Peacemaker

Okay... YES, GREG, I'm a freakin' PEACEMAKER!!! AHHHHH!! Let's compromise. I'm a "Peacemaker" TOO. I am a warrior AND a peacemaker!! :) :) :)

Actually, since I wrote my last blog, God has showed me that my role as His chosen one, His child, His beloved, is to be like Him.... and Jesus wasn't a warrior. He was honest, frank, and true.... but He never "went after people".... He wasn't all Braveheart and war painted and stuff.... He was peaceful. (Ummmm....except that one time at the temple when He told people to stop making a marketplace of His Father's house (John 2:16). Can't blame Him.  :)  <-- Ack! Heart piercing realization = we (today's followers) make a marketplace of God's House even now, don't we? So many people use their faith as a "marketing ploy" both personally AND in the business arena.

I remember I once had a little consulting company named C3 and I thought I would "brand" it so that it would appeal to Christians so I could make a little niche for myself. (I think the three C's originally stood for "Collaborate" "Communicate" and "Creative" or something silly like that, but I was going to change it to include a "C" for "Christian" and who knows what else.... manipulate, manipulate, manipulate). And it was such garbage. I was going to try to make money off of the name of God?! Ugh!!

God would have protected me though- He would have protected me from me. Anything that is done by my own power is worthless and unsustainable.... but if it is God's breath that creates something that gives HIM GLORY, then (and ONLY then), is it worthwhile and something that I would want to be a part of. I hope I keep this mindset. I'm so silly though- I keep forgetting everything.  (Ack! I almost dove into a list of all the things that I forget in regards to my faith and walk... all the lessons that God has to teach me over and over and over again...but that would take eons! I don't have that kind of time (eons!) now- actually- I've got to go! I'm going to a "worship night" at a friend's church tonight with some of my peeps... Ahhhhhh.... FRIENDS/ PEEPS!! I am SOOOO BLESSED!!! <3

BTW - PRAISE = as I was writing my last blog about wanting to have more male/leader mentors, I was praying for it and GUESS WHAT??? Today... 2 (or 3?) days later... I was sitting in a room surrounded by 3 male leaders as they talked about the church and principles that they thought were important. God also sent me a book to read called Radical by David Platt. It is THE. BEST. BOOK. EVERRRRRR(*except the Bible!)RRRR(*at least for now)RRRR!!! God rocks!  Seriously, I've read 78 pages in less than 24 hours (which doesn't sound like a lot, but if you knew what else I've been up to, you'd have a heart attack and die at the fact that I found time to read 78 pages of the most amazing book EVERRRRRRR! :) 

Oh, and let me tell you... the only reason it is so good is because GOD is IN IT. When I start reading, the Holy Spirit GRABS my heart and holds on.... I envision it kinda like a balloon....if you grab a balloon and squeeze, it makes the balloon get BIGGER and sometimes it EXPLODES!! That's how my heart feels when I read this book. It's just filled with TRUTH. Hard truth. Truth that is difficult to swallow and more difficult to put into practice.... (it says things like "take the Bible litterally" - so that means that when I open my Bible (which I'm just gonna pick a random verse) and it says "Don't be afraid" (Luke 5:10), Jesus isn't saying that to make Peter feel better.... He's commanding Him not to be afraid. He's telling US NOT to be afraid!! <---that's a kinda lame example, but I am kinda lame, so I'm gonna leave it. I have SO MUCH TO DO!! AHHHHH!!!  Anyway- it's a DARN GOOD BOOK!

LOVE YA!
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