disbelief
Written on 6/26/2009 12:03:00 AM by Miles
at the news today, as well as this image of Michael. I've always been amazed at this move.
truly the loss of the greatest thing for music since....well, ever.
spotlight
Written on 6/13/2009 07:47:00 PM by Miles
for your viewing enjoyment, I give you Mutemath's "Spotlight." love them.
have a good weekend.
listening and doing
Written on 6/01/2009 09:13:00 PM by Miles
The Bible is challenging, folks...
The book of James has some of the most challenging verses in Scripture, in my opinion. Here is what I was reading today that smacked me right in the face.
James 1: 19-27 Are we just listening, or are we doing?
19My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. 21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. 22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does. 26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. 27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Chew on that for a while....I'm off to bed for the night. Going to look in the mirror and see if I recognize my face in the morning.
where do you find grace?
Written on 5/27/2009 11:40:00 AM by Miles
Grace. We can find it in so many places, people, situations, struggles. You name it, and most likely you can find it there. Grace is a hard thing to understand. If I were to just say "grace" to you, what would be the first thing to pop up in your mind? For some, it may be a song. For others, a pretty name for a girl. Hopefully, some would think of Jesus. :)
No matter what you think you know about grace, I think it would be fair of me to say that grace isn't exactly the easiest thing to comprehend. I mean, it's a gift that's completely undeserved. It's all your sins washed away. It's one who knew no sin to be condemned on our behalf, so that you may become the righteousness of God. I don't know about you all, but that just flies right over my head when I think about it.
I have found recently that evil allows me to see grace in a way that I almost understand it. I'll explain...
Recently, one of the young women I minister to where I work disclosed of some horrible abuse by a parent. Abuse that consistently lasted for over five years. I have to be honest. The first thing that I feel when I hear stuff like this is extreme anger. But here's the thing: God loves that person just as much as he does me. That's a love that I just can't comprehend.
A colleague of mine and I were talking about this, and he said that he sees the love and grace of God when he's with his daughter.
What about you? Where do you find grace?
another quote of note
Written on 5/14/2009 10:45:00 PM by Miles
We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone…. [we] have imitated the world, sought popular favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost. -- A.W. Tozer
Something to think about, I think.
countdown to the Shanes....
Written on 5/04/2009 06:15:00 AM by Miles
The countdown begins this week to see the Shanes in Cave Creek, AZ. If you've not heard of them, go to their website and check 'em out. Matt Maher will be there as well, along with speaker David Nasser. This event is part of the Turn Down the Music Tour, which is interesting to say the least, seeing as how it's a concert. I hear they've written a new song with the same title (minus "tour") which will surely resonate with me.
Shane and Shane have only been to the Phoenix area a few times in the three years I've lived here, so I try to make sure I make it to each event they're at in the area. I love their heart for worship and their humility when talking about what they're there to do. I know that if I had vocal chops like them, I may not be that way.
So, t-minus 5 days...
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