GREENE STREET LETTERS: Ka-Ching!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Ka-Ching!

How many times have I read the words? A gazillion.
How many times have I skipped over them without much thought? A bazillion.
"what words," you may be asking.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created.............
Just that little word "created". To understand what is wrapped up in that is more than my mind can grasp.
The idea that God, first of all, was before time is pretty good one to wrestle with. What went on? What did He do? Where was He? But when the first second of the first day of the first moment of creation took place, there was God and He had a plan.
To have a plan means that God possesses logical, orderly thought process. I'm not trying to give God human characteristics, but our way of thinking sprang from His way of processing and thinking. I am well aware that Scripture says that His thoughts are higher than mine. That is a really nice and sweet way of God saying, "Hey boys.....don't even try to understand some things. That is why I gave you faith."

Looking at the colors in a sunrise takes my breath sometimes.
Feeling my grand daughter's little arms around my neck fills me with love.
Seeing the dog collar my dog wore before she died fills me with sadness.
Seeing my wife's face first thing in the morning fills me with peace and comfort.
All of these things are a part of God's creation.
To fathom the depths of His love for this creation is beyond my comprehension.
Yet I know His love is a part of it all.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
In this creation, we can look around and see the destruction that sin has brought to it.
But I am comforted to know that God's plan is to restore this entire world back to the way it was originally intended to be.
Today, I want to simply find comfort that God's plan has not been thwarted or stopped.
That no matter how much darkness I see......
No matter if it 'feels' like darkness is winning......
God is in control.
I find much peace in this thought.

God on you.......
mb

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Ka-Ching!

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