I began my blogging back in 2008 with no real direction and still very much so in the place of process... I never claimed to be where I wanted to be and never claimed to have everything all put together either. I always claimed to be just one person on a journey who just wanted to reflect on my journey of faith, healing, and restoration as I continue to pursue my relationship with Jesus Christ. Everybody wants key advice on how to get from point A to point B, the only thing is there are lots and lots of opinions on where point B is and there really is never given much thought to the in-between place, the gap from point A to point B. The destination is important but I really believe that what is most important is the journey itself and I believe that what God is more interested in, isn't so much the destination but the journey. Most people really don't want to read material of how to engage in faith and relationship at it's most difficult place. People want to skip the hardship and skip the difficulty, they don't want a faith that is tested and put through fire. But honestly, we need for our faith to be tested and put through fire, this is the exact process that will refine us and shape us and it will be what will ultimately bring about change in our life, the kind of change that we actually want to see... I also think also we might be surprised at where we end up. We have an idea before the journey even begins but there are surprising detours that take place along the way. We might think these surprising little detours are an inconvenience and some may even feel that our surprising little detours are failures when really it was God's plan all along for us to wait and sit a while in one moment of time and in one season we may find ourselves in. You've heard the expression of going around the mountain over and over again without successfully climbing up and reaching the pinnacle or the climax of what we're personally seeking after. Sometimes the fact that we end up going around the same mountain more times then what is necessary is the very fact that we hadn't slowed down long enough to learn what it was the Lord wanted for us to learn, so we keep going around and around until we learn or we make another failed attempt at climbing that mountain pre-maturely. As for me I appreciate process and I am a believer of things taking time. I will get to my destination when I get to my destination. I have no expectations of what that particular destination will even look like. All I know is that God has placed in my heart a vision and a snap shot picture of what that destination for me will look like and I just am making a choice to enjoy the journey and to fall in love with Jesus in the journey. The surprising detours have become exciting adventures that God has used along the way to grow me spiritually, emotionally, and in all my relationships from family to friends.
Let us take a journey in years past at some of my blog posts...
The Poem I posted in 2008 ~ From Out of Darkness
I wrote a poem years ago when I began this journey and when I came to the place of really wanting to be whole. I was hurting and confused and it seemed to me that this poem became a tool that God used to enable me to process the wounding I faced at church. My church experience was one that was really difficult. I was judged and there seemed to be too high of expectations placed on me and if I didn't look like the "in crowd" then I was just not accepted. People were nice to me in front of me but behind my back were just not so nice. I needed relationship and community and this was just not one thing I was able to receive at this particular church despite the fact that I basically grew up at this church. I was different, I looked different, I acted different but I came to church with all the same needs as everybody else.
Here's something I posted in 2009 ~ Journey of Discovery
Again, it highlighted the journey more then it highlighted the destination of the journey. It really is or can be an adventure. When I was considerably younger I came across this song. Now when I listen to this song or see the video it really is a cheesy video and a cheesy song but the song itself opened my eyes up to the journey of faith. When we come into a relationship with Jesus we are entering into a relationship with another person and in that relationship we grow to understand who this person is and this person invests in this relationship just as much as we invest, I would suggest that Jesus' investment in our relationship with Him is considerably more, considering the fact that he died for our relationship with Him. Here's the video ~ The Great Adventure.
Now looking into what I posted last year...
For many, when folks look into Social Justice and what that means, they view it as feeding the poor and giving cloths and helping with the personal needs of others including providing shelter and even community. They look at this with a desire to want to form community and relationship with those on the margins of society. However, true biblical righteousness is more of a fine balance between feeding the hungry and clothing the poor and helping with advocacy and such but true righteousness is both in the area of Social Justice and embracing a life that is committed towards holiness. The true biblical definition of righteousness is not merely a life of holiness and making right choices but it is with social justice in mind.
Here's one particular post that I wrote in reflection of this ~ True Social Justice and Righteousness
There you have it, a summary and highlighting of a few blog posts I published since 2008 - 2011
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