i have come to give you life, and to show you how to live it. i have come to make things right, to heal their ears and show you how to forgive them.
because i would rather die i would rather die i would rather die than to take your life
how can i kill the ones i'm supposed to love my enemies are men like me i will protest the sword if it's not wielded well my enemies are men like me
peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication it's like telling someone murder is wrong and then showing them by way of execution
when justice is bought and sold just like weapons of war the ones who always pay are the poorest of the poor
- derek webb, my enemies are men like me
so amy and i were talking this evening, and i mentioned to her that i updated my blog, and it got my sister worried for some reason. curious, she went to my site and read, and i got a "what?!" from her. see, i never really understood why my sister got worried in the first place, then amy pointed out to me that my post made it sound like i am having a nightmare of a time in preparing for the wedding, and that she is made to sound like the crazy psycho wedding monster... to which i said , "yes of course" and threw my head back in nefarious laughter. kidding. i honestly didn't mean it that way. my friends can attest to my weird sense of humor, and seriously, i was poking fun at myself. planning the wedding itself is not too bad. it's not exactly a walk in the park with all the details to be taken cared of, but i think we're both managing it well (with the help of amy's amazing family :)). some people are getting nervous that we haven't done this or that (yes, mother, i will get you the address) but i think the esential things are set. all in all, amy and i can't wait to get married, and it's not going to be a fancy wedding. we'll have fun. and a barbeque for the reception. it's going to be great!
going back to my previous post on hebrews and the sermon, one would note that a lot of jesus' teachings are counter cultural, counter-intuitive. turn your other cheek, go another mile. after miraculously feeding the mutitudes in the gospel of john, and people wanting more, his disciples left him when he told them that they have to eat his flesh in order to truly live, to satisfy that hunger that no food can quench. sometimes, people just want to see miracles. in hebrews, the author goes to length about why we should follow christ, giving a brief synopsis who christ really is. in the sermon, jesus tells us what to do, right after he was tempted in the desert. in my head, it's all interconnected, and i have a hard time organizing my thoughts, and sometimes it helps to write this down, so i will write this down here.
more often than not, we are slaves to our flesh. on the very basic level, we eat when we are hungry, drink when we are thirsty. add a little more complication like society and culture, we need social acceptance, need to feel like we are succeeding in life. we work, to feed ourselves and our family, and sometimes, to show off. and for us who believe in Christ, who try to follow him, we are still (more often than not) motivated by the need to satisfy the cravings of the flesh, even in our worship. at least i am. for example, i find myself trying to please an audience of my peers when i do something good, instead of doing it because it is good. i want to feel accepted, i want to feel important, i want people to like me. when i play the guitar to lead worship, i find myself praying not to mess up so that people will like the way i play the songs. nothing wrong with wanting people to like you, i think God put that desire and other desires for a purpose. i can't imagine marrying amy and not wanting her to like me. of course i'd want her to like me. and i'd want to be important to her, i want her to accept me, and there's nothing wrong with that. it only becomes dangerous when we use those kind of desires and the satisfaction of those desires before or in place of the satisfaction that we could and should only get from God. more to follow...
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i have come to give you life, and to show you how to live it.
i have come to make things right, to heal their ears and show you how to forgive them.
because i would rather die
i would rather die
i would rather die
than to take your life
how can i kill the ones i'm supposed to love
my enemies are men like me
i will protest the sword if it's not wielded well
my enemies are men like me
peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
it's like telling someone murder is wrong
and then showing them by way of execution
when justice is bought and sold just like weapons of war
the ones who always pay are the poorest of the poor
- derek webb, my enemies are men like me
so amy and i were talking this evening, and i mentioned to her that i updated my blog, and it got my sister worried for some reason. curious, she went to my site and read, and i got a "what?!" from her. see, i never really understood why my sister got worried in the first place, then amy pointed out to me that my post made it sound like i am having a nightmare of a time in preparing for the wedding, and that she is made to sound like the crazy psycho wedding monster... to which i said , "yes of course" and threw my head back in nefarious laughter. kidding. i honestly didn't mean it that way. my friends can attest to my weird sense of humor, and seriously, i was poking fun at myself. planning the wedding itself is not too bad. it's not exactly a walk in the park with all the details to be taken cared of, but i think we're both managing it well (with the help of amy's amazing family :)). some people are getting nervous that we haven't done this or that (yes, mother, i will get you the address) but i think the esential things are set. all in all, amy and i can't wait to get married, and it's not going to be a fancy wedding. we'll have fun. and a barbeque for the reception. it's going to be great!
going back to my previous post on hebrews and the sermon, one would note that a lot of jesus' teachings are counter cultural, counter-intuitive. turn your other cheek, go another mile. after miraculously feeding the mutitudes in the gospel of john, and people wanting more, his disciples left him when he told them that they have to eat his flesh in order to truly live, to satisfy that hunger that no food can quench. sometimes, people just want to see miracles. in hebrews, the author goes to length about why we should follow christ, giving a brief synopsis who christ really is. in the sermon, jesus tells us what to do, right after he was tempted in the desert. in my head, it's all interconnected, and i have a hard time organizing my thoughts, and sometimes it helps to write this down, so i will write this down here.
more often than not, we are slaves to our flesh. on the very basic level, we eat when we are hungry, drink when we are thirsty. add a little more complication like society and culture, we need social acceptance, need to feel like we are succeeding in life. we work, to feed ourselves and our family, and sometimes, to show off. and for us who believe in Christ, who try to follow him, we are still (more often than not) motivated by the need to satisfy the cravings of the flesh, even in our worship. at least i am. for example, i find myself trying to please an audience of my peers when i do something good, instead of doing it because it is good. i want to feel accepted, i want to feel important, i want people to like me. when i play the guitar to lead worship, i find myself praying not to mess up so that people will like the way i play the songs. nothing wrong with wanting people to like you, i think God put that desire and other desires for a purpose. i can't imagine marrying amy and not wanting her to like me. of course i'd want her to like me. and i'd want to be important to her, i want her to accept me, and there's nothing wrong with that. it only becomes dangerous when we use those kind of desires and the satisfaction of those desires before or in place of the satisfaction that we could and should only get from God. more to follow...
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