God is love,
And love is Real
God make me feel
Pure, like the dove
Go and do something
About the nothings
Go.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
poems, i've been writing these short 3 line things. i've got a few here's another to suffice
Alot of my friends smoke weed.
And in the church, all i see is greed
God be all i need.
And in the church, all i see is greed
God be all i need.
ummm been a while. yet again. but here goes.
Friendships will mend.
Addictions will end.
When the beloved realize.
Addictions will end.
When the beloved realize.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
I'm a Sinner, I'm no better than anyone else. a change of view. a change of heart. a new found confidence.
You see, i find myself, consistently sinning, consistently messing up.
Continually hurting my God, myself, and the people closest to me.
These things continually bother me, continually bring me down. Put me into a worse attitude. Focusing on me, a constant selfishness.
I see this as a result of viewing the Word, and Jesus wrong.
So many times we see the word (i say we b/c i know many of my friends who view it the same way) as this set of rules, and if you follow htem you will succeed, in getting to heaven, mainly if you follow the believing in the miracles of the cross, and everythign it stands for, not what i'm blogging about so i'm not gonna retell that story now.
But. This view of rules, and expectations that WE, ESPECIALLY ME will never ever come close to meeting, not as long as i'm a human at least, is so negative. When, ever in the Bible, does it say to be negative? to view these things as negative?
I have found there is a much better view of the Word.
TO BE FREE.
SO many times we think about John 3:16, For god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that it could be saved. I think we often look over the very next verse, and how much more important it is. Because Jesus saving the world could result in a million stipulations but John 3:17 says, For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Jesus was sent to be a source of joy,
Jesus was sent to FREE US! not to point out how terribly messed up we are.
(Disclaimer: we are to work on our faults, and better ourselves, dont get me wrong, and we are to do what we can in the process of becoming better, ya know help ourselves become more like God)
Jesus came to set us free, from our sins, from our faults.
I whole heartedly believe, that we as CHristians spend too much time condemning others, as a result of condemning ourselves.
We consistently point out our own faults, and hate ourselves, for where we continually mess up, and we take that out on other so we can feel better.
We in our heads, or as a "means of helping you better yourself" will tell a person what they can fix, and HOW WE GUARANTEE THEY CAN! (please read my sarcasm) We judge in ourselves, at least we arent that far down this slippery slope? as we build an Ego, instead of a confidence that is holy.
This can be stopped.
Love God, and Love God alone. dont look at yourself. For if you love God, you will slowly fix yourself.
If instead of focusing on these negatives in ourselves, and focused solely on God, and his perfection, We coudl see all he sees in us. If we continually think of How wonderful God really is. I beg you, try and spend your day praying, a prayer of praise to the Lord, to see how he sees, with his perfect eyes. We can see how he views us, and have that confidence, that is holy. And see how he will fix us over time, and not give ourselves that ego, of "solving our own problems"
You see, God is holy, and without him i am nothing.
I urge you, view the Bible as a source of freedom, freedom from our human souls and body that are slowly bring us down a bad slope. Praise God constantly, so that he can fix us, and we stop trying to fix ourselves. Ultimately it is his glory that matters.
For when we are reminded of God's perfection, The worries will wayne away, as we see financial problems, or hurts caused by people close to us, if we look at God, and how great he is, a way will be provided to pay for what is needed, and foregiveness will be found, somewhere within, and God will mend these problems.
With love, its been too long.
Zeke.
(sorry if this seems like the church, HEY EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT message, its not meant to be that way, but meant to be a means of peace in the storm, God Loves. focus on him)
Continually hurting my God, myself, and the people closest to me.
These things continually bother me, continually bring me down. Put me into a worse attitude. Focusing on me, a constant selfishness.
I see this as a result of viewing the Word, and Jesus wrong.
So many times we see the word (i say we b/c i know many of my friends who view it the same way) as this set of rules, and if you follow htem you will succeed, in getting to heaven, mainly if you follow the believing in the miracles of the cross, and everythign it stands for, not what i'm blogging about so i'm not gonna retell that story now.
But. This view of rules, and expectations that WE, ESPECIALLY ME will never ever come close to meeting, not as long as i'm a human at least, is so negative. When, ever in the Bible, does it say to be negative? to view these things as negative?
I have found there is a much better view of the Word.
TO BE FREE.
SO many times we think about John 3:16, For god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that it could be saved. I think we often look over the very next verse, and how much more important it is. Because Jesus saving the world could result in a million stipulations but John 3:17 says, For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Jesus was sent to be a source of joy,
Jesus was sent to FREE US! not to point out how terribly messed up we are.
(Disclaimer: we are to work on our faults, and better ourselves, dont get me wrong, and we are to do what we can in the process of becoming better, ya know help ourselves become more like God)
Jesus came to set us free, from our sins, from our faults.
I whole heartedly believe, that we as CHristians spend too much time condemning others, as a result of condemning ourselves.
We consistently point out our own faults, and hate ourselves, for where we continually mess up, and we take that out on other so we can feel better.
We in our heads, or as a "means of helping you better yourself" will tell a person what they can fix, and HOW WE GUARANTEE THEY CAN! (please read my sarcasm) We judge in ourselves, at least we arent that far down this slippery slope? as we build an Ego, instead of a confidence that is holy.
This can be stopped.
Love God, and Love God alone. dont look at yourself. For if you love God, you will slowly fix yourself.
If instead of focusing on these negatives in ourselves, and focused solely on God, and his perfection, We coudl see all he sees in us. If we continually think of How wonderful God really is. I beg you, try and spend your day praying, a prayer of praise to the Lord, to see how he sees, with his perfect eyes. We can see how he views us, and have that confidence, that is holy. And see how he will fix us over time, and not give ourselves that ego, of "solving our own problems"
You see, God is holy, and without him i am nothing.
I urge you, view the Bible as a source of freedom, freedom from our human souls and body that are slowly bring us down a bad slope. Praise God constantly, so that he can fix us, and we stop trying to fix ourselves. Ultimately it is his glory that matters.
For when we are reminded of God's perfection, The worries will wayne away, as we see financial problems, or hurts caused by people close to us, if we look at God, and how great he is, a way will be provided to pay for what is needed, and foregiveness will be found, somewhere within, and God will mend these problems.
With love, its been too long.
Zeke.
(sorry if this seems like the church, HEY EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT message, its not meant to be that way, but meant to be a means of peace in the storm, God Loves. focus on him)
Sunday, April 24, 2011
God, are you asleep? Or do i just keep failing.
Its been a while.
A long while at that
Oh God, I find myself growing closer to some people.
But i find myself in Selfish, self destroying, relation destroying habbits
Lord, I thought these things were gone?
I thought these were things of the past?
I pray to you night after night
to take them away, take them away
To stregthen me, to be fruitful, and just in your eyes
To remove these fears, these problems
THese sins against U, against those around me, and even myself
I continue to hurt myself more than I help myself?
God are you asleep? or can You just not hear me?!
GIve me faith like the prostitue, faith enough to touch you.
Give me that great cloud of witnesses to love me, and prune me.
Lord, break these earthly habbits
These binding sins,
Destroy who i am, give me the faith that i need to win this.
God are you asleep?
God if youre awake, take away these pains
God if youre awake take away these sins of mine
God break me and Take me.
A long while at that
Oh God, I find myself growing closer to some people.
But i find myself in Selfish, self destroying, relation destroying habbits
Lord, I thought these things were gone?
I thought these were things of the past?
I pray to you night after night
to take them away, take them away
To stregthen me, to be fruitful, and just in your eyes
To remove these fears, these problems
THese sins against U, against those around me, and even myself
I continue to hurt myself more than I help myself?
God are you asleep? or can You just not hear me?!
GIve me faith like the prostitue, faith enough to touch you.
Give me that great cloud of witnesses to love me, and prune me.
Lord, break these earthly habbits
These binding sins,
Destroy who i am, give me the faith that i need to win this.
God are you asleep?
God if youre awake, take away these pains
God if youre awake take away these sins of mine
God break me and Take me.
Monday, April 11, 2011
the past few days have been amazing
And God's definately moved, and shown me in many ways how he loves me, whether through strengthening friendships, or bringing in a certain special someone. God puts us in the right place at the right time.
Thats all i got tonight
Thats all i got tonight
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK HERE LOOK HERE!
The other day i was playing Some Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time. (N64 game). Its pretty much the coolest game of all time. THere's literally only one thing about it I dont like. this little faerie follows you around the entire time. and YELLS LISTEN! and it usually is trying to give you a hint at what to do. BUT is usually more annoying than anything.
This lead to some thinking.
How much noise is really in my life?
How much is being shoved in my face SO constantly.
And how much of that is SUPER self centered.
This media that surrounds everyone. cant just be one thing.
when youre on Facebook. ADDS are everwhere, on the benefits for you of whatever. Youre not doing one thing. youre perceiving tons of things.
With these noises and distractions, why are there so many?
Think about it, a simple check of the facebook, to see if that certain someone commented on your status, or sent you a message, and BAM! 3 chat windows opened, 3 adds taht are changing ever button click, and woah there you go, someone sending you a youtube link w/ 14 suggestions on the side, and an advertisement playing b4 you can even hear one stinking song. IT IS ALL trying FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
This all takes away from something much greater.
There is something, waiting for you to run away from all this though. Waiting for you to call on it, and it alone, and stir up some thoughts in your mind, to bring you closer to him. To bring ideas of what each and every person should do, that WILL take them out of their comfort zone.
Yet we fade it out. WIth thousands of things. daily.
Silence. Heard of it? (eh eh, see what i did there?)
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him -- Psalm 37: 7
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin proverbs 10:8
These show us, that this constant bombardment is wrong.
I ask you. today tomorrow, SOON! Go be silent, and just ask the Lord, reveal yourself to me, Show yourself to me, Show me your will.
Do it, and wait, just wait for 20 min. Chill and wait, put the phone away. turn off the computer, Go outside, go away to where there isnt a bajillion *legit number* things calling your name, and listen.
LIsten to the silence.
Let it move in you. Let God show himself to you.
Moments like these, where I honestly want to hear God, are how I know he's REal. Are how I feel him, and Know him, and have a friendship w/ the Savior of everything.
Go! and be silent
This lead to some thinking.
How much noise is really in my life?
How much is being shoved in my face SO constantly.
And how much of that is SUPER self centered.
This media that surrounds everyone. cant just be one thing.
when youre on Facebook. ADDS are everwhere, on the benefits for you of whatever. Youre not doing one thing. youre perceiving tons of things.
With these noises and distractions, why are there so many?
Think about it, a simple check of the facebook, to see if that certain someone commented on your status, or sent you a message, and BAM! 3 chat windows opened, 3 adds taht are changing ever button click, and woah there you go, someone sending you a youtube link w/ 14 suggestions on the side, and an advertisement playing b4 you can even hear one stinking song. IT IS ALL trying FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
This all takes away from something much greater.
There is something, waiting for you to run away from all this though. Waiting for you to call on it, and it alone, and stir up some thoughts in your mind, to bring you closer to him. To bring ideas of what each and every person should do, that WILL take them out of their comfort zone.
Yet we fade it out. WIth thousands of things. daily.
Silence. Heard of it? (eh eh, see what i did there?)
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him -- Psalm 37: 7
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin proverbs 10:8
These show us, that this constant bombardment is wrong.
I ask you. today tomorrow, SOON! Go be silent, and just ask the Lord, reveal yourself to me, Show yourself to me, Show me your will.
Do it, and wait, just wait for 20 min. Chill and wait, put the phone away. turn off the computer, Go outside, go away to where there isnt a bajillion *legit number* things calling your name, and listen.
LIsten to the silence.
Let it move in you. Let God show himself to you.
Moments like these, where I honestly want to hear God, are how I know he's REal. Are how I feel him, and Know him, and have a friendship w/ the Savior of everything.
Go! and be silent
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