Day's of Hard Work

I find that so many times I question why is this happening? Why can't it just work?
You can see it every where that this is how life is. Plans are changed all the time. I guess the question I am trying to ask is why are things like this? How come some days it feels like you have to fight for every step?

Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (also Romans 8:22,23)

I guess it is what the serpent said we will be like God. We see the good in storing up food for bad times so we work hard to prepare ourselves. We are part God and part dust, or as Paul puts it Romans 8 spirit and flesh.

So where does this bring us for the original question why. I believe if we weren't part God we wouldn't be able to comprehend such a question and we would never worry about it. If we were all God we wouldn't need to worry about it because we would have everything that we need. So what does God want us to do with this human condition?

Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

I guess the plan is to work hard at it, and to ask God for our every need, because it is impossible by ourselves.

Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

strength of man and the Power Of God

The strength of man is found in the details. As they say the devil is in the details and I guess that can be true in more than one way. How does man make it to the moon and back, by looking at every single angle and possibility. How does someone control a whole country, by looking at the details.

The power of God is found in the impossibilities. How does a hardened criminal really change? How does a political pressure push the English government to provide money to free seven hundred thousand slaves? How does a church grow in the midst of the harsh punishment?

I'm not saying that the strength of man is wrong it is just a very powerful tool that has been given and like anything that is powerful it can be used for great good or great evil, and it turns out that is one of the closest things that we can get to be God with out God so Satan uses every attempt to control it. I do believe if we could get our act together down here we would explore the stars using both our own strength and the power of God, but God has his own plans. I guess the idea is to some how find a way to make the two live in peace. This proves to be the a very hard thing considering if you think about this for a bit it turns out to be Christianities struggle since Constantine gave freedom to Christians. How do we merge church and state?

I guess the only solution I can give you is one you can't put in rule books or tell to someone about where they sit in the power tree. Do as much as you can for God and trust God with the rest. I guess thats it Jesus came to destroy to rule book, because it enslaves people.

Doing the better thing always proves to be an uphill battle by your self because it disobeys all the laws of nature.

Letting Go cont.

I guess today is a good day. Not all the posts were created today I had been working on them for a bit.

I decided to expand this post because it holds something else that I think is important.

Sometimes we want to see the world, do something great, make lots of money, live somewhere else only because there is something missing inside of us, feeling like we need something else. The place itself is not what fills this gap. It is a change of mind, only the all might God of the Universe can really fulfill us.

I pray that everyone including myself in our time, need turn to him for all our needs.

Luke 4:4 "And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by, but by every word of God."

On the Verge of Something New

Stuck in this transition
between two cultures
much to gain
much to lose

How do I transition?
How do I say bye?
What do I keep?
What do I throw away?

Will I ever come back?
Will it ever be the same?

Can't stay here, God calls me on.
Things change, today only has us once.

I rejoice for the opportunity, to experience this again.
I pray experience, will give advice on this transition.

I've learn't so much, about me, about this world.
I look forward, where the hard times are the best times.
I pray I can see it.

Working on Progress

One step from the edge
two steps till victory
Where are you?
Why so hard?
Always right here
Always waiting for our call of help

One missed turn and we're stuck
the open road calls us to our journeys end
Where is the narrow path?
What is the question to our limited answers?
Always calling us on
Always giving us light

Demons calling us on
God calling us forward
Who to listen to?
Where do I go?
Always not as it seems
Always moving on

Wrapped up in imagined significance
Humbled by your awesome power
Why is everything gone?
Why such pain?
Aways yours
Aways your guide

Turning to you
giving you all I got
Need no answers
Need no reasons
Just complete your work in us
Until we reach our journeys end

Thank you.

The Pattern Continues

Well It seems that my life revolves around four month segments, and as this is getting to the third month as usual things are getting busy so I will not be posting as regular as usual or planned. Though I do have one for today.

I was watching a documentary on the prohibition of drugs. I agreed with allot of what they said. We are not getting anywhere with our any drug "jail and fine" policy. All we are doing is making people and dare I say governments lots of money (oh wait is that an act of terrorism, shoot now I can be held in a prison for as long as they want with out trial). Like any war you need a good guy (the police), a bad guy (the drug user) and the guy selling the guns (or drugs).

If your wondering about my terrorism bit, A few weeks back I read an official White House law or what every they call it Act or something and it was pretty scary.

Anyways there is my rant.

John James Friesen

Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the way of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

2 But his delight is in Yahweh’s law;
On his law he meditates day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.

4 The wicked are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Saviors of the World

So I guess I'm sending out a string of posts. This one has nothing to it except a like to another blogger who I think is a really good read even though it is long. God bless.

Peace Talk

Letting it go

Sometimes you wish you could run, bike, fly, drive (whatever your preference) to forever. You wish you could go until you lose everything that holds you down.

The actual activity is not what fixes the problem. It is not time or energy burnt that drives away our tears. As C.S Lewis states you can not right a sum by continuing, you have to right the wrong.

1 Peter 5:7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Needing to Prove

I find that many people including myself seem to want to prove things to the world. Some want to prove there worth, some want to prove that they are better than others, others want to prove that they are cool... and the list goes on as if life is a competition against every one else that needs to be won. Proving things can be used as a good motivator but has has one down fall that kills the self worth of many. If this is all we hold on to, when (not if) we fail we will fall into depressed state because we can not be what we have tried so hard to be. One of the lies we are told is that you can do anything if your really try. You might respond to say that the person should learn from his failures and try again, but the statement can be proven false by one counter example. Many people in the third world want a better life and try really hard but fall short. So then there is a limit to our abilities and a maximum line of what we can reach as humans.

There is a solution that we all should listen to. We shouldn't do things to prove to the people around us because we can never please people for long and for the most part they are just interested in there own lives anyway but we should do things for the one True God that has done all for us, the one who really cares for us. The response to the the lie is Philippians 4:12 "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."