It's about that time again. Unfortunately I have a lot of school to study for, so this will probably be a shorter post. As some of you know, I spend most my time at work stuck in my car. Occasionally I'll turn on CSN and just check out who's on there. Today was great! Chip Ingram was talking about our attitudes in life and how we have every reason to be happy, yet we can blame our bad attitudes on every possible circumstance. That's where the line comes in: our unhappiness isn't based on our external circumstances(excuses), but our internal desires. We can blame our attitudes and the way we treat others on the circumstances in our life that don't go our way(ties in with yesterdays blog); although, the truth is, it's our internal desires that cause every bit of anger, sadness, depression, etc. This is something I find myself constantly struggling with. Like I mentioned yesterday, It's so easy for me to get down and bummed out about the circumstances in my life that don't go my way, and the first thing I do is blame it on the circumstances. The only reason I could possibly feel that way though, is due to my internal, selfish, fleshly desires. When the truth is, my desires should be focused solely on Christ and what he has called to me do. I have to let go of the desires of my flesh and the excuses I make due to my life's circumstances, and desire only to grow closer to him. And with growing closer to him, my desires for this world will fade. I will have no need to make those lame excuses about why I'm upset, that stuff won't matter to me. I need to fill my life with the desires that come from a close and intimate relationship with God.
I'm sorry this post was a little hard to follow, I was very rushed to study for all my midterms. I wanted to let you guys know that I may not post everyday. Not because I don't have enough to say, but because my time seems to escape me so easily. I'm going to try for three or four times a week. Thanks for reading, guys!
~Ben
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Fallstar
"Blind my eyes, help me see.
Bind my hands, set me free."
Yeah, there was just no way I could go even two days without using lyrics of some sort. These lyrics have helped me put so much into perspective lately. To be quite honest with you guys, things haven't exactly been going the way I would want them to in my life. It seems now for the past few weeks or so, almost nothing goes the way I want. But my responsibility is to trust and be okay with whatever God is doing in my life. Check out that first line: Blind my eyes, help me see. It's so awesome the way that is worded. We, as humans, are so focused on what we want for our lives and not what God wants. We're so concerned about the here and now that we can't see how He is strategically planning our life. We can't see the work he is doing in us because we are too concerned with the way we want things. If we blind our eyes to this world and the things that don't go our way, we will see what God is doing. For me, trusting God is one of the absolute hardest things to achieve. I see how much is going wrong in my life and I want to change it. I don't know if you guys struggle with this, but I do question whether God knows best for my life. In fact, I am the one living it. But then I think about how ridiculous that sounds. He created me! He knows what's best for me!
Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
The next line of the song is pretty self explanatory. Again, I just love the way they word the whole thing. Bind my hands, set me free. That's awesome. Its not speaking plainly of what we hold in our hands(in some cases it could), but it's more of the sin we hold on to. We know it's not good for us, yet we have the hardest time letting it go. Bind my hands(keep me from sinning), set me free. Sometimes we get way too attached to the sin in our lives. It begins to control us and separates us from God. When this happens, the only way to remove that sin is to bind our hands(resist sin with the help of God). We hold on to so much that keeps us from God. He desires us to be close to him. When our hands are bound, we are unable to hold the sin we use to; therefore, setting us free.
Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
If any of you were wondering, the song is called Red Letters and it's by Fallstar.
Thanks for reading!
~Ben
Bind my hands, set me free."
Yeah, there was just no way I could go even two days without using lyrics of some sort. These lyrics have helped me put so much into perspective lately. To be quite honest with you guys, things haven't exactly been going the way I would want them to in my life. It seems now for the past few weeks or so, almost nothing goes the way I want. But my responsibility is to trust and be okay with whatever God is doing in my life. Check out that first line: Blind my eyes, help me see. It's so awesome the way that is worded. We, as humans, are so focused on what we want for our lives and not what God wants. We're so concerned about the here and now that we can't see how He is strategically planning our life. We can't see the work he is doing in us because we are too concerned with the way we want things. If we blind our eyes to this world and the things that don't go our way, we will see what God is doing. For me, trusting God is one of the absolute hardest things to achieve. I see how much is going wrong in my life and I want to change it. I don't know if you guys struggle with this, but I do question whether God knows best for my life. In fact, I am the one living it. But then I think about how ridiculous that sounds. He created me! He knows what's best for me!
Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
The next line of the song is pretty self explanatory. Again, I just love the way they word the whole thing. Bind my hands, set me free. That's awesome. Its not speaking plainly of what we hold in our hands(in some cases it could), but it's more of the sin we hold on to. We know it's not good for us, yet we have the hardest time letting it go. Bind my hands(keep me from sinning), set me free. Sometimes we get way too attached to the sin in our lives. It begins to control us and separates us from God. When this happens, the only way to remove that sin is to bind our hands(resist sin with the help of God). We hold on to so much that keeps us from God. He desires us to be close to him. When our hands are bound, we are unable to hold the sin we use to; therefore, setting us free.
Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
If any of you were wondering, the song is called Red Letters and it's by Fallstar.
Thanks for reading!
~Ben
Monday, February 28, 2011
First Blog.
Okay. So I wasn't planning on writing this today because I feel super tired and it got a lot later than I thought it was. I'm not even sure if anyone at all will ever read this. Here is what I kind of want to do. I have a ton of thoughts and I feel at times people aren't really receptive to my ramblings. I wanted to start a blog to have my thoughts written down and if people want to know them, they're welcome to read. :) The main goal of my blog is to talk about what God is doing in and showing me in my life. I hope some of you guys, if any, can relate to some of this stuff.
With this being the first blog and all, I wasn't planning on talking about much. But today while I was on delivery, I heard a pastor on the radio. It's so crazy how God works sometimes. The point to pastor was trying to get across was that God speaks to us everyday. I have heard this a lot growing up and even more recently. I don't think I have ever truly thought about it though. God is finding ways to talk to and speak to us. So many times we're not receptive to what he says or we're just completely unaware. I want this blog to help me, and hopefully others too, be more aware of what God is trying say to us in our day-to-day lives. He is always trying to communicate with the ones he loves. Jesus died and went through separation from God just to forgive us and have a relationship with us. What would a relationship be without communication? He is ALWAYS doing his part. It's time we open our ears and eyes and hear or see what God is trying to do in us.
If anyone read this, thank you! If there is anything you guys want to say about this, please do. Agreements, disagreements, thoughts, ideas, anything at all works. Thanks for reading :)
~Ben
With this being the first blog and all, I wasn't planning on talking about much. But today while I was on delivery, I heard a pastor on the radio. It's so crazy how God works sometimes. The point to pastor was trying to get across was that God speaks to us everyday. I have heard this a lot growing up and even more recently. I don't think I have ever truly thought about it though. God is finding ways to talk to and speak to us. So many times we're not receptive to what he says or we're just completely unaware. I want this blog to help me, and hopefully others too, be more aware of what God is trying say to us in our day-to-day lives. He is always trying to communicate with the ones he loves. Jesus died and went through separation from God just to forgive us and have a relationship with us. What would a relationship be without communication? He is ALWAYS doing his part. It's time we open our ears and eyes and hear or see what God is trying to do in us.
If anyone read this, thank you! If there is anything you guys want to say about this, please do. Agreements, disagreements, thoughts, ideas, anything at all works. Thanks for reading :)
~Ben
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