| | well. i'm back to blogging.
hopefully i can make this a daily thing. or at least, a semi-daily thing.
i guess the whole point of it is that my head is too clogged. i mean, i have of course all of my miscellaneous personal thoughts, introspections, and ideas, and all the drama i help my friends deal with. plus church work, homework, and other things. which leads me to want to take the easy way out. and a lot of times, i hate to admit it, i end up cutting the wrong things out of the picture. even God sometimes, sadly.
Like the last devotional we had. sure i read one of the passages on like, the first day, but i ended up giving it NO thought or consideration cause of how busy i was (or thought i was). Strangely enough, today, i thought of ONE verse a couple times today.
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." (Matthew 7:24-27 NIV)
(hmm. there's a lot of big words here. well not really, but still. here's a slightly better translation of it:)
"These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.
"But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don't work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards." (Matthew 7:24-27 MSG)
(wow. a Bible translation that uses the word "stupid" in it. an indication that we will eventually see the "urban-ghetto Bible" sometime soon. Maybe.)
Okay, my rambling aside, that verse speaks to me. Especially the second translation. Too often we see things like Bible verses and stuff when we're in Sunday services or youth group and then thats it. its gone. forever. it cant work that way. otherwise, the Bible is just one of those books you read when you're bored, like the magazines from the 1500s in the doctors' offices.
dont worry. i wont be going on long winded religious ramblings in blogs i do. i just had to throw that out there. its just been something ive been thinking about and if i didnt put it out my mind would be too clogged.
okay, i'm done. lemme just leave with one more cool story i found:
Early the next morning Jesus was returning to the city. He was hungry. Seeing a lone fig tree alongside the road, he approached it anticipating a breakfast of figs. When he got to the tree, there was nothing but fig leaves. He said, "No more figs from this tree—ever!" The fig tree withered on the spot, a dry stick. The disciples saw it happen. They rubbed their eyes, saying, "Did we really see this? A leafy tree one minute, a dry stick the next?"
But Jesus was matter-of-fact: "Yes—and if you embrace this kingdom life and don't doubt God, you'll not only do minor feats like I did to the fig tree, but also triumph over huge obstacles. This mountain, for instance, you'll tell, 'Go jump in the lake,' and it will jump. Absolutely everything, ranging from small to large, as you make it a part of your believing prayer, gets included as you lay hold of God." (Matthew 21:18-22 MSG)
----cool. we can tell mountains to jump in lakes. fun. here's the main point, though:
"You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it." (Matthew 21:22 NLT)
----knowing that, i think im done here.
-Daniel.
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