Ministering reconciliation...

Job 13 “My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. 2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. 3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God. 4 You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you! 5 If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6 Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips. 7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him? 8 Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God? 9 Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal? 10 He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality. 11 Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you? 12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. 13 “Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may. 14 W

Proverbs 25:2-5 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. 3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable. 4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel; 5 remove wicked officials from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness. One of the amazing things about fasting is that it puts you into the frame of mind that teaches you to seek after God. Simply put, it keeps you humble. While you are sitting there, doing something out of the ordinary, your body, or perhaps your mind if you are not fasting food, reminds you that you are "doing it wrong." What it doesn't seem to get, though, is that it is God's glory, His grandeur, His very nature to conceal a matter for us so that we can dig deeper into Him. The great thing about that is that we can simply humble ourselves, repent, turn from sin, and we can

It has been far too long, in more than one way, it has indeed been far to long. I have not blogged in quite some time. In fact, my last blog was in February and was very negative. During that time in my life, I was very burned out with a great many things. Burned out with Christianity, all the forms, rules, regulations, and expectations that are placed on people while NOT embracing real, lasting relationships. My wife and I have been drawn so tightly into a net of reclusivity, that we scarcely make it to church anymore. There's no excitement, no zest for life with Christ, no fun to be had going to church. No vigor from spending hours ministering and seeing a small change in someone's life; that little spark of cognition that the Spirit of Christ brings to man. It has been a dry spell to end all dry spells, and worst of all my friends, it is borderline heresy. That's right, I said it, heresy ... no not burn me at the steak for telling people that loving bacon is not