Archive for October, 2009

I haven’t attempted to blog lately because my mind is running circles. I can’t come up with complete thought processes. So I have been coming up short. This weekend I sat under a tree, deer hunting. Something about the stillness of a cool morning and late evening is euphoric. It’s so easy to listen and hear God without any other distractions, other than 50 turkeys running 10 yards in front of me. Here were some of my thoughts that I would love to blog about but keep coming up short. It’s my Treestand Theology.

- I am always bad. I may do good deeds but I usually come up short in light of God’s plan.

- God is always good.

- God is just. Since He is just he has the right to punish but buT bUT BUT He has the ability to bless inspite.

- God wants to use me and you. Why? I have no idea.

- God wants me to question, study, and share His truths.

I saw a bobcat for the first time in the wild. It was dark. She was moving. I pulled. I shot. I came up short. I have wanted to kill a bobcat for a long time. Now I am thinking, if my life had been or was more aligned with God’s plan, would He have allowed me to bag that cat?

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Job 33:2 I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.

I think this is one of those times were God is testing me to keep my tongue in my head. So instead of offering any opinionated lashing, I’ll let you stew on this gem of a video.

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Job 15:2 “Would a wise man answer with empty notions
or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

3 Would he argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?

4 But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.

5 Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.

It’s down to this
I’ve got to make this life make sense
Can anyone do what I’ve done
I missed life
I missed the colours of the world
Can anyone go where I am

These are the first few lines of “Away From the Sun” by 3 Doors Down. As I was listening I thought to myself, “There have been many times when I thought life doesn’t make sense.” It still happens. Then I realized the only time life makes sense is when I am serving others.

Joshua 24:14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt (I think we can safely throw away materialism as well), and serve the Lord.