The Fear of God

The Fear of God is discussed in a lot of parts in the Bible. The Bible also tells us to do things with fear and trembling. This fear of God is the realization of God's mastery of his creation.

I came across a wonderful and terrifying thought: Perhaps, God gives and takes away in order to show his mastery over creation. In the Bible, God specifically says to Moses that he makes people blind and deaf. Maybe this means he allows them to be so. Either way, he is responsible for this in some fashion. Then, we have our friend Jesus. He takes away people's blindness and such through His ministry. He does this in order that His glory, or moreso the Father's glory, can be shown.

Our biggest problem with God taking life or just taking away is that we don't have control of that. In a sense, this is derived from a desire in our sinful nature: the desire to be God.

This realization lead me to the Fear of the LORD and a whole new aspect of God.

Lex Luthor

I've found myself the villain of a few stories lately. In 2009, I managed to hurt and offend a lot of people. I just heard that something I did a while ago really angered and hurt one of my friends. She's fine now, but it's showing me that there is a trend in my relationships. I'm not gentle and my attitude is so disrespectful. This needs to change...NOW.

Another Great Discovery

Two words: Manchester Orchestra

"The Inscription of Hope"

This is faith:

"I believe in the sun
Even when it is not shining
And I believe in love
Even when there's no one there
And I believe in god
Even when he is silent"

Bands Again

These are some bands I recently got into:

The National

Cymbals Eat Guitars

Miss May I

Of Mice & Men

Phoenix

Muse

St. Vincent

Bands That I

Hope and a Future

I wanted to write about an important experience in my life in which God "ho'd" my life...twice.

I was thinking of asking this girl out. I told one of my friends about it and she replied, "Did you ask God about it?" Here's something to know about me: I've often felt that people, especially after going to NCU, overspiritualize relationships. But, immediately after my friend said that, I felt like asking her out was wrong. It was a strange feeling, close to the feeling of nervousness or the feeling you get when you screw up in a big way. I've felt this before and identified it as the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

First life ho'ing: God cares about your relationships.

Then, He got me again: I've always felt like Jeremiah 29:11 was overused. It reads, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I always felt like everyone thought that applied to their lives and that I didn't agree. My reasoning for disagreeing with this verse was that bad stuff happens to good people. Plenty of good people have had crappy lives. So, I wrote it off as overused. I felt God speaking this verse into my life when i asked him about me dating this girl. That he had someone different planned for me and if I pursued her, I would be missing out.

The second life ho'ing: God looks out for his children. Also, hope and a future doesn't mean life will be easy-peasy. That's not true. That's the stupid Prosperity movement. God DOES have a plan. He knows what's best for us. He knows what's up. Trust Him, the supplier and inventor of hope. A future with God is the greatest future one can have.