Rev. Dustin ParkerKicking and Screaming
I was thinking today about what I wanted to post here. I had a few ideas but after a bit of conversation with God I felt it was only appropriate to type this up, seeing how He pretty well told me to.
I think there comes time in every christians life when we do something, think something, feel something or say something that inadvertantly brings out the worst in them. I know I do (often). I remember sitting in my car, driving to the train station, radio on and a Black Eyed Peas song came on, Where is the Love. I admit, I don't like everything the Peas do, but some of their music is cool. The bit where Justin Timberlake starts singing (Father, Father, Father help us etc) and I started to think "How dare he? Who is he to call upon God like that? He's a sinner, sings about sex and here he is talking to God...." it was about there that I stopped in shocked realisation about what I was actually thinking. And then I started praying.
This isn't the first time this has happened to me, but it was the most poignant. I was suddenly confronted by an ugly part of myself that I had never even thought was there. I think that as I go through life, more and more of these little things will present themselves. And I am thankful for it. I am thankful that these parts of me that hide in the darker parts of me will be dragged out into the light and gotten rid of. I am glad that every time this happens, I get a little better, a little closer to who God wants me to be.
JZ.
(I know this is very short but I promise a longer post later on)
I think there comes time in every christians life when we do something, think something, feel something or say something that inadvertantly brings out the worst in them. I know I do (often). I remember sitting in my car, driving to the train station, radio on and a Black Eyed Peas song came on, Where is the Love. I admit, I don't like everything the Peas do, but some of their music is cool. The bit where Justin Timberlake starts singing (Father, Father, Father help us etc) and I started to think "How dare he? Who is he to call upon God like that? He's a sinner, sings about sex and here he is talking to God...." it was about there that I stopped in shocked realisation about what I was actually thinking. And then I started praying.
This isn't the first time this has happened to me, but it was the most poignant. I was suddenly confronted by an ugly part of myself that I had never even thought was there. I think that as I go through life, more and more of these little things will present themselves. And I am thankful for it. I am thankful that these parts of me that hide in the darker parts of me will be dragged out into the light and gotten rid of. I am glad that every time this happens, I get a little better, a little closer to who God wants me to be.
JZ.
(I know this is very short but I promise a longer post later on)
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Are you saying that God is a blogger or are you saying that you are actually wasting God's valuable time (and lets face it he/she does have his/her hands full over in the Middle East & 3rd World Nations not to mention with all the nuffies running around in our own society) by talking to him/her about your blog?
Isn't there a Commandment that covers that - thou shalt not bug God with trivialities?
BTW the only sin Justin Timberlake committed was hooking up with Britney Spears.
It sounds pretty blaspheming for me ...
As far as I know the only commandment I can recall about prayer is not to use as many words as you can to try and impress Him. And I am fairly guiltless of that one.
And do i think it wrong to bring every part of my life, now matter how large or small to Him and talk about it? No, not at all. God wants every part of us, not just the parts that are large and quite obvious. Small things often have a larger influence than we think.
I would have said Justified was a crime against nature, but that's just me.
And as you have asked me two questions, I hope to ask one in return. Do you think that God only gets involved when it is a large number of people suffering, or is just one enough to motivate Him?
I liked your questions, drop by again sometime.
JZ
as far as I know, blasphemy is to take God's name and indentity in vain. So, I think I am off the hook.
I believe that God speaks to all that would listen.
"He that would listen, let him hear."
Thanks for coming by.
JZ
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But you never know he might have red hair, freckles & where glasses.
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Hmm, He now sounds either Irish or Scottish.
Not surprising really.
JZ