Faith

Luke 18:1-8 (New International Version)

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

4"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'

6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

This is one area that God has changed in me, in my walk with him, and in other areas. It then become necessary to find the balance being persistent and what to forget about. Persistence has the ability to forget about people, but if your not persistent you will never get anything done.

Teach me to hear your voice, remember/believe what you tell me, and do what you say.

John James Friesen

Red Letter Days

There is so much baggage that we bring along, so many ideas that we cling to as if they are us. As if we let them go we die. I find God breaking them and showing me his way. I find my ideas on progress, friends, family, people, me, faith and more changed. Lots of ideas that I had formed and fixed in my mind, that I had built to be supporting members of my thoughts and actions are mistakenly wrong. One of Satan's strongest temptations for Christians is almost truths. Why do we fight change so much? Why are we so scared to change our idea's? I guess we are scared that we will lose everything we have worked for, which well is really nothing. So God give us Red Letter days where we start living for you. Where we listen to you.

Working on Progress

I find life is always moving forward allot like Weekend Amnesia (Revolution Void found on Jamendo). Deep down in my soul I feel excited for the future. I can't wait for God to lead me. God is truly leading me down the path not taken and well I wouldn't have it any other way because anything I dream up is really boring in comparison. I asked God that I could learn to hear his voice, know his voice and, that I would follow it no matter what and well I still have allot of learning to do but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I find that he truly does give me everything I need if I ask. I have no idea what will happen tomorrow let alone next year but I know that God will lead me and the road well, will be a fun ride :). I find myself completely changing my way of thinking, my way of acting, my way of seeing the world. There are allot of things that are hard to do (because they are so strange or new) but I pray that God will give me strength to push me over the edge and just follow him. I have decided to follow everything that I think God is telling me to do and trust that if it isn't his will he will smack me in the face and force me to turn around (I have found this great logic to live by), and really compared to eternity this life isn't worth much anyway so meh i give it all.

This is something you see in Winnipeg every spring the trash that was covered with snow reappears when the snow melts. Nobody could see the trash in the winter but in the spring we can see how tidy we've been or how messy we've been.
The same can be with our own lives there are time when it is easy to hid stuff in the mess of life but it will come back some day so we should try to be clean and tidy things up don't let it build up in the snow, because it will come back.
God teach us to be tidy and clean up things up.

Been awhile

So it turns out that I haven't posted anything here for 2 weeks. School has been really busy and well there has been other distractions. Today I'm going to talk about friendship.

What defines a friendship and what makes it work? See I have this problem and I compare my friendships here on earth with mine relationship with God and well then these earthly things always fall short. When I think of my experiences well a few things come to mind. Friendship should be more than just being able to stand each other it should be being able to have fun together. I know first hand that to make it work you need more than just being nice, you have to agree on a world view or life ideas (I don't know what to call it but its how you see the world/make sense of it). Of course no one will have exactly the same, but they have to be close enough that you can at least understand.

God has been helping me figure stuff out the past two days its been pretty sweet, I thank God for that and for who ever has been praying for me. God Bless

John James Friesen

Rules

I find myself in the same position I have been before and am trying to find a new way out. I find that I create rules so that I can be who I want to be, and it turns out that eventually these rules overwhelm me, till I give up and . I decided that I am going to let lots rules go but continue to try to be who I want. I guess I can see the rules getting in the way of a new picture that I see. So I decide that I am going to let them go and follow my dreams, leaving anything I see fit behind.

Peace Out
John James Friesen

Right where I am

Lately I have found myself in this motion that leads me on. I find myself moving but having not knowing why or where this is leading me but I keep moving. I find that I am doing things I wouldn't normally do, trying new things, leaving old stuff behind. I guess this motion comes from me giving God everything and telling him you have complete control. It seems as though life isn't asking me any questions any more and just going ahead. I find I wouldn't trade this for the world.

It's feeling like Spring

I've been feeling the Spring even though it is still -cold.

I was just thinking how inadequate I am. How anything I have ever done right is thanks to God, because I can see how I fall short all the time. I thank God so much for saving me, and you know what, thinking about it I wouldn't have it any other way, because if I was actually better, smarter, more athletic ... then I could elevate myself above other people like we as humans do so many times, and if you want to know me that is one thing I have hated as long as I can remember and most of my life has me struggling with what exactly I am supposed to do which I have also fail at except when God helped me. It is probably why I hate many things it is because I see it stemming back to this. So I thank God for his amazing power to change people like me, lately I've found prayer a really effective tool it has amazed me. God Bless.

I was blind, now I see

I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see. John 9:25

This verse hit me. It is sort of the faith that I feel like I have now. I don't trust in facts or convincing arguments. They have been tried on me but still my faith remains because there is a few things that I know in life and this is one thing that I believe I was blind (realizing how much I do not know and God is the only one who knows), now I see (or at least a little better than before) not in the physical sense but the the way Jesus talks about it verse 39. I feel that is my testemony to the world not some list of facts or convincing arguments but the truth that I was blind, now I see just like the blind man.

Funny thing

It's a funny thing we got going here. We are always reaching for the next height, the next big paycheck the next drug high, the next award, the next party, the next accomplishment, it seems we can never be pleased as humans. This works very well with our society we have every one wanting to be the best and we have the people who are the best not able to take the pressure or the life because it is designed for the super humans that no one is. I disagree with this system because it gives an idea of hope where there is no hope, it pretends to answer question when it really asks them. The problem is that humans need motivation to feed our selves, and to help others, and to survive this world. What I'm trying to say is that, the next big thing is a poor motivator, what should motivate us instead is a passion for what we do. This is harder because it leaves us open to be hurt, but i think it is really the only choice that we do have. So I will continue my journey teaching myself to have passion for every thing I do, because it is not something you can change like that.