Expectations in Relationships

April 29, 2013 By 3 Comments

In our individualist and consumeristic culture it’s really hard to remember what relationships are even about biblically.  

So I figured I’d take a post to remind me and you about what relationships are for and what they’re not for: 

expectations

× Relationships exist to persevere one another.

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. (Hebrews 3:12-14 ESV)

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Filed Under: God as Savior, Ministry

Messy life and glorious days

March 29, 2013 By 2 Comments

Everything has been sort of a mess this week.

My heart has been disconnected from God and distanced from people. My co-worker has started calling me Eeyore.

I’ve been annoyed by everything I see around me.good friday

I’m over the Internet.  I’m tired of people saying dumb things and I’m tired of people using the glory of God to muddy the water.

I’m irritated by the pressure I feel to reduce my pretty complicated beliefs to 140 characters.  My heart doesn’t fit in that space.

But in the middle of it, rises up Good Friday.

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Accusations

March 22, 2013 By 4 Comments

The internet is dangerous.

It makes it possible for you to reduce people to ideas.  It makes it possible to say really nasty and thoughtless things about people that you would never say to their face.

Over the past week I’ve had some weird comments made about me.  

On Tuesday, one of my coworkers was asking me how I was feeling about it all and I told him:

‘Ya know.  Whatevs. No big d’.

But a more accurate and honest response would have been:

‘Uhhhhh…weird? Cause it’s weird?  Cause those things aren’t even true!’

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Filed Under: God as Savior, Hard days, Ministry

RDJ, Mel & the Gospel

March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Happy Monday to you.

Today I need to be reminded of the great grace of our Gospel.

And to that end I’m going to share a Robert Downey Jr. speech with you.

RDJ

Disclaimer: There are lots of theological snags in this speech and some profanity.  Nevertheless, in my heart that loves and treasures the Gospel, I see in RDJ’s words a great glimpse of the common grace God gives to us all.  

But our Gospel is even better than this.  

Our Gospel extends to those sinned against and those who are the sinners.  

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Filed Under: God as Savior, God's promises

Evidence of love

March 10, 2013 By 1 Comment

Things that feel wrong this week include, but are not limited to:

  • being so behind on my work emails I could die
  • being so behind on laundry and house stuff that my house is really effecting my sense of peace
  • being  unable to control people and make them do what I want

Obstacles

By God’s grace, I fought through to read Romans this morning and learned that God’s saving grace plays out in a variety of ways, one of which is refusing to let us bow to other gods.

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, Fighting discontentment, God as Savior
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