Signature (x___)

The lifes we have are gifts that God gives us to last as long as God allows. We have been given every breath and step we take by each breath and step we take. To overlook those first two simple tasks of a day would be a misforutunately missed blessing you recieve and never thank God for. Your life is beautiful and painted the perfect way. God had already painted your life before there was life. Any jittery parts of the beautiful painting are the sins and untold thank-yous that were never given to God. And even though these jittery parts exist, the whole painting is beautiful but missing something.

Think about the ‘Mona Lisa’ or ‘The Last Supper’ paintings. They are both beautiful in the way they are made and the way they were sketched out and finally put together in the way they are cherished in today’s society. But you know what really makes those paintings more valuable and well known? It’s the one detail many people seem to overlook. The painters signature.This signature has the power to make a work of art 10 times more the worth of the painting alone.
In the same way, a life is a work of art. Worth more then you could imagine. A individual piece of imagination. A blooming flower in a meadow. A night time sky filled with stars. A life is a painting worth all it’s weight in gold, when in actuality, you could have so much more.
Right now if you haven’t been saved by Christ and accepted His one time gift of eternal life with Him, then all you are is a unfinished painting sitting on a easel. Missing the most important thing you could ever miss… The signature from the creator of it all, Jesus. Once you have claimed Jesus as you’re Savior, He pulls out His finest paint brush and chooses His finest ink, and then Je writes His signature on you life painting. Now you’re worth more than anything this world could ever offer, because YOU have a gift. You are now able to say that you have been saved from all sin and will live your eternity in Heaven, walking in streets of gold and all evil is non-existent.
So do you have a signature?

 

Time to catch up!

Here lately I’ve been slam packed with work and projects and drama, and projects, and work. I’m am so glad to acutely be able and sit and vent and actually blog again. It’s been almost two months, maybe three. With this new semester at school and the two college level classes, I cannot waste time, even though I waste at least an hour or so watching tv or procrastinating. But I’m here now!
I though I try a poem for size, hope you enjoy and I hope to be blogging more again.

God has been here before time began,
And yet He knew my name.
He first created Adam and Eve,
And they had felt no shame.
They had ate of an tree which was unspeakable,
But the serpent was there who is very in teachable.
The serpent tricked them into eating this fruit,
But God judged correctly and the punishment would last.
For today we live in a sin covered vast.
I am not saying it was their fault,
But now our sinless life’s are lost in a vault.
we will never see eternity except through Him,
The one who made the stars that glem’.
With this salvation that He will bring,
After we ask for it with tender hearts,
Will give us a new life from the start.
All you have to do is ask,
And God will follow through with the rest.
Now you seek Him every day,
And will live with Him eternally.
For others there is a great dismay,
For hell they will go where torture is great,
And the worst fate…
Separation from the Great.

 

Vow to God, Bow to God

Commitments are made everyday for school, work, family, and friends. Weather it be borrowing a pencil and returning it, or simply just set in the table. Commitments are made to be followed unbroken. Don’t make commitments you can’t keep for the time the commitment is supposed to last.
This past Sunday, I, along with 15-20 youth went through a purity ring ceremony where we made a commitment to ourselves, our family’s, our friends, our future spouse, and most importantly, God. This commitment was to stay pure until we have been married with someone of the opposite gender. this was and is a big deal, because when this commitment was made, we told Satan that we were ready to take a stand for God and now Satan will try much harder to lead us to sin and upset God.
Another commitment may be something like participating in school. If you were to go to college making that a commitment, you plan on going all four years at the time, however, you may have a problem or better college come up that would make you want to leave for the better opportunity. So does that make you a commitment breaker? I believe that if a commitment is broken because of someone else, you really haven’t broke it. Like if the commitment was to return a pencil and someone took it while you weren’t looking, that would be a broken commitment not broken by you.
It doesn’t matter really how it was broken, but a commitment should be kept no matter the circumstance or environment. no matter what you do or where you are, you represent your family, friends, and God in what you do. Do everything as if it were being done for God.

Numbers 6

The Nazirite Vow

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite,[a] to separate himself to the LORD, 3 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. 4 All the days of his separation[b] he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
5 “All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy. He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

6 “All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body. 7 Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD.

9 “And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting, 11 and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day 12 and separate himself to the LORD for the days of his separation and bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering. But the previous period shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

13 “And this is the law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting, 14 and he shall bring his gift to the LORD, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish as a sin offering, and one ram without blemish as a peace offering, 15 and a basket of unleavened bread, loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering, 17 and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering. 19 And the priest shall take the shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened loaf out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the hair of his consecration, 20 and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. They are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

21 “This is the law of the Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the LORD above his Nazirite vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite.”

 

Where are my Shoes?

You should walk a mile in my shoes….. Try to walk in their shoes……. My shoes would be too tight for some people……

These sentences are figures of speech for how people lives are different and how some would like to change theirs or how confortable their life is. As a preachers kid I’ve always been taught that most people are picked on and looked sown on by others for their faith. As I’ve grown up to where I am now, I cannot recall one time where I’ve ever been picked on for my faith. I know people see me and know that I’m not as conformed to the world or like the world, even a few weeks ago in class a guy was talking about how everybody’s a misfit and a bad student and then says, ” well, except for Nathan”. I then said, “Yep, I’m the good kid” and continued working. I found this as a great reassurance that people does me different and as a more soft spoken person. Some people would say that I’ve had a deprived childhood, but I would completely disagree, because the fact that I have two married parents, a great High school, a great Pastor (dad), a great youth group, and many great friends who I’ve been friends with since the first day I moved here in 2cd grade.

I have a friend who is a really great person to know and share with, my friend isn’t afraid to stand up for their belief or others when my friend needs to, but my friend has come to me several times saying that people pick on my friend because of their great faith. Sometimes I find it difficult to talk to my friend and comfort what my friend does for Christ.

I am constantly reminded though that I haven’t been picked on and here I am a preachers kid who used to go to the same school that my friend goes to and been through everything that they have and just can’t understand why Satan’s never hurt me or tried to hurt me in that way. I think it is because I am not prepared to get pick on because the bible says that God will not put anything in you way that you can’t overcome and accomplish.

So where are my shoes, are they being wore by a missionary or a thief, have they been kept dry or trampled on in the streets, are they hidden or out in the sun? My shoes are on me no matter what and you can never switch shoes with anyone else, because we all have a different style and a different size shoe.

Deuteronomy 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be

Exodus 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S Passover

Matthew 10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Psalms 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip

Psalms 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

 

Enemies.

Have you committed a sin lately, before you read this, yesterday to your best friend, to yourself? Sin creates walls that are impossible to take down. Building a house is like sinning, brick by brick you are adding more and more on top of itself until all is going to cave in. By yourself, there is no way you can take that house down, that is without tools at least. God is the only tool that can conquer your wall of sin and make it clear for you to live in his ligh that was blocked by the wall.
You become as a enemy to God when you sin. He loves and does everything to keep you from sinning, God is always right there beside you when bad times and temptations come around. He will be more than happy to see you avoid that sin and keep another brick from that wall. What if you were separated from everything you’ve ever known, and the only thing making that happen was a ‘little white lie’ you told this morning to your wife, sibling, husband. Wouldn’t you want to avoid that misery and pain. Guess what though, a few words to Jesus in a prayer can make that invisible wall of Separation disappear and make you able to see what’s really around you.

“Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions. But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him — if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.” -Colossians 1:21-23

How about you, can you say that you’ve evoke a server of Gods will & word? Can you replace Paul’s name with yours without saying a lie? Are you willing to serve God even when you least expect it?

Times will come when you are questioned, times have been where you have questioned. This time your governing the answers, but only God can give you the truth first. Are you on defense or offense? God wants you to decide.

 

Moving?

As a Christ follower we are often told to follow Gods path and do His will for our life. Many people know their plan and instantly jump into what they believe is Gods plan for their life. Then they jump right into action. Like in volleyball, you see a ball coming to your side of the net and run to it no matter where you positioned, but also in volleyball, when you move, you leave a spot open for the volleyball to fall. Sometimes if you hadn’t moved, the volley ball would have been hit, but instead you missed it and have to wait on another serve. So back on Jesus, people who instantly jump into action and aren’t aware if Gods plan for their life might miss it when the are unaware of the volley ball coming their way. If you stay where you are and do Gods will where you are, your plan may appear. Instead of waiting on God to serve you another milestone for you to follow His will.

Not all Christians who say they are know for sure if they really are a real saved Christian, do not see a professed Christian at church or school and think, “I don’t want to be a Christian if Christians act THAT way…” think along the lines of, “when I’m saved I know I’ll be living forever with my one true God, the savior and Lover of my soul.
As a preachers kid, I hear a lot of things that aren’t repeated and ignore many things as well. I get pressured way more than any other person I ever met, on the outside I’m a well put Christian Perfect little child, but why on the inside do I feel like a big bank full of secrets and issues, I don’t know everything and can’t fix your problem, if you wanna be my friend then fine, if not… God bless and love you, have a nice life.
I see people join church leave church, I see drama from both sides of the story, I hear language from Christians who shouldn’t be, I know things that no one should ever know, I’ve heard lies that I knew from the beginning were not true. I find things out unintencealy. And I haven’t even gone to school yet…
Some things are better done then said, some things are better unsaid, some things aren’t for me nor you, some things are unlikeable, but fitting all plays out in the end… As for me, I can only do this through Christ. Sometimes it’s easier to be quiet in the background then to talk it out. Sometimes a cry for help is never heard…. yet is set free and flows through the universe.
I’m a preachers kid, your excuse…?

 

A Light Bulb Went Off.

In the restroom at my house, there are vanity movie star like lights on top of our mirrors. They provide intense light throughout the whole room. Each light was working. One day while I was stepping out of the shower and was wondering why it seemmed so dark. I did a quick glance out side through the window, but it was really bright out side and I could see the sun. Looking up at the lights I realized that one of the light bulbs was missing. I as still confused why that one little light bulb made the room feel so dark and empty. When the little light bulb was replaced, the room was brighter than before. The new light bulb was dust free and clean, brand new provide a new brightness to the room. Just like a Christian, you are surrounded by many other Christians, wether you realize it or not, and are all working together to provide light to the world. We are all sinners and get ‘dusty’ and it builds up on top of each other and we feel so bad, eventually you break from all the pressure and heat. When your broken only one thing can happen, restoration. Your restored and now the light you were once showing is much brighter than before, and your helping the world see Jesus. But without that One lightbulb, the world will seem much darker… So are you a dusty, broken light bulb in need of dusting? You see, there’s another way then being replaced when your broken, the housekeeper can clean off the dust you have collected. With one prayer to Jesus, one beautiful meaningful prayer, all your ‘dusty’ sin can be cleaned away, and your still the same bright shinning light bulb you would have been if you WERE replaced, but through prayer, there isn’t that moment of brokenness. When your setting there lifeless, almost as if your burnt out of sin and tired I the same old thing. And once again, pray to Jesus right now, He can fix your brokenness and ‘dustiness’!
Pray this, “Jesus, I’m a sinner and get a little dusty at times, but I know through your grace and unfailing mercy I can be saved from all the heat and pain of life. God, please come into my heart and save me from the sin of the world, and thank you for sending your son to save my life from eternal hell, in Your name I pray, Amen”. Now what do you do? Tell somebody! Being saved is a remarkable thing, it means that all your life and for eternity you’ll have a person to rely on and to talk to God, who will love you forever, even when your in doubt. Just stand up and see the world around you, ignore it and keep walking with God. Time for a dusting.