GREENE STREET LETTERS: The "Nothing" Post

Friday, May 4, 2018

The "Nothing" Post

It's just like the picture says....
"I've got nothing!"
Some days are like that. I get up, I fix the coffee...I move to my computer....and I simply sit and stare at the monitor. Nothing.
(cue sound of crickets chirping).
Oh, there are a lot of things I know, and I probably could scrub off a posting that sounded somewhat rational.
But that's not what I want to do.

Each day, I simply want to lay out some simple truth that God has given to me. Not truth that ol' Mike has dug up from a deep, deep wrinkle in his brain. As I sit here, typing out these words, a verse pops into my mind.....John 3:16. Maybe I need to see this verse again.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Man, how many times have I read this? A Bazillion at least. So what do I see in this verse? That God had purpose and a plan to restore communion between Himself and humanity that rejects Him at every turn.

I see a God who doesn't just talk a good game....or make promises He has no intention of keeping, but One who is true to His word. One that doesn't simply "Love" but backs up that love with a demonstration or action that He is serious about it. God sent His best to redeem our worst. The ultimate action to back up a statement from the Big Book of A.A.--- "God did for me what I could not do for myself". He saved me when no one else could. He saved me because I could not save myself. God saved me from "self-will run riot" in my life.

He saved me from the penalty of sin....
He saved me from the power of sin....
And He saved me from the presence of sin...
Now that is some kind of Love this God has for us knuckle heads.
Seeing and understanding this love that has been poured out on me, gives me pause to think. "What can I do to show my appreciation and love for God?" How about cooperating with God at every turn. Giving Him my will (which sometimes leads me into the ditch life) and taking His will (which will keep me on the road) daily as I move through the day.

I think I'll have a second cup of coffee and ponder this a little longer....
Have a great weekend.

God on you....
mbb

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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.

Friday, May 4, 2018

The "Nothing" Post

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