a crash…

if you do not fit into the typical “christian community” that say’s you must look, act, work for and seek Christ like everyone else than i would encourage you to get into a crash.  erwin mcmanus in his book the barbarian way explains that a crash is what you would call a group of charging rhinos (like a pride of lions).  you see, the rhino can run at speeds of up to 3o mph.  this stat is very cool –  but even cooler than that is the fact that the rhinos can only see 31 feet in front of them.  rhinos run full speed ahead without fear!  subsequently, sometimes it might mean the rhinos are going to experience some impact.

what a cool analogy for us as a group of Christ followers!  a group of Christ followers…a crash…making impact for the kingdom of Christ by charging forward being led by the Spirit to do whatever God calls us to do.

 now you need to know that this is not about railing on the current state of the church.  i don’t think that “a crash” is supposed to sit around complaining about what they see is wrong and then never doing what is right.  i speak from experience…i have done my share of complaining without ever taking personal action.  in addition to that, i am not saying that we stop going to and participating in our churches.

 all i am saying is this…what if a group of spirit filled Christ followers ban together to make a crash in both our community and our world?  let’s stop making excuses for our inactivity. we need to start working together and encouraging one another in whatever God calls each of us to do for His kingdom. i like what mcmanus say’s “we need to stop wasting our time being afraid of what we can not see and do not know.  we need to move forward full force because of what we do know.”   one of my friends – he is a rhino – recently told me that God is not going to steer the ship until we move it from the dock.  i agree…

i know a lot of rhino’s… it is time to form a crash and make some impact!

~a

I remember…

How fitting that the first entry of my new blog would be written on Christmas day.  A day of celebration.  A day of reflection.I have started this new blog for two reasons:

#1 I feel that it is time for me to write about things that have deeper meaning to me and musingsofcarne.com had become a place of wackiness.  I am sure there will be some humor on this page but it will not be the focus.

#2  I did not want to change musingsofcarne.com because I will always like to be Wacky.That being said Here is my first topic.

I remember…
(lifehouse’s everything skit)

This video tore me up.  As I sat and watched this for the first time I began to tear up.  When I watched it the second time I wept uncontrollably. A flood of emotions came upon me as I remembered all that Christ has done for me and all that he continues to do in my life. In this video I saw the old Aaron that was locked in every bondage imaginable.  I remember the alcohol, the lust, the love of money, the vanity and even the thoughts of ending it all.  I remember the lie that I was living.  Everyone saw me as the guy always having a good time.  The guy with all of the friends.  But inside…loneliness, fear, anger and confusion.  I was living a life of selfishness and it was killing me. 

Jesus saved me from all that crap in my life.  He showed me that a life without Him was a life without meaning.  He showed me that without him I was going to be in hell rather than heaven.  He showed me that I could not change on my own (although I still tried).  He alone had the gift of salvation and a changed life.

I remember.  I remember the day I accepted that gift and everything changed.  Did everything become perfect in my life? Nope.  But I will tell you this,  Jesus is there with me through all of my struggles now.  Better yet,  I now know that when this life is over there are no more struggles baby!   Everlasting love,peace and harmony, that is what is waiting.

Why is it important to remember what God has done for me.  So I can live every day to the fullest for Him and respond to his call to let others know about this incredible gift.

~a