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Thursday, January 22, 2009

It's time for a new weblog entry.
I owe it to my friends to say what's up with life.
Hence my little post here.

First I must say that God_is_good--no matter what. And He's led me through all. But I'll get into that in a little bit.
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As many of you know, I graduated. I'm glad. I'm sad. I'm..not mad. ha You thought I was going to say that didn't you? eh, nvm. But I am happy and sad at the same time. Life is moving way quicker than I wanted, and I'm just now starting to get used to it. I just don't want to grow up, you know? :P Basically, I didn't live out my younger youth self as I wanted, and now..now I can never go back. But as a friend(I think it was Caleb) reminded me, that I even said in my own graduation speech: We can't go back. I don't think God wants us to, but to learn from our mistakes. Could ever have been any other way? I mean...if time was rewound, wouldn't I have made the same choices? Isn't God's plan unchangable?
Of course, as debated(more like wondered about) currently at 'the_areopagus', how far does it go? God gives us choices, but without God, nothing could be. So does that mean He controls our choices? To tell you the 'answer', I have no clue, and I'm not sure how all that works out. I only know that I can't go back.
However, I can move forward(wasn't that in a disney show or something..nvm). It's more like...I can keep holding on the God. That's the only way.
I see everytime I let go of Him, I totally get wrong. But when I hold on...tightly..as He's holding on to me..He guides me through all. He brings me comfort in the darkest of storms. He shows me things and leads me to places I'd never dreamt I'd see and go. If I'd only keep listening and doing. I mean every word when I say that EVERY time I seek His will, do His will, and hold on to Him, He uses me in a powerful way that I'd never think to be. But when I get comfortable and slack off, I drop off a cliff. And I'm like.."Oh Jesus, where did you go?" But He tells me.."No Josh, where did you go?". I let go. He never lets go.

So now where am I in life?
God has blessed me indeed. With a car. With a job..which I believe He is now taking away. With a phone. And now...with a new upcoming job that'll keep me really busy. I want to just cry out to God for joy.
Besides me previously said struggle..for a good year and a half now, I have had bad mucus problems. That's why sometimes, when you hear me talk, it sounds like a whisper or where you just can't hear me. I took prescribed and homeopathic remedies, but they both constricted my throat to where, if the mucus was gone, I would have worse vocal problems. I have prayed about it a lot. I mean...I couldn't even sing correctly because of it. I was praying "Oh God, please let me only sing for your glory, if only I could sing. But thy will be done". Because I knew that God's will is the only way. And God has humbled me to know that.
God is taking away my mucus. For over a year now, the room has had a musty smell that doesn't go away. We discovered mold on the walls and ceiling lately...yup. Apparently I'm alergic to the mold. So we cleaned out the room, and scrubbed it down. The smells going away..along with my mucus. Praise God!

Why can't I just hang on to God, thick and thin?

I encourage you to read in the Word daily, no matter what. And hang on to God daily, through all.

I love you Father!
May I follow you all of my days!

-j


Tuesday, September 02, 2008

The first post

It’s been a long time since I’ve gotten on a blogging community. I admit I miss it. I miss the very ability to communicate to all my friends with "electric technology". It’s probably something I need more than I would think. Along that thought, I think it’s God’s will, which is always best. :) So here I am, and here I go!

Being the first post, I really didn’t question what I would write about. It settled in my mind as if it was something I already knew(It’s a God thing).

As this is "my blog", it is a part of my life that I control. So, as my life, I dedicate it to Christ. Everything I write, as everything I do should be praise unto Him, "ascribing value unto Him"1 It should be acceptable to God.

Romans 12 says:

"1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

That’s a powerful verse. All under the mercy of God, we are a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Him, which is our reasonable service(ouch!). Not being formed with this world, but transformed(complete morph!) by the renewing of our mind, that we may prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Giving our all to Him, we are completely changed, ourselves constantly made new. We know how to change by reading and listening to the Word of God – the ultimate instruction manual! Then we know what the will of God is in our lives. Isn’t that refreshing?

Now, sometimes, I know we have multiple choices to face; and we’re absolutely lost as to which one is God’s will. I believe that as long as we stay in the instruction of God while listening to Him, He will lead us in the way we should go. He does give us multiple choices. This is seen in the simplest of things such as the foods we eat. Of course, if we stuff our bodies constantly with junk food, then we disable ourselves to the performance of the work of God. However, I think this is what they call a "gray area", and is up to the thoughts of the individual as the what the will of God is in their life. And that applies to a lot, or most, or even all, I think. But this is getting slightly off-topic.

I hope my blog will shine the light of God by reflecting me who, I pray, reflects Christ.

All to the glory of God, who reigns on high, forever.

1. Quoted from sermons of my preacher, Mr. S.