Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
What is Beauty
Really. What is it? Where does it come from? Is it only skin deep? Does it even start with the skin? Does it have anything to do with looks?
Beauty is something that can't be explained. We see it everywhere. Flowers are beautiful. The stars are beautiful. Creation is beautiful and so are things that are man made. But is that really what beauty is?
No. Beauty is definitely outward, I mean we see it everywhere. But what about the beauty of a person? A person can be absolutely beautiful on the outside but without value and virtue that person becomes very ugly very quickly. For instance. A woman can see a man for the first time in her life. He is a very good looking (beautiful) man. But he's hiding something. He's hiding the fact that he is a terrible person. He's lazy. He's a horrible horrible person. She finds out very quickly and when she does, she sees that that outer beauty the man has just deterioriate in a flash before her eyes.
Now lets use another example. Another woman sees a man who is unkempt, has long matted dirty hair, numerous scars on his face, skinny and mal nurished. But he isn't hiding anything. She looks past that outer "ugliness" and sees that he is nothing but good to her. He treats her like an angel. A goddess. She is his queen. And on top of that he is a follower of Jesus Christ who knows beauty better than anyone. When she discovers all of this, she sees his matted hair disappear, his scars become fresh pure clean skin, and his outer ugliness becomes nothing but imminent and forever lasting beauty.
THAT is what beauty is. So in answer to those questions, yes, beauty can be only skin deep, but REAL beauty goes to the deepest part of a person and deeply enhances that on the outside.
Beauty is something that can't be explained. We see it everywhere. Flowers are beautiful. The stars are beautiful. Creation is beautiful and so are things that are man made. But is that really what beauty is?
No. Beauty is definitely outward, I mean we see it everywhere. But what about the beauty of a person? A person can be absolutely beautiful on the outside but without value and virtue that person becomes very ugly very quickly. For instance. A woman can see a man for the first time in her life. He is a very good looking (beautiful) man. But he's hiding something. He's hiding the fact that he is a terrible person. He's lazy. He's a horrible horrible person. She finds out very quickly and when she does, she sees that that outer beauty the man has just deterioriate in a flash before her eyes.
Now lets use another example. Another woman sees a man who is unkempt, has long matted dirty hair, numerous scars on his face, skinny and mal nurished. But he isn't hiding anything. She looks past that outer "ugliness" and sees that he is nothing but good to her. He treats her like an angel. A goddess. She is his queen. And on top of that he is a follower of Jesus Christ who knows beauty better than anyone. When she discovers all of this, she sees his matted hair disappear, his scars become fresh pure clean skin, and his outer ugliness becomes nothing but imminent and forever lasting beauty.
THAT is what beauty is. So in answer to those questions, yes, beauty can be only skin deep, but REAL beauty goes to the deepest part of a person and deeply enhances that on the outside.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Feelings
I don't know. I just don't know. Not depressed, but not happy. Content but not satisfied.
I need a job so I'm not bored. I need to do my hobbies so I'm not bored. I need to help people. God has shown me that. But HOW???? I have talents. I'm good with my hands.
I'm confused but focused. Tell me this isn't weird. LOL
I just know that God is there helping me through everything and He will not fail me. Ever.
I need a job so I'm not bored. I need to do my hobbies so I'm not bored. I need to help people. God has shown me that. But HOW???? I have talents. I'm good with my hands.
I'm confused but focused. Tell me this isn't weird. LOL
I just know that God is there helping me through everything and He will not fail me. Ever.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
sorry
For those of you who follow me...yeah I know there's only one lol...sorry I haven't blogged in a while. Not really had anything to blog about.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Baptism
What is baptism all about? Some church denoms baptize when you are born to ensure your place in heaven when you die. Some don't. Why? Because it's unnecessary.
Baptism was never supposed to be for salvation or a place in heaven. Baptism is simply the first step of obedience to God Almighty after we are born again. Not to say we don't start obeying Him when we become Christians, because we do. It's just that baptism is the symbol of what you have gone through with Christ. He died on the Cross, was buried in the tomb, and on the 3rd day rose again. Baptism symbolizes this. When we walk into the baptistry or whatever body of water we are baptized in that represents our death with Christ. When we are immersed, that represents our burial with Him. When we are brought back out of the water, that represents our being made a new creation to walk in newness of life, raised again with Him.
It was never for making a place in heaven, but the first step of obedience with Him.
Baptism was never supposed to be for salvation or a place in heaven. Baptism is simply the first step of obedience to God Almighty after we are born again. Not to say we don't start obeying Him when we become Christians, because we do. It's just that baptism is the symbol of what you have gone through with Christ. He died on the Cross, was buried in the tomb, and on the 3rd day rose again. Baptism symbolizes this. When we walk into the baptistry or whatever body of water we are baptized in that represents our death with Christ. When we are immersed, that represents our burial with Him. When we are brought back out of the water, that represents our being made a new creation to walk in newness of life, raised again with Him.
It was never for making a place in heaven, but the first step of obedience with Him.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Should a Christian celebrate Passover?
When Israel left Egypt they were told to put lambs blood over the posts and lintels of their doors. They were also told to eat a passover lamb. In the yearly celebration they were told to do certain rituals which were all pictures of Christ Jesus.
No we should not celebrate Passover the way the Jew does. We celebrate Passover in a different way. We celebrate the Resurrection of the Passover Lamb Who was slain for us because of our sins. We celebrate Him with communion. He is the Bread of Life that the unlevened bread pointed to. He is the Passover Lamb the God slew on that fateful Passover. He is the ultimate Passover Feast that we are to "eat" and celebrate.
With Him on the posts and lintels of the door of our hearts God will Pass Over us just as it was in Israel on that final night in Egypt. Israel put the blood of the lamb on the posts and lintels of their doors and God passed over in a perfect picture of what He would do so many years later.
No we should not celebrate Passover the way the Jew does. We celebrate Passover in a different way. We celebrate the Resurrection of the Passover Lamb Who was slain for us because of our sins. We celebrate Him with communion. He is the Bread of Life that the unlevened bread pointed to. He is the Passover Lamb the God slew on that fateful Passover. He is the ultimate Passover Feast that we are to "eat" and celebrate.
With Him on the posts and lintels of the door of our hearts God will Pass Over us just as it was in Israel on that final night in Egypt. Israel put the blood of the lamb on the posts and lintels of their doors and God passed over in a perfect picture of what He would do so many years later.
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