LukeWarm

It seems as though many times in life, we become lukewarm in what we do or who we are. Passions come and go and with little or no pursuit, can vanish like the sand on the beach. What has happened?? Life has happened, or lack there of. It is easy to be passionate about something these days with the advancement of the Internet. We can become advocates for many causes and situations such as abortion, human trafficking, environment, music, governmental policies, poverty, economy, and so on. But that is the easy part. Actually taking part in these issues and getting our hands dirty, so to speak, is another monster all together. There are two possible problems: 1. We are too consumed with our own lives(family, work, recreation, money) that we can't or really don't want to invest in our cause. 2. We are scarred, or play it safe, or not really THAT educated about a particular issue. I am not saying that none of these have ever applied to me. I am as guilty as anyone. What I am saying is, I Want To Change that about myself. And I hope you do too!!

As a believer, follower, and disciple of Christ Jesus, I really feel that it is one of the only obligations to my faith to pursue a lifestyle of "doing"!!! It has come to my attention that this can be difficult at times so I have to narrow down my "causes" to ONE: The Gospel.

Luke 3:15-16 says: "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like LUKEWARM water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit (hurl, toss) you out of my mouth." We all know what lukewarm coffee, water, or beer is like. It is useless, not good, not desirable. Therefor I should walk and live my faith out. My desire from now on is to pursue actively the Gospel in my everyday life. It is not about how many facebook friends I have or how many spirituality books I have. It is about how do I live out of faith and expectancy. How do I live in a way that I would go after what God has called me to do? How do I treat people of all ethnicity, religions, social class, and gender? How do I pursue relationships and causes or convictions. Am I living a life of faith that pushes me into uncharted waters, or am I just playing it safe all the time? Am I holding back on pursuing intimacy with God so I don't feel obligated to do anything with my life? These are questions we have to ask ourselves. Stop being a baby Christian, or a baby anything and start living out these passions. It all boils down to what and or who you are worshiping. To enjoy all that God has given us, I think we have to be hot or cold, but never LUKEWARM.

I Am Right, I Am Wrong

There have been a few times in my life that I have been wrong, ok, just a couple, ok honestly, more times than I can count on two hands. I have really lost count. I don't like to be wrong. No one does that I know of. But, it still happens. Recently, I bring to mind, my marriage. I have been wrong in my marriage before. I have started arguments over being wrong many times that could have been avoided. More often than not, pride and humility don't see eye to eye. Have had to learn to humble my self in the midst of being wrong, and it is hard. In the times that I was right, I still had to extend grace and find common ground.

So why is it that as people, married or not, have a hard time in this area? Sometimes, we know we are wrong and do not want to admit it. That of course is pride. It is an ugly thing because it can cause so much bitterness if we are not careful. I think though that being wrong sometimes is not a bad thing. I mean, how can we ever learn or grow if we don't make up our mind to admit to our folly? Then can we truly walk in grace and forgivness. So why is it so hard? It is because we are human I guess.

This is also the way my relationship is with God. I have to continually walk in repentance because, there are many times that I was wrong according to His word. Not in a legalistic way, but putting other things before Him. This reflects in other parts of my life as well. God opposes the proud and loves the humble. Sometimes it is hard to admit to Him. We try to proof read and find a loop hole, but he is on to us. If we ever think we know it all, we still have to realize that we can become puffed up, proud, arrogant. So in all of this blabber, I would just like to be transparent, and admit when I am wrong. I don't have all the answers. I don't have it all together, but His grace and mercy are continually restoring my broken soul. If I just rest in Him and trust with faith that He is sanctifing me daily, I will walk with the confident assurance that He will guide me in every decision and short coming that may occur. That is one thing I know I am right about. Always.

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