spotless, blameless and at peace with him

That I am not. But I must do my best to be that. For I call myself a follower of Jesus Christ.

13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. 14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

Now that I’m excited for eternity, I must prepare myself for it. My time on earth is short and I must make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.
God be with me today.

eternal

Isaiah 65:17-18
Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.

I’m truly excited now about what eternal life means to me now. One day, I’ll start my new life and live forever and ever with my King.

Earlier today, I was frustrated about something so small. Then I read this chapter and was quickly shown how much time I was wasting being so focused on it. The thing was really unimportant to be mad about. One day, I won’t even remember it

McDonalds ruined my life (this one’s for guys only. Seriously.

Realy. No girls allowed!

I heard something funny yesterday. It could be offensive so be careful if you read past this sentence…

I heard someone refer to masterbation as McDonalds. What???

Without an explanation of why you would call it that, I put this together in my mind:
Eating at McDonalds feels good in the moment. But afterwards, you are going to feel some level of crappyness. Plus if you keep eating McDonalds all the time, it’s going to ruin your life…

Thanks for reading : )

Remember, you’re not going to be able to stop going to McDonalds by yourself. You really must reach out for help.

The Love Dare – Day 5: Love Is Not Rude

Today’s dare requires me to ask my wife a question. It’s a question that unlike me, so how do I do it without giving away that I’m doing the Love Dare, or somehting like it.

Ask my wife to tell me three things that cause her to be uncomfortable or irritaded with me. I must do so without attacking her or justifying my behavior. This is from her perspective only.

I’m going to leave this one unprotected (from password) so that if anyone happens to know  of a way I can do this as smooth as possible… that would be aweosme!

Then tomorrow morning I’ll (private) post about what she said.

Thanks you God for using this tool to learn about how you love and how I should love my wife.

It’s Monday, and I can’t quite get my brain going. All I know is that yesterday was awesome and turned to sucky.

Yesterday was the launch of Grow Life Church in Wesley Chapel. For one thing it’s nice to drive just 7 minutes to church, especially when you’re not used to getting up for it on Sundays (we normally go on Saturday nights to Grace). For two things, Pastor James’ message hit right at home. Which I’ll have to blog about seprately, maybe.

So it’s early and we overslept. It was rainy, too. So we rushed over. Again, good thing it’s close : )

After we got home I was so ready to get in the Word, but a big headache hit me. I tried to sleep it off but the more I layed there the groggier I got and I was that way the rest of the day. I never read the word and I barely thought about God the rest of the day.

Today, I look past yesterday and start again ’cause I know that He always welcomes me back!
Lord, continue to hold on to me and never let me go. I’m trying my best to hold on to you. I can start to feel your fire inside. I want it bigger!

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Considering My Challenges Pure Joy

^{James 1:12}Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.

I’m in a long meeting right now with a testing challenge. A matter that is no laughing matter. One that I’ve realized is the base of who Jesus is. Real Love. The challenge is to deny myself of everything I can think of (besides life’s necessities) so I can see past myself and see others. The truth is, if I don’t stick this out, I’m going to live a lonely life. Plus, several individuals that I have known, or still know, have been brought to my attention that selfishness has destroyed either their whole life or a big part of it. It’s scary!

God, your Word says that I should consider it pure joy to have this challenge. Well, I do. I can see that I must go through this (as much as I am hurting because of my path leading here) to experience your love. Your Real Love.

The Love Dare

Last year, Pastor Craig encouraged the church to see the movie Fireproof. In it, Kirk Cameron plays Caleb Holt, a firefighter and husband who’s losing a battle in his marriage. His dad challenges him to commit to a 40-day experiment: “The Love Dare”, which dares Caleb each day with a task to show love towards his wife. Good movie for us married guys. I’m going to buy it soon to watch on my iphone.

Anyways, you can now buy that book. I did.

So last night I began my dare not knowing what I’m about to get into. But I don’t care what I have to do. Bring it, book!
I will not fail as a husband. I will learn what true love is.

Jesus, I’ve never truly known your love. I’ve only loved myself. Please teach me what love is and how to love my wife (and others).

Now, seriously, if you can’t get credit in my store…….. you can’t get credit anywhere.

Make sure to YouTube more of Norton’s Furniture!

Now, Seriously, this guy reminds me of Senor Cardgage

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