Burdens

Let's talk about burdens. There are a lot of different ways to look at them. Some say they're a test, so believe their a punishment, and others think that they are just a fact of life. Which ever way you look at it most will conclude that burdens are a tribulation that have an impact on our lives. We may not want to admit it, but our burdens and struggles really make us into the people that we are.

Burdens will either make you a better person, or leave you in pieces. They separate the weak from the strong.

The main thought to keep in mind for burdens is that you can only judge the impact of your own. You can't tell someone else that certain trials broke them or that they helped them. We are our own judge in that area. What you might call broken could be someone's strength what you might call strength is someone's mask.

No matter what you have done, said, or felt. No one can feel truly understand a burden except for the person going through it. Even if you've gone through the same scenario, you have to keep in mind that people handle things differently. What might be seen as a big deal to one individual could easily be seen as a mere agitation to another.

It annoys the pit of my soul when others try to make assumptions about people's crosses that they bare. Let me give you some advice....

If you have ever done this than you are very wrong.

Burdens are the trim that shape the mold of who we are. People constantly assume that they can know someone well enough to have the all figured out. When really you don't know what a person had to go through to get to that point. Man kind has a bad habit of believing their assumptions to be infallible, but we're wrong.

We're so wrong....

What people need to quit all the bull. Stop playing the mind games and going through other people to find out something. You want to understand someone. Shut up. For once in you're life shut up and stop trying to get your point across and actually listen to them. We can tell a lot through listening. When they're done you can claim there is a solution all you want, but no matter what you think or what your experience is. That solution just might not be the right one for that person. Accept that and get over it.

We all have to get through our burdens our own ways. It's best to accept that you're not always right and that you can't fix everything. If we all did that there would most likely be fewer problems in the world.

Indiscribable...

Today I saw with my own eyes how great my God is...

Lately I've been asking God to make his presence known to me. I wanted a sign that he was going to be with me through my trials. I got my sign today, and I am still sitting here in awe.

I got an ultrasound of my heart for my chest pains today. I saw for myself the wonders of the humane body. As I watched my heart pumping I watched God's miracle of creation. People usually talk about this when it comes to the miracle birth and stuff like that. I just found it amazing that he created us has made the humane heart to sustain the process of life.

I was amazed that he could make something so delicate have a huge job. I never felt more precious in his sight as of that moment. He makes my heart beat just because he loves me. Despite everything I've done he's still letting my heart beat.

I then started thinking about how it relates to the relationship Christ and I have. He just helps us to keep going. He doesn't have to do all of the things that he does to let us live. He didn't have to do any of it, but he does because he loves me. In spite of everything he still helps me keep going.

All this time the sign I've been looking for has been with me all along. The grace that allows me to wake up in the morning, the the pounding in my chest that allows me to open my eyes in the morning is his way of telling me that he is there, and that he loves me no matter what.

He does it all in spite of everything......

Phoenix: Arisen from the Ashes of Change.

There's something about the ordinary that I've never liked. I've tried to be like everyone else and it just didn't feel right. Seeing things like everyone else is so...boring. Change is something that has always made me....well.....me. I've never tried to make up for it. You either like it or you don't. I've gotten used to the response being the later.

If everything about me is different then why should it be a surprise that my beliefs aren't of the typical nature. I thought that I was the only person to look at my faith in this way, but I'm actually not as unique as I thought I was.

I was going crazy thinking that no one thinks the way I do. That everyone is a brick when it comes to Christianity. Apparently I am not the only spring! (To get it you have to read Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell).

I was looking up some new books a few days ago, and read a publishers synopsis of Velvet Elvis. It intrigued me and I was able to read the first few pages, and I felt that I could really relate to the book. I haven't started it yet, but I can't wait!!

It was so refreshing to know that I'm not alone in the way I'm thinking. Some people call it Post Modern Christianity. Others refer to it as The Emerging Conversation or Emerging Christianity. Whatever you want to call it...... I like the thought behind it and I like it.

Now don't judge me as some hardcore radical who's going to be protesting against modern Christianity as we know it. I don't think the way things are isn't wrong. I just think there's more. I just get worried because I don't think people really think about their beliefs and faith. The just follow blindly and go with it.

I don't want to limit God to just what we know about Him. I want to love Him and experience personally.... not through someone else's words that can't come close to His Majesty....

While the Bible is a good source in all, but I'd rather choose to let my experiences with Christ help me to make wise choices. I allow his spirit to convict me. That's all I need. I don't need someone else telling me what I should feel or do. I live by free will and I'm convicted by God. Everything else is just extra.

Sometimes I think more people need to focus on the source of our faith, which is God and nothing else. Let's go back to keeping it simple. Here's a simple summary of what I believe.

Forget all the rules, all the extra stuff, focus on the source. God. The only thing you need besides Jesus' loving grace is faith. Nothing else....Nothing else......