Oct. 15

…The reader of God’s word often encounters examples of gross stupidity. Note that stupidity is not the same as ignorance. A stupid act is anything done without reason or judgement, while an ignorant act is something done without knowledge…

Oct. 16

…Ignorant souls only need knowledge. But the stupid already know what they should do; they lack the discretion to do it…Every case of stupidity recorded in the Bible  is punished by God, so this is a serious matter. Notice how Samuel dealt with Saul (1 Sam. 15 esv) He said, ‘Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord?’ He acknowledged the fact that Saul knew what to do, so he held Saul accountable for it. Disobedient individuals must be held accountable. God will reprove them. God will not tolerate sin!

Oct. 17

No other class of people will drive the Christian closer to God than the stupid. They tax every bit of patience and endurance you have. These dear people always pretend to want to do something for God. Yet they are “ever learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.” Why? Because they do not wish to obey the Word of God they have heard!
Pretending to do right is another characteristic of a stupid soul…
Do you know someone who is feverishly studying the Word of God to avoid doing what they already know of God’s will? Or someone who is pretending to obey Him, when secretly they are going their own way? Plead with that person to turn back from his foolish ways!

Oct. 18

Have you ever noticed how some Christians, after they heard the Word of God too much, will turn and trample on the Word?
A man who ultimately became a great power for God said that the center of his life was full of this kind of stupidity. He was a so-called worker of God for several years, until he came across this verse: “You are not your own, you are bought at a price.” Everywhere he went this verse kept chiding him…He said, “At last I took my penknife and cut it out of every Bible I had.” The the spirit of God awakened him to what he had done. He confessed the whole thing before God, and God forgave him the  stupidity of his sins.
Christian worker, when God calls you to counsel a soul who is stupid, keep at it. Share the Word of God every time you meet him, every time you write to him, every time you talk to him. The only way you will stir that person out of his stupidity is by driving home the word of God.

Oct. 19

Are you quite sure there is no brand of rebellion or stupidity in you? Are you quite sure you are in the category of those who “ever learn and never come to a knowledge of the truth”? Otherwise, then the Word of God, when you try to deal with another soul, will come straight back at you.

Chambers continues for a few more days on how to aptly deal with a stupid soul, but I’m sure the point is clear. The stupid person acts out of sheer want to fulfill his own will, all the while knowing full well that it is against the very will of God. Most of the time the spiritually stupid will contradict God’s will simply because they do not want to. They study and study but application falls short. I ask myself why and from personal experience it is only because Fear is more prevalent than Faith in my life.

Simply put the ‘stupid soul’ is me, they are you too. God tells me explicitly to love my enemies. I ignore them, push them away, leave them hanging when they need help the most. What do you do? The only hope we have is faith, fellowship, and the Word of God.

James would say, “confess your sins one to another” that healing and forgiveness might take place. Hebrews says to mark out a clear path for those following you, and to strengthen yourself when you are weak. In our weakness God is proved strong. 1 John 1 says, if we live in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with each other and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from our sin. Jesus (the Word)  told us that the world would know us by our love for one another…how much love am I showing to someone in my fellowship that I refuse to talk to…How much love have I shown the women that surround me when all I do is talk vulgarly and behave rudely to them.

Simply put without the Holy Spirit and without a sincere desire to please the Lord, I will continue in these sins. Fellowship =  accountability, faith = belief, and the Word = Jesus. Some simple things to remember, next time.

In the gospel of John 21, the disciple whom Jesus loved recounts the event that changed Peter’s life, and I cannot help but think that, because of the level of detail in his writing John was also very affected by these circumstances. Being that it was written some where close to the end of the first century John was obviously very old, yet he still seems to recall this event with particular detail.

The time of day, the people who were with him, statements which people made, the exact number of fish that they caught (v. 10), he remember’s that Peter had “stripped for work” (v. 7) but put on his tunic again, the distance the boat was from the shore, what he ate for breakfast with the Lord.

All of these things and more, probably 70 or so years after the event happened would suggest that this was one of those life changing events.

I can remember such an event in my life, but it didn’t have a positive impact on me. Without being too vulgar, I will simply state that in the 3rd grade I was already on my way to becoming a pervert. I had told some un-trustworthy people about my fascinations. They ended up telling some people in the school about it, and being that I had a class of 20 in a school of 150 it seemed to me as if everyone knew that I was some sick perv. My point being is I don’t think I will ever forget those people’s names, what the class room looked like, what their faces looked like as they cringed in disgust and then laughed at my embarrassment.

Those kinds of events change our lives, and we can remember fine details about these events. The same was true for John here. And I wonder if there isn’t something very profound to be taken away from all of this.

Most obviously it is Peter’s circumstance. He had previously denied that Jesus was his Lord, to several different people the night that Jesus was crucified, and then he ran away altogether back to what he had formerly known (fishing). Second there is the community of people who are affected by Jesus; this is fellowship. They all end up going ashore and eating breakfast with Jesus, and surly Jesus looks at Peter and asks him:

After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.”

“Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.

Jesus repeated the question: “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

“Yes, Lord,” Peter said, “you know I love you.”

“Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.

A third time he asked him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep.

Jesus just wanted Peter’s love. That’s all he wanted from the get-go from any of us. We chose ourselves, chose our money, our possessions, our habits…our sin. Peter for the first time understood grace, that oh so magnificent gift we all received at the beginning, that moment when our sins were no longer our’s, but redeemed by Christ.

John on the other hand, being an outsider to this conversation must have been experience a new found grace for himself. Seeing that Peter who failed so miserably could be atoned for and even forgiven for what so many Christians fear. I have often been afraid of this myself, asking myself, “What if I denied that I knew Jesus?” I think we get a clear answer that this is forgivable. Not overlooking the fact that Jesus also said, if you deny me before me, I will deny you before my father. But let us look at the heart of Peter, in his situation he had not seemed to lose all hope, just most of it, Peter just returned to what he knew how to do, fish…Jesus called him to be a fisher of men, so even then Peter was just a little off in his thinking. Judas, though, lost all hope; he denied his savior and killed himself…that is truly heartbreaking, I would like to think that even Judas could have been forgiven had he repented, but Jesus betrayal needed to happen, and prophecy needed to be fulfilled, so in the end he was doomed to his fate. (This is not so for you and I. We have every moment to change, to return, to be reborn.)

Also it should not be overlooked that Peter had many more years of suffering for the sake of Christ and even got crucified upside-down. That is not to say that Peter did not have Joy in the Lord either, or freedom in this grace that he received, as a matter of opinion, note that no one would die for a man or cause (in such horrific way) that they did not believe to be utter truth, and/or that they have experienced such hope and joy from. Meaning, Peter was so stoked on his being forgiven by Jesus, that he went to extreme lengths to preach the gospel even unto death on a cross.

Surly John was changed by this experience enough to remember it in detail so long after. Being filled with love, joy and hope upon its remembrance. I suppose I might think fondly on such a time as well, the time at retreat when I confessed my sin, when I admitted I needed forgiveness for my wretchedness, there on that wooden floor, surrounded by strangers and acquaintance’s alike. That moment began the change in my heart, no longer was I a pervert, I was saved, redeemed, set free from those self-image and self-condemning idea’s. I may have been those things, but thanks be to God who made me a new creation, the old has gone, behold I am a new creation in Christ Jesus.

I suppose what should be gathered from this is that there is great gain in taking account of what you have been forgiven of. Every day the grace of the Lord sustains his believers, and His mercy the un-believer.

2 Peter 3:15 And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved.

This got me thinking. It seems that our culture only wants to be surrounded with positive messages. As long as there is not “dislike” button we cannot know who doesn’t like our comments. (Unless of coarse it disturbs them so much that they comment about it.) However it seems to be note worthy that while this is a trend mostly on the internet, I cannot help but see it creeping into christian society and theology. Im speaking specifically towards the idea that hell does not exist. It is a nice thought to believe that when we die there is no final judgement and to be faced with the idea of eternal torture.

This was idealism goes farther back then social media, really i can point it back to the development of film and television, probably further if thought long enough. But let’s consider it. We see people die in movie’s a light shines through a window and we know they made it to heaven. Hell used to be reserved for people like Hitler or even just the villan in the movie, often being thrown into fire or melted by lava, swallowed up by darkness, falling to their death…all of these can be pointed to metaphorical hell.

However when you think about the idea that if there is no hell, then there is no judgement, that means that Hitler, although behind the Holocaust, will be in heaven with you.

That is really just food for thought.

I was speaking to a gentleman recently who was convinced that we are just part of everything energy. We are made of energy, the universe runs on energy, and so therefore when a person dies, there is no heaven or hell, they are simply re-assimilated into the cosmos for re-use. This statement, eliminates hell and heaven and only focuses on the here and now, how can I best serve myself today. Indeed this may be the last day of my life today, and i want to feel as though i have lived my life to the “fullest.”

Thinking on this, i came to the conclusion that this has to be false. If what i feel to day is that i want to kill a man, then i should do so, before i get re-purposed. And in doing so, it is o.k. for me to justify it, because the man i kill will be re-used as well. The universe obviously needs the extra energy today, and so this thought has come to my mind because of this. But then why is it human law in almost every known civilization to not kill a man?

I should be so kind as to point you to Mere Christianity. This might clear this issue up a bit. Lewis explains that man has this moral law within himself because someone/something has given it to us. I encourage you to read just the first 5 chapters in book 1. If we just exist, and nothing made us, how is it that we are guided by some kind of moral compass? If we did not have this compass, i would assume that man would have been wiped out long before the dinosaurs (according to evolution) merely because he would have been so unintelligent that we would have killed every last one of ourselves.

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From the Chapter - Are you afraid of God?

After submitting their then most current album “The Fear of God” into various critics these are the thoughts Josh had about the experience…

…Critics all seem to be swayed by the tide of their own self-importance; a “self-respecting” critic will never call an album by Insane Clown Posse “brilliant” or a movie by Martin Scorcese “idiotic” even if they truly feel this way, because they will no longer be respected as critics. Yet these are the individuals we trust to approve or disapprove of our entertainment. These egomaniacs sit safely behind their laptops and call years of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears rubbish because their one-time listen or viewing didn’t meet critical expectations…There are plenty of people  lining up to hate Showbread records, why should critics get paid for it? pg 226

Josh touches on the effect that piracy has had on the music industry. From before the time when napster, limewire, and torrent were around to dawning the age of internet piracy and seeing the effect it had on album making, concert attendance and big-wig cooperate descisions. These are his thoughts…

Record label executives, in my experience, are often out of touch and don’t factor in details like, “well, if ten thousand people stole the record, at least that means people are interested, how can we take advantage of that?” instead, the think : “no one bought this. This band has no fans. Let’s not waste more money on them.” … The listeners have become outnumbered by performers. In a world that has gone from traveling to a record store to purchase a new record because you heard a song on the radio you liked, to a world where you simply steal any record you want from your bedroom and half of what you steal is garbage anyway, people begin to have less interest in actually putting in the minimal amount of effort to actually listen to the band they’re robbing or to see these bands live whether they liked them or not. Concerts had mostly become teenage fashion shows (or a break from the internet) with a band in the background. pg 228

I admit that even I have victimized Showbread in this manner. Since then I have purchased every album, some twice over for friends…but that doesn’t justify piracy.  Josh tends to write the way I think, but I never have the words to put it into a coherent thought. However, he does take the time to “meditate” on these things so that he can write it down in coherence.

Most of the book is comical stories about the band, or hurdles that they face in recording, touring or the like, most of which had comical outcomes anyway. But then there are those moments that Josh tries to put in his books, that specifically glorify Jesus. Chapter after chapter has the same overtone of doing this for His glory.

As I have become well aware over the past years of my life the more I let “art” aka media, film, paintings, books, music,  ect. into my life the more prone I am to either draw closer to the Lord, or drift farther from him. In an understanding of this I have realized personally the precaution i must take in listening, viewing, ect. of “art”.

That being said here is my list and brief descriptions of what each of these artistic pieces contributed to my spiritual growth this year. This is not “favorite releases of 2010″ this is “favorite things i viewed/read/heard in 2010″

1. Nevada – by Joshua S. Porter (Josh Dies of Showbread) This was a grotesque book about several characters in what i would consider to be something close to the apocalyptic age of the bible. A lizard emerges out of a hole in the earth and abruptly wins the popularity of America by making a speech about “being our own God’s”. Without giving too much away, lets just say, if you can make it through the disheartening lives these characters live, through the multiple descriptive murders, vulgar imagery of (for lack of a better term) bestiality. Then by all means, read the book. HAHA. There were points where i had to ask myself why i was reading this book. I made it to the end though, and the last chapter is a beautiful image of heaven for those who can bear to make it through the hell of reading the book. i give it 30 pumpkin…seeds (Evan Kuzava and Shimmy Show fans know what im talkin about).
2. It’s kind of a Funny Story – Zach Galifianakis co stars with some kid, in this almost heartwarming dramady (comedy/drama) that was pretty interesting. A kid who wants to kill himself for all the wrong reasons, ends up on the adult side of a psych-ward while the “teens” wing is being renovated. He encounters an escaped patient who fakes being a doctor (Galifianakis) and befriends the estranged man who has lost his wife and kid due to destructive depressive habits. The young man quickly learns that he doesn’t have much to be depressed about when he has a glance around at the people with schizophrenia and compulsive tenancies. In my own life i can come to some of the same points of realization, where i realize my life isn’t worth crying over, killing myself over, that indeed even broken hurt damaged people are the very people that we are.

3. Thrill Seeker – August Burns Red: Even though this album was released years ago, i only recently became fond of it. After having a discussion with a friend about hardcore, why he liked it/why i liked it, i had a tuned ear to catch some of the things we had talked about. Mainly breakdowns. This album is chalk full of awesome lyrics which are always my favorite, but the thing that stuck out to me is the song “A Shot Below the Belt” a.k.a. “Throwing Punches”. This song starts with what may be my favorite breakdown of all time. “What a bittersweet symphony life is, but i wouldn’t have it any other way.“

4. Radical – by David Platt is an outside view of the american church. Outside in the respect that a man raised in the  “American dream” system of beliefs of the church has questioned that very belief system. In a chapter i hope i dont soon forget, he reminisced on having dinner at a poor woman’s house in india (i believe). She posed a question that frustrated our very belief system, and made me rethink the term christian. Without the book handy i will try to rephrase the question the the best of my memory.

Some times we get american bible teachers on our t.v. stations, they talk about having enough faith be rich, i cant help but wonder, do i not have enough faith, because i am poor?

You have no idea how hard i wanted to punch whichever preacher she saw that made her doubt her faith like that. That is not the response that i know Jesus would want me to have, but man sometimes i think about how far off we are from God sometimes, does no one take God serious when he cautions us not to become teachers because we will be held to a higher standard! All this aside, it made me think that there was something more than money i can give poor people, after all, rich or poor, we all die.

5.  The book of Matthew – this has been a very eye opening book for my spiritual eyes. I believe the Lord gave me a definite direction with my immediate future with this book. All things go according to plan i should be out on the road with a friend in the next several months, to share the gospel of Jesus.

6. Who Can Know It – Showbread’s 5th studio album and maybe my second favorite, i dont know that anything will ever top Anoexia Nervosa, but this was a close second, only to Age of Reptiles. This FREE album is available on Come&Live records (click the image to go download now). Showbread is constantly surprising me with their ability to master all forms of music, from screamo to grunge they are masters of  instruments or what they so aptly named “primitive tools” :stab art to death:No Sir Nihilism is not Practicle.

7. Toy Story 3 – as with most movies i tend to over spiritualize them. But since that is normally connotative of some form of negativity, i would like to set the record straight. God is spirit, we have been given his spirit, and we are called to live according to his Spirit, so to be over spiritual might just be what we need to be. Anyway, this move surprised me with its constant undertones of God. Next time you watch the movie anytime they say “owner” or “kid” or even “Andy”,  superimpose the word God and see if you don’t see the parallels to the christian faith. I’m not calling it a christian movie by any standard, but in a society that refutes the possible existence of a higher power, it was strange to see in a “children’s” movie even subtly hint that a god would be implied.

8. Grace Walk – by Steve McVey: was recommended to me after i had been attending my current church CCA for about 3 months. I had talked to the senior pastor about some frustrations that i had been having trying to find my “place” in the body. We had been going through a 1 Corinthians 12 for some time and i had been hearing him reach on the various manifestations of the spirit. He also went into some detail on other “gifts” the Lord has for each person within the church. This is all beside the point though. I was talking to Pastor Ed and after erring my grievances of frustration at why i could not see where i fit into the body, he suggested i read this book. You know that feeling you get when all you wanted was a “oh you are a [fill in the blank]” and be done with it…well that is what i was feeling right then. None the less i went down to the book store and bought the recommended book. After months of reading it off and on, i finally made it through. This is normally the part when people say they didnt learn anything, and in my case that is just plain wrong. I never knew how much Grace affected me, to be honest i had no real idea what grace was. Thanks be to the Lord Jesus for his mercy and grace upon me and his patience in my ignorance.
9. Out of the Silent Planet – Havent yet finished the book, but so far it is just plain amazing. C.S. Lewis has a unique door to my heart. His use of words, the writing style. The way he poses thoughts in my own head. All of these things just stack up in favor of Lewis as one of my all time favorite authors. This book in particular has been a fun read. With every other science fiction book, it seems to have an over arching draw on the science and technology more than the story. I would personally call this Science Fantasy. He has a few brief chapters on outer space, and some unique thoughts on heaven, but once the main character lands on the planet there is nothing rather spectacular about the alien species or its technology. Much like Narnia, the aliens have earth-creature qualities. None the less, it has been a rough start to a good read, but now that im drawing closer to the center of the book, the story has me in its clutches.

It boggles the mind, space and time.

I am in the midst of great spiritual in-site/growth or the like, yet even in the presence of all this excitement i am experiencing i can not help but feel tremendously blessed by those around me.

I have decided i would like to write about those friends or family of mine that have helped me reach this place in my life, so for the next several Blogs i hope to achieve this.

Id like to start with 2 very special people in my heart right now. Ian Dizon and Katie Van Zant Dizon {11.7.10}

Ian was one of those people that frightened me at first [most people frighten me at first anyway]. Purely because he was the worship leader of Calvary Chapel Aurora. I know it seems foolish to think that way…but I feel like its just human nature to elevate someone who is up on stage. I put him in a place of “exalted-ness” for lack of a better term. I have this tendency with a great many people in life, Pastor Ed, any front man for a band i like, Tom Hanks {haha}.

However, i eventually met him, i cannot remember how. Maybe Jeremiah maybe happenstance, however it was i can remember very distinct moments when i thought to myself, this guy is too cool. Those fears soon disappeared as they often do when i got to talk with him for a while.

I had been spending time with him for a while, when his fiance came back from Thailand. If i have learned anything from my past with friends and fiance’s it is never to interrupt them. And i was expecting much of the same treatment from them. Much to my surprise after maybe 2 weeks of getting to know Katie she invited me to lunch with her and her friend Claudia. This fact alone blew me away, lunch with one of my NEW friend’s fiance? This was groundbreaking.

As i sat there talking with them i came to a subtle realization to myself. This is how it should be, /i should be able to chill with my friends regardless of their relationship to each other/. I found myself over the next several weeks being blessed left and right by these two. From buying me food and tickets to movies to just letting my hang out with them. Katie has been very generous with her future husband.

When the Annual Picnic rolled around, i couldnt say i was very excited about going. Never really had much fun at prior similar events. But i went and had been thinking alot about being baptized again, just to mark a new season in my life. One that i thought would never come. GRACE. As i headed down to the aurora resivour waters in my clothes, i began to ask God if this is really what he wanted for me.

Let me tell you, it feels like a whole new plain that im on with God, things like that always made me skeptical, when i wasnt sure of something, i would normally not do it.

But i went this time.

When i got down into the water, for the first time, sure of myself that i needed to be where i was, i looked around for who i could possibly go to. I had a moment of silence with God saying i wanted to go to Ian. As i stood there waiting for my turn someone finished before Ian had finished baptizing his person, /i panicked/. “Oh no, im not going to be able to go to him, they are going to usher me to some short guy i didnt know!” I thought to myself.

Little did i realize at the time that it didnt matter who went when. So i politely asked the people behind me if they would go while i waited for Ian. When he finished with his person, i gently floated to him. He said something that shocked me when i got there. “I know you know what baptism is so im gonna have you pray for yourself then ill baptize you.” After a brief thought of “what?!” i let it go and considered that God had lead me to him for a reason. After i finished my prayer he dunked me and the rush of cold water hit me like Frisbee to the face. When i was pulled up again i had no other option but to shout “woo” .haha.

Afterwords he said that while i was praying i almost made him cry. I find it funny that we base how well we have “a hold” on someone based on their emotional response. I thought to myself at that moment, cool, i almost made him cry…then had an epiphany, Ian would probably like me just as much (i hope) even if i did or didnt make him “almost” cry.

He has an interesting dynamic with his Fiance, Katie, that i just love to observe. They fake fight a lot, which is just funny to watch, sometimes it even unfolds into a real fight

in any relationship you can tell a real fight from a fake one when the parties abruptly stop talking to each other….funny we stop talking, when we should try to resolve it the way that it started. communication

not funny haha per-say. just funny ironic. I just like to see the reality of a relationship unfold…im too used to hollywood movie relationships where everyone hides their problems on the outside…this couple seems to be very open about how much junk they carry with them…at least with close(r) friends.

I remember one late evening driving to Southlands Mall to watch “Inception” and thinking i should get to know them better, this was at the beginning of our friendship, so i belted out a few questions that i can no longer remember. Weeks later Katie confessed she was thankful for my prying questions…i think she put it something like “it helped me and ian clarify /certain/ things”

Looking back on that i can see how the Lord was not only using me in that situation, but how he used Katie and Ian to bless me. I dont have a lot of of people who tell me that they are thankful that i open my mouth to pry into their personal lives a lot. HAHA. I make it sound like i am some sort of horrible question asker, which i do say some pretty stupid things, but it was nice to know that i could just not always be ignorant.

Katie and Ian are getting married on {11.7.10} and i am so excited for them!
1 last thing to say before i go, i havent known them for a huge amount of time so to be invited to their wedding is a huge blessing!

I love these 2.

I pray for the very best out of your relationship, Ian and Katie. You are a blessing!

What if, what if i meet a girl, what if i want to settle down, what about money, what about my car, what about my dream computer im saving for? All of these wishes are built on the most unimportant part of any self-indulgent fantasy | i |.

When serving the Lord, the i must be cut out /*haha get it cut out your eye*/, to make room for Him, as i continue to learn about what it really means to be a saint it seems overwhelmingly clear that my flesh is the only thing stopping me. In Christianity we use this term “flesh” liberally, but with no recourse as to what is actually means. As i have learned “flesh” is the desire that we have within our self to satisfy our own needs apart from God. In my own life i can see this become abundantly clear in many areas, mostly in relationships; meaning i have not had very many <if any at all> successful relationships /*not just girlfriends, but my mother, sister, brother, friends*/. And instead of taking these issues to the Lord and having him begin a healing work that i know He is capable of /*through a prior work of healing with anger and bitterness toward my earthly father*/, i rely on my own sinful habits to bandage my wounds. Unfortunately what i think are bandages are more like knives cutting deeper into my own soul.

So i have been talking with the Lord about what it is that He would have me do on this kind of excursion, and the only thing that rings true in my ears right now is that i need to Trust in him.

I just got finished reading the 1st chapter of a book called Under the Overpass by @Mike Yankoski, a book about 2 friends who chose to become homeless for the sake of learning the experience and to see how the modern church deals with it, but also to learn to lean on the Lord in the most realistic situation, poverty. So as i am reading i am first of all glad that i am not alone in my /insanity/,  secondly i am excited because most of what he writes is exactly what i am feeling right now. Yankoski expresses concern for his own *what if’s* and also voices a key concern that i also had.

You see going out like this requires a great step of faith, sure, but also a great need for authentic prayer and preperation. Yankoski said that he was on the hunt for someone to go with him, a companion, as you can imagine it would be hard to find someone who is willing to give up their whole: life | car | school | job | family | ect, for a homeless\vagabondish lifestyle. I have much of the same fear, and have not pursued this aspiration for some time for that simple reason, i wanted to go with someone.

Well as the Lord would have it, he has put that desire in the heart of someone i know. Im not saying its official, but i definately think that it is the begginning of something. With much more prayer and more indepth commitment to seeing the reality of what it would look like to be homeless travelers for a section of time, i think it might be a real possibility.

My whole basis for this started when God reavealed Mattew 10 to me. I have read it many times before, but there are those moments when /it just clicks/. In Matthew 10 the Lord Jesus commits his disciples to go and tell of the Kingdom of God. He sent them out 2×2, so right there is the first reason why i wanted to go with someone. The other is in Acts 3, when Peter and John are in the temple, they are there to bring about Gods power in the manifestation of the spirit, in healing to a lame man.  There are many more examples of how great men in the New Testament were used by God, and most if not all of them were when they were with other believers, and most likely with at least one constant companion. Paul never seemed to be without someone, whether it be Timothy, John Mark, or Titus…he had companions.

i say all this so that if you are lead to do so you pray for this time in my life. i am very excited to see if this person that the Lord has brought into my life is the person i am supposed to journey with.

What do you think?