. (not a good thing for an RA to do haha)  I found that God had something better in mind.  You see, i could have been a sourpuss all day, been angry, and hated where i was, but i had wonderful friends, take up leadership roles. cause things to happen, bring me medicine, bring me food, and even just entertain me to keep a smile on a face that by all means shoulda been grief filled.

However as this day went on, I had multiple times of showers, and just time by myself to think.  So i thought. and thought, about ways to grow.  This is where what i have to say comes in.

You see, here's a story, about YOU, ME, and EVERYONE we now. this is like ultimate rad gossip ok?

When the earth was created.
God just existed,
"in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.  He was with God in the beginning"

However, he did something.
He did somethign truthful and good.
He created things.
Over time. (time lapses to be debated) needless to say, he is all powerful, he can sort of do what he wants. he set up a nature for us to understand him slightly and know exactly what he is doing though, and has promised not to break it.
Well he had created living creatures, and light, and plants, and water.  Then he always said they were good.
However next, when he creates the last thing he creates.
He, our Father and God, did something different he breathed life into us.
he made us different, he made us, after himself.
This ALL FREAKING POWERFUL GOD, made us to be like him.
However, he didn't put natures on us, for how we would act, like himself.
all He asked, is that we obey him.
Guess what?
We failed.
This seperated us from him.
(i know this sounds like a get saved now pamphlet, but its leading to something different i promise)
He then spends the rest of this book, explaining his search for Humans.
Ya know, its the Bible, check it out, its a good read.
(tons of good stuff in it, especially the Old Testament, like corrupt leaders, violent deeds, debauchery, ya know everything we fallen beings like in a good read. However, there's more to it)
You see he still breathed the breathe of life into us.
I believe, this is part of why he chose to show us ways to be saved.
If you are reading this, you probably know the rest of that story.
The point is the breathe of life.

Now,
Lets talk about people
You see, we fell away,
SO we are not perfect.
we let this sin nature take over us
but we have this hope in us, the breathe of life.
and we have this exterior hope, of God manifesting himself through Jesus

Well here's what this is all about.
Your Worth.
You were worth, the most perfect being, making a being to reflect him.
You see. we have let this breathe of life slip away.
To be honest, its sad, how negative we CHristians are.
You are worth more than the past of your life.

Youre worth more:
Than the attention from women you crave
than the fact that youre so madly in love with this guy, who will never give you the time
than how much you hate your past
Than the burdens of your family and friends
than the jobs you have
YOURE WORTH MORE THAN THIS
the fact that you've slept with so many people
the number of girls or guys you've kissed
youre worth more than the negative things i or he or she says about you to your face and behind your back
youre worth more than the ministry you wish to lead
youre worth more than the clothes you wear and the subculture you love
than the amount of money you have
than the political beliefs you have
than the arguments you can make for or against a belief
than the items you own
than the music you can play
then the music you wish you could play
than the bad poems you write
than the culture that tears you down
youre worth more than the self deprecating jokes you always make
than the defenses you always put up
than the music you love

You see, YOURE WORTH MORE THAN THIS CRAP
God, Abba, breathed the breathe of life into you.
why oh why do we keep cutting it off?

We spend our days gossipping, calling it seeking advice
we spend our time hating our actions, and talking about it to people
we spend our time complaining about situations
we spend our time seeking love in all the wrong ways

How about this,
Spend the next day, only speaking positively about life,
no matter what, if youre sick, if youre broken hearted, if youre hate filled at corporate culture, if youre tired of corruption.

Be the positive change

you see as humans we've learned that hatred is an easy way to unite each other,
IE, holocaust
Racist Groups
Gossip
war
beligerent responses to war, and acts of war
political feuds
the different denominations

But as people made in God's image
We have the breathe of life
Start breathing that
Start speaking positively.

Christians will be known by their love.
SO speak love, and life into people's lives.
Don't relate through negative stories, try and bring the downers up.


Norma Jean, a christian metal band i saw this summer, hit the nail on the head, as they were speaking about one of their songs.
The singer, Cory Brandon, said, This song is about the words you say, and how impactful they are. he then said, were always so negative, and pointed out that God never says to be that way. and said "I'm sick of that SH*T" a negative statement in itself, followed by yes, were a Christian band and i just cussed, but the point was made.  This negative statement ran through my mind, but it got me thinking.

Please, take the next 24 hours, and speak only positively, even about the smallest things
Love Love,
Ezekiel Miller