GREENE STREET LETTERS: The Ultimate Line Dance

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The Ultimate Line Dance

One eye here on earth....
One eye watching and waiting for You to return, Jesus.
My thoughts intermingled with verses that fill me with hope.
Darkness of this world.......this society.......this time.....try to stamp out my hope.
Problems come at me from every side.
They weigh heavily on me, but I am not crushed.
Problems that seem to not have any answers....
But I am not confused or without hope.
Because everything that I face today........good or bad..........is temporary.
I have hope.
Not a false hope that the Calvary will somehow ride over the hill to my rescue, but rather a hope that is found in my belief that Jesus is who He said He is, and that He will do what He claims He will do.
I possess a living hope. A hope that changes as I grow and mature in my relationship with Christ.

I am like the man in Habakkuk who proclaims, "Though the fig tree may not blossom,. Nor fruit be on the vine. Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food. Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls---Yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will joy in the God of my salvation."

Doesn't matter what the day may bring my way....
Good or bad----
Helpful or hurtful ---
Darkness or light----
I will rejoice in God who has saved me for a higher purpose than to simply take up space, breath and eat.
I find my stride and lay hold of Him and follow Him every moment of every day.
There is life where once there was none.
So today, I choose to follow.
Today I choose to be permanently desperate for Jesus.
Why? Because I have a life and relationship that is not bound up or stopped by time. It will extend beyond my own existence here on planet earth. It will transition me over into a new dimension and new way of living. In this place I will shake loose the old body that is breaking down to embrace a new one. I will dance like it's no one's business. I will dance before my Jesus with shouts and screams of His greatness. What a Savior.
So today, I choose to worship Jesus.
Giving glory to my heavenly Father...
And listening for the voice of the Holy Spirit inside me directing and guiding me.
I wonder what's over the hill?
I think I'll go see.

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, October 29, 2013

The Ultimate Line Dance

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