New Beginnings

Okay, for all zero of you who read this blog, you know it has been an age and a day since I last posted anything. Why? Because I'm a lazy, lazy man who has had his butt kicked by his intended major and I honestly was waning a lot. That's behind me.

I know at least every blogger has to face the decision on if he or she will stop writing the blog or begin again, and I have decided to begin again. This is will require a lot of changes, but I think it will be good. Good how? Who knows? I don't, but I am committed to trying if you are willing to commit to, um, existing? Seriously, does any one but bots read this? That's okay, I've decided to start name dropping other blogs and websites like it's going out of style! Why? Well, I could get hits that way maybe? Maybe not.

Wait a minute, you might be saying to yourself (that is if you're not yet another ad bot posting a link in another language on my site, dispite my measures against that), this is a blog about Christian views based on the Bible, and I don't remember Jesus ever dropping down a command about writing in a blog or Paul calling himself the "cheifest of sinners and the hippist of bloggers." You're right, this post has no Biblical tie in, so... Remember the bit about me being lazy? Part of that is that I felt drained. Dead really. I was slowly not trusting in the Lord for whatever reason. But my faith has been restored and I am coming back.

The prophet Isaiah said (40:30-31), "Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they will wait and not faint." That means, even those who are full of life and energy will grown weak and weary, but those who put their faith in God will not grow weak, but instead be full of life because God is the giver of life. I felt weak and drained because somewhere along the line I stopped waiting on the Lord and grew weary. Ironically, Isaiah 40:30-31 is my favorite passage in scripture and I blew it. Oh well, the best part of the relationship with my Savior is that "he is faithful and just to forgive" (1 John 1:9). Not to mention the all around awesomeness that is God.

New Dog, Same New Tricks, Or Something Like That

What a Glorious God I serve! It amazes me how spending time with my Father can be so fulfilling! I love to Serve a Lord who can take anything and make it for good. Can I get an Amen?

The other night I went for a run after Bible Study. It went on this run because I could feel the Lord telling me I needed to talk with Him and we needed to have a few things said. I am so glad I went on that run. I geared up for the run and set out with my iPod playing. I was wondering on something that came up in Bible Study.

Signs. I don't get those. God, in His will, doesn't give me signs about what He's said He'll do for me. I get plenty of them after He has done something, but not before. Now, God is not bound at all to give us signs of anything. He does not have to give you a sign that such-and-such is the person you're going to marry. He does not have to gives signs to tell you that you are to do this or that.

Now, don't get me wrong. I have gotten signs of God's will for my life before. Like what I going to school for, God gave me many signs that I should be a teacher, I just ignored them for a while.

It was beautiful though. God and me had a great conversation about that I don't need signs for things. Isn't it wonderful how we're all different? Some of us need signs all the time, yet some of us need them once in a great while. It's so awesome that we serve a God that knows us better than we know ourselves.

Also, God has shown me how much I have in writing. I love to write and some claim I have talent in that (Novel anyone?). Furthermore, it is in my writing that I best express myself. I have loved writing since I learned to do it at school. God has really given me a passion to write and apparently some talent in that. I love it so much.

The run was simply beautiful. Words fail to describe my spiritual high that night. I remember listening to Disciple at one point. Their song "Dive" is on my running tracks. The chorus is based off Isaiah 40:31.

But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

I was reminded of this Scripture. I quoted it slightly out of order during my run, but I knew what was being said. The chorus is " I'll run and not grow weak/Walk and will not faint/Climb the highest mountain to dive off/And I'll fly high on broken wings." It is a powerful song. It really gets me pumped every time.

My run was so recharging. I was tired after I finished, but I was so happy. I ran like I haven't in some time and It was great. It was funny how Satan tried the next day to put me in a foul mood. He tried to fight me with my contacts, with my sleep, even my plans for the evening. Yet he failed about I know something he keeps forgetting. The Lord is my strength and my refuge.