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Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 3/15/1982
Gender: Male
Interests: Sleeping, snowboarding, sports, dominoes
Expertise: Sleeping and Screwing Louis.
Trying real hard, but Failing.
Occupation: Retired
Industry: Construction
Message: message me
Member Since:
12/9/2003
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| From "The Wild Man's Journey" concerning the journey men need to make from the common masculine (culturally prescribed masculinity w/o Jesus or His redemption) towards more feminine traits and then keep going further to a deeper masculinity that is a balanced...
"The whole journey, the full development of the male spirit, has to walk in the steps of both. . .The basic reason why the journey of the second [leg] is hard to make is because if you stick your neck out your head may wind up on somebody else's platter, which of course, is what happened to [John the Baptist]. It is a risky journey, just as much as the inner movement into the feminine is, but it is a journey back out into the external world--into the world of risk, uncertainty and almost certain failure. No wonder many prefer to remain safely in the world of ideas and opinions."!
- "The Wild Man's Journey" by Richard Rohr, pg. 36
Reflection: I think the craze a couple of years ago reading "Wild At Heart" led a bunch of us to embrace masculine traits; but I think they were purely the common masculine and very superficial. The men of the church do need to be free to be MEN, but the journey is just that, a journey, to becoming a redeemed person that embraces both feminine and masculine qualities with strength and courage!
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| God has been meeting me quite regularly through words written from fellow saints - past and present. I want to record some of these truths in one place. Why not use the xanga i haven't touched since '05? :p
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Are You Exhausted Spiritually?
"The everlasting God... fainteth not, neither is weary." - Isaiah 40:28
Exhaustion means that the vital forces are worn right out. Spiritual exhaustion never comes through sin but only through service, and whether or not you are exhausted will depend upon where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter--"Feed My sheep," but He gave him nothing to feed them with. The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you to the dregs. Be careful that you get your supply, or before long you will be utterly exhausted. Before other souls learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus direct, they have to draw on it through you; you have to be literally "sucked," until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and His sheep as well as for Himself.
Has the way in which you have been serving God betrayed you into exhaustion? If so, then rally your affections. Where did you start the service from? From your own sympathy or from the basis of the Redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually go back to the foundation of your affections and recollect where the source of power is. You have no right to say--"O Lord, I am so exhausted." He saved and sanctified you in order to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that your supply comes from him. "All my fresh springs shall be in Thee."
- Oswald Chambers, from My Utmost for His Highest
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| Its interesting... Katrina hit me, but it was a long ways off
(psychologically, for me). It was too distant. But the fact
that Rita followed such a short time after caught my attention.
And by that I mean, God caught my attention. How is America going
to respond? What is our HEART response going to be?
This article today on BBC struck a cord with me. Here's an excerpt:
"Rita and Katrina have both been events of massive force,
sweeping away an awful lot, but Katrina - because of the ghastly
failure of the authorities to prepare and to rescue those at risk - is
thought by some to have done more than physical damage.
Bill Clinton is among many eminent Americans who wonder
whether Katrina's biggest impact might be psychological, political.
The real question - putting it baldly - is whether there is going to be a revolution.
Will the American social and economic system - which
creates the wealth that pays for billionaires' private jets, and the
poverty which does not allow for a bus fare out of New Orleans - be
addressed?
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Charity ameliorates it, softens blows, pours oil on troubled waters. It does not lead to social change.
Inequality is a part of American life and so is self reliance. Nothing I have seen in the last few weeks alters that."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4275818.stm
I have a lot more thinking to do... I pray for myself and
the rest of our nation, that God would give us eyes to see and ears to
hear what he is saying, calling us from, and calling us to.
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| John 15
To Him be the glory!
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| Hello Friends! Summer has been good to me. Its all winding
down now. I'm not as sad as I thought I would be. The Jesus
I experienced in the quiet of summer is still the same in the crazy
times. The peace that I experienced while being still and
remembering that he is God may still be experienced as I hand over all
of my burdens and trust him to be my Father. He cares about what
I care about. He knows what I desire. He knows that I want
life. He knows I long to do his will but that I need help.
He knows that only he can make me whole. And I long to walk with
him, letting him be God.
As things do not go the way I had hoped and wanted, I need to remember
that his ways are better than mine. When things don't go at the
pace I want, I need to remember that something is not quite ready for
him to do what he wants to do. Either I need to be transformed
into being able to receive the blessing, I need the character to walk
into that path, or the timing for other people is not quite
right. I need to let him give me His perspective when I'm
disappointed and hurt.
Balance. Balance. Balance. I want to have better life
rhythms this year. To rest well so that I may work hard
well. To give myself to people and to ministry, and to enjoy the
company of my friends, and peers. I want to just chill and let
all my worries go up to the one that can handle them. I want to
spend good time with Teresa. And I want both of us to continue
diving into our respective communities.
All in all, I am looking forward to the challenging season ahead.
I can't wait for the children to come at school on Wednesday. 49
second and third graders that I can love with Jesus love. I can
respect them, and pray for them, and build them up. I can serve
my 3 teachers and my fellow TA. I can go the extra mile.
And then I can let Jesus restore me and replenish me for an evening in
Sproul where I can hang out with our awesome community, live out faith,
and watch God bless us as we long for more of him.
I really long to see God do a number this year. Not Ryan,
God. As I remain in him and he in me, he will do much. For
apart from Him, I can do nothing. (John 15:5). I pray that
my connection to the vine will be strengthened and my relationship with
him continuing to grow, even as I have seen that relationship growth
with my friends this summer. (maybe he was showing me a picture
of what a healthy, growing relationship looks like so that I can
further pursue that with him).
And that brings me to the big picture that Ryan is thinking
about. What is God saying to the church in America? What is
he saying to us that bear his name in LA? What is the Spirit
calling us to? What is he warning us about, lest we find out the
hard way? I pray we ask the right questions. May our
questions be full of faith in the God who loved us so much he let his
son die. May we remember his powerful work of redemption in our
individual lives as we look to our collective reality. I pray
that we may be a generation, a people that live in faith. That
live with soft hearts towards the gentle leading of the Spirit of the
Living God. I pray he teaches me how to hear his still small
voice.
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