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Wednesday, 12 December 2007
The True Meaning of Christmas

Hope, Love, forgiveness, and the Promise of Life Eternal.
The Gift of Jesus, his new life and later his death and resurrection brought us all these.

A and all these I saw, today in a place I did not think I would find.
A Memorial Service for two of God's own taken by a hateful, selfish act

The Family of Tiffany Jonson exemplified all those quality's. They Celebrated  Her life. Her life was spent loving others. the hurting the "Unlovable'. In her death they forgave, and they all have hope that Tiffany is now in Heaven, living a better life now then we have now, for all eternity, no pain, no sorrow, no tears, only endless joy.

This is the true meaning of Christmas.

We may mourn the loss of our  friend but we rejoice with Them that They have run the race, fought the fight, and has entered into their reward. We are left behind to pick up the good fight where they left off. We are not to quit, and give up, but rather we are to redouble our efforts so that their lives will be honored not by words but by our lives. They sacrificed and gave of themselves to reach others, can we do no less?

Jesus did the same thing, He left His seat of power and glory to come down as a frail human child, to grow into man hood, to live a sinless life, to die a horrible violent death. All because he loved us, and wanted us to be able to have eternal life with him, to hang out with him. One of the friends of Philip Crouse, asked to be given a dream or a vision to let him know how Philip was doing.. He got a dream that he saw Phillip in heaven, making things out of wood with Jesus. Philip turned to him and said "I am O.K., I am learning to be carpenter from the best one in history.

This is all what Christmas is about. 
-Isaiah-

Posted by ca2/Isaiah68 at 6:48 AM EST
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Thursday, 8 November 2007
Poor, Incovenienced.......and Thankful!
        I am a poor American living in a big city. I make less then 30,000 a year, I can barely pay my rent, let alone my debt. I do not have health insurance, and my idea of a nice restaurant is just about anywhere lacking a drive through. By American standards I am poor but alas average. I am in about 30-40k in debt but only about 4000 of that is credit card debt. I am a college drop out, and my education is incomplete. I feel inconvenienced if my coffee is to cold, or if I can not microwave dinner and have to cook it in the oven. I tend to be upset and enraged by high gas prices and even worse aggressive drivers. My only real enemy's are those of a different political party and at the worst when I lose a battle to them, my leaders change.

 

       For in spite of all this....Through all the trials and tribulations..... No Because of these hardships and tests.... I AM THANKFUL.

 

       My city I live in is clean. Others on this planet live in cities where the streets are filthy. I make 30,000 a year. Some only may make 100 dollars a year, "IF" they have a job. I may have to pay for my doctors and dentists. Others would be glad to even find one in the next town a two or three days away. I may have a hard time paying rent, but I do not have a piece of cardboard for a roof, hoping it does not blow away. Having food at all let alone a place where people cook for you is amazing, many go days with nothing but maybe a handful of rice or a small moldy crust of bread. As for my debt, others in this world have nothing. I technically have even less then nothing. I owe money, they don't have any debt, but then again, they don't have food, clothing, or shelter, I do. I sometimes bemoan my unfinished education, but at least I have one, others are lucky to even learn basic math and reading and writing. High gas prices? Aggressive drivers? Well others would be lucky to even get a donkey cart but are content with walking everywhere. As for enemy's, others walk out the door to go to work everyday not knowing if their enemy's will find them. If they do they will never see their loved ones again.

 

       I have been observing people in this country lately at work. I have started to notice what we take for an inconvenience. I look at myself and realize how blessed I am and how petty I have become living here. Our poor have food, clothing and shelter, (yes there are homeless and super poor out their but they still live better then many in third world countries) our sick are taken care of. Yes we may have to pay for things yes there are things that are imperfect and unjust. But we are so blessed.

 

 

P.S. This is not a thanksgiving post but I admit the timing is appropriate. It's been on my mind for about a month or more now. I finally have the words to put it on paper, err blog...

 

Isaiah.


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Saturday, 11 August 2007
Of Pick Up Sticks and Growing up
Mood:  happy
 

My wife and I are big kids. We freely admit it. The other day we were talking about when we were kids and some how we discovered that we both played "Pick Up Sticks" as kids. You remember, the game where you dump bunch of sticks on the ground and try to pick them up with out moving them. Today I happened across a set, and bought them. Unfortunately my wife fell asleep before we could play so I sat around goofing off with them. thinking about the good old days of my youth.

    I started to think of what I wanted to be and do when I grew up. Now that I am grown up  I am not completely who I wanted to be, and have no done all I wanted. Now some of these dreams growing up were just normal kid stuff but I do believe that some of it is part of who I am, matter of fact a part of who we all are .The main things I wanted to be when I grew up, a scientist, an inventor, a Olympic Skier and an Evangelist.

    Lets see I have been a Missionary so that answers the Evangelist part. I do tend to be inventive when problems solving. As for science? Well I am a nerd at that. As for the Olympics... I do believe that was just being a kid.

   Now this all leads to the question, am I really the type of person I wanted to be? In some ways yes and others no. As I look back and remember who I was, and who I am now, I realize more of the direction I should head.  I have also looked from my little kid days, and into my young teen days and realize my heart and vision I once had. The passion and zeal for the things of God and my hope to be in full time ministry for the rest of my life.

   All of a sudden my compass seems to be stabilizing some. I finally realize what my next step is. I do believe God has been trying to tell me something. I need to return to my first love first. Not to try to figure out if I should move or not, not to strive to find a new job, not to figure out if I need to go back into ministry and not to kill myself trying to get out of debt.

   My next step is very straightforward I need to return to my first love. I simply need to start spending time drawing near to the Lord. I have been very negligent with my time with Him. If he was my wife, she would have left me by now. I need to recapture who I really am. Who God was forming me to be, in my youth.

  One last thought for everyone out their. What did you want to be when you grew up? How about when you were in your teens, especially your early teen years as you started to become who you are now? Are you some one you would approve of, or are you sorta ashamed of what you have become? or are you like me, a little bit of both. Some times looking back at where we have been is a great way to figure out where we are going. I am not just talking about the typical kid things but their are some heart things that are a part of us still. All I know is this, I looked back, and now, my immediate future while still cloudy, has a bit of sun poking through. I know what I need to do.

Well that's my thoughts for the night. If this sounds nuts let me know If it helped at all, also let me know.  Night folks!

 


Posted by ca2/Isaiah68 at 7:16 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 23 February 2008 9:07 PM EST
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Monday, 6 August 2007
I am Captin Jack
 

.........Unfortunately I am much like Captain Jack in "Dead Mans Chest". My compass points nowhere, and everywhere at the same time. I know where I have been, and I have a broad idea of where I am going, but for the next step? Now that's quite a question.

I know my heart is for Sudan and youth. I would love to be youth pastor/missionary. I have several gifts that are useful for these things, all though some of them are underdeveloped. I am working on one of them. Writing is among the ones I have not developed but I am working on.

I am now a gas station attendant. Being paid 9.00/hour. I am living in a small apartment and am in lots of debt with not enough income to cover my debts. I need to make a lot more money then I am making to get out of debt. I want to be out of debt so that I can go into full time ministry and take care of my family. Which is just my wife at the moment but would like to expand that to include kids as well. I love kids and want kids but right now that does not seem like a viable option, so we wait.

 

Now I know what I need to do. I need to trust in him with everything. Just like i did when I was on YWAM staff. Just like I had one friend tell me "Isaiah I miss being on Staff, because even if you did not know where the money was coming from, at least you knew it was coming." that is so true. Even if you are working at a job, it seems harder to take care of things then when you are completely living by faith. Every day needs to be an exercise in faith. You need to trust in him for everything, every day every week, month and year. This is what I am not doing.

 

Matthew 6:33 (Amplified Bible)

33But seek ([a]aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness ([b]His way of doing and being right), and then all these things [c]taken together will be given you besides.

I need to do this. I know the answer and I hope all my friends can help me do this. This is why this post!

well so much for my first blog. Drop me a line and let me know what ya think.

 


Posted by ca2/Isaiah68 at 6:39 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, 14 April 2009 6:33 PM EDT
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