Wow.... What a interesting day. I'm no expert on severe weather.... only an amateur severe weather spotter... but I have to admit... tonight was something much different then many of us younger people have never ever seen... like me one who has lived here all of my life....
I have never seen so many tornado warnings as well as severe thunderstorm warnings in Minnesota in my life time (25 years if you need to know). These storms stretched from the Canadian border all the way into Iowa. Basically the line of very strong storms stretched the whole length of Minnesota... something I have never ever seen... with warnings also stretching that far as well without many gaps.. all going on at the same time! We had to of broken some record in this state today... scary isn't it?
Its funny.... People at work have been making fun or me all week about today... how I am making such a big deal out of it... (long story)..... I have kind of become the unofficial weather person for our work... they think of me as Paul Douglas and call me Graham Douglas or Channel 5 (which is funny but really?)... and even they admit I have been right quite often... which I don't even care about... what I care about is reporting it... the thrill and honor to maybe able to help in reporting severe weather... which I find cool!....
All I do is look at the maps and forecasts and relay on my own experience knowledge and make my own conclusions to guide me. I like to forecast for my self because I find it more replay able that's all....
I didn't know if I would be right but that didn't matter... all I knew was it was coming... an it didn't matter if I was right... (o and I was excited to finally get a chance to severe weather spot... although that didn't happen the way I planned...)
Unfortunately I was right... and I hate being right about things like this......... it pains me.... and the worst part is what I was right about brought pain to a lot of people............
The ingredients where coming together... according to the national weather service and my gut I guess. My intention wasn't to be right I said but to heed the warning....
Around 21:15 (9:15pm) CST I looked outside and saw a very hard sunset to see.... I went outside and look at a sky... and saw a sky I don't think I have never seen before. It was getting dark yes... but the air, the clouds the wind... and the atmosphere.... was red and orange... I have never seen before in my life....
I don't know about all of you but that sky really hit me.... probably because as a trained weather spotter and as a believer in Christ... it strikes me as God trying to get our attention once again... because we as a nation... and we as believers need to wake up and see the truth of how sinful and small we really are compared to God and what he can do......
I was talked to my Dad tonight and even he told me he has never seen so many tornadoes going on at once throughout the state. I believe him because I can't remember that either... and seeing the sky tonight reminded me of God's power... and how small we really are... when he can't even stand up to a bit of bad weather.
I was only outside for a few minutes... my thoughts of how much we have turned to ourselves and evil.... in this county and in our lives... it makes sense that this has happened to us....by the look of the sky. I can' really put it all into words but I guess the sky being red and orange reminded me of what Hell is going to be like for so many that have turned away (which breaks my heart so much)..... the fear of the sky reminded me of God wrath... but Jesus reminded me that I can stand outside and fear nothing... because I have Christ protecting me... and his will be done just as he has promised.
I also learned something... well a few things... For one tonight was not worth to Spot... because nothing happened in the twin cites anyway.... as well as I learned how to use my ham radio... but I also learned to not be foolish and listen the wisdom of the people older then me...
One thing does puzzle me though about all of this... The twin cites was fine?... I didn't even rain where I lived? Why? How? What up with that? It interesting and one question I can't answer....
Most of us will probably forget this night because nothing really happened for most of us... even for me.... but I don't think ill ever forget seeing a sky like that... Its a good reminder of how powerful God is and how small and sinful we are... but he loves us anyway... all we need to do is Believe in is Christ.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
God can speak even in the worst of places + April Fools Day
Hey all,
I don't really know if anyone reads my notes but I need to remember that it doesn't matter either way because I am proclaiming God in the way he made me…. I guess and if someone is benefiting and stealing my work... It doesn't matter in the end. God knows everything anyway.... moving on.
Class tonight has hard…. No not the subject or the things discussed... it was the spiritual attacks on life and how wrong people really are when they don't look at the big picture though Christ. It’s so sad, and heart breaking to see that people are so blinded by sin that they are missing so much. My heart hurts to see them blind without hope… and I feel so helpless to help… because I’m not even where I should be in Christ….
To give you an easy visual example of what I mean since I bet you are confused... Take driving for example. I love to drive and I do every day still… and did for over 2 years straight everyday for my last job. The one thing I find so amazing is how little people see... like Peds, Cars and even Semi’s! (It’s a huge list). It never seizes to amaze me how much people only care about themselves, having vision that is so narrow-minded and focus on only what is in front of them they miss everything else around them... like 270 degree of the sphere (in a 3D world or 2D which ever works for you....) The whole point is seeing though Christ eyes not only gives us the TRUTH... which is what we long for and are wired for... but it even gives us the advantage and hope to make it though anything no matter what it is…. To be able to see the wrong in what the world thinks is completely normal and right...... I really want to say give you an example from class tonight but until this class is over I have to use the (CODEWORD BOARDSTATSSIDEONE) for myself in order to write this at this time. It’s silly but you never know who reads you stuff…. just have to be careful and to be as much Christ like as I can… he CODEWORD is there to fill in the gap for myself. Ok formal stuff is over with… this is my point...
Christ gives us so much when we deserve nothing yet he still loves us and gives us more then we need. My class has been more of a spiritual battle then an English Class but either way I am learning so much. Maybe more then I want to learn spiritually right now but the point is my views, thoughts and feelings are being challenged… and tested… because God needs to know and I need to learn something…. What that is…. However… God is keeping from me probably for my own benefit. The extreme worldly views and this battle has been one that's been extremely hard to bear but just as rewarding as well. Every week has been heartbreaking.... and walking out of class with the anger because I know in my heart that the facts are wrong proves God’s anger towards people who have turned from him. It’s not anger at the people but at the views that are being presented that make God look stupid, wrong and self right.
Yes I know this would happen… but I was tested… In my case though I wasn't as prepared as I should have been but either way I have learned so much... and am happy to know I am stronger than I thought but know that I have much to learn. If anything its remaining spiritually healthy for the most part has made all of the difference...... more than I can even describe.
Its funny this week is "Holy Week" but it's kind of special because its Holy Week.... kind of makes no sense but you kind of get the idea (quotes are the big hint!). The idea of what Christ did on the cross is so powerful.... and how there is nothing that can we can do re pay the debt he gave us… and how he came to save us even when he didn’t need to is mind blowing. He gave up everything for us…. It’s just so amazing how he can break someone (like me for example to help) to follow him and then put the pieces back together better than they ever were blows my mind every time. This is what gets Easter a celebration… not just for me but to everyone who Believes in the Cross and aligns their life to this. Getting your life to follow Christ is the hard part! It’s easy to become a believer but hard to follow that teaching. It means you have to give up what you want most to Christ and God…. And we don’t like that… for it was control…. And you know you find you can leave without… but it’s hard! For me this excitement never goes away or ever gets old!
Even thought I hate my English class... I know now that God put me there not to just learn English and how to write college papers.... (well that to)... but to learn that the spiritual battle is bigger than we know and we are more powerful with Christ in us then we even know.... its learning how to us that… that takes a lifetime. The Hymn that comes to mind that describes life since I became a Christian and even this class experience is the Hymn that has the words... "for the things of Earth will grow strangely dim.... for the light of glory and Grace.... (something like that.... and I don't remember the hymn..... grrrr.... I should know this…. Now I feel bad… o well…)
The point in a nut shell or line…. The bigger picture is and has been the battle rather than the class itself.... Fully how God works…. He’s creative and always able to think of new ways to work… I never stop loving that!....
Just to let you know for you people who think I am all talk... I have an A in the class unfortunately… I know it sounds like an ego…. It’s just the truth. I have worked very hard for it but will admit I don't feel like I like the work to earn that grade has reflected my grade… Even though I’ve worked hard for it.... funny.... Praise the Lord and that best part is God gets the Glory for it and I can boast about it thought Christ.... NOT MYSELF.... how cool is that?
....on a side note…. I actually wanted to write about April fool’s day... which is tomorrow the same day as Maundy Thursday. Personally I think April Fools one of those holidays that really everyone loses in the end. Personally the Kitchen sprayer is not funny to me at all.... just to give you a perspective and example.... and since it falls on the same day as the night that Jesus was portrayed... (well this year anyway) I find it both fascinating as well as kind of scary to. If you really want to does an April fools joke then do it on something that everyone would laugh at…. Including the person who is being fooled and make sure they wouldn’t care either way. I guess since I care so much about people April fools only naturally seems like kind of a mean holiday…. I don’t know guess I’ll stop before the hole gets bigger. Just thought I would throw that out there. Well I better get back to work on my paper for school. Just didn't want to forget....
-Graham
I don't really know if anyone reads my notes but I need to remember that it doesn't matter either way because I am proclaiming God in the way he made me…. I guess and if someone is benefiting and stealing my work... It doesn't matter in the end. God knows everything anyway.... moving on.
Class tonight has hard…. No not the subject or the things discussed... it was the spiritual attacks on life and how wrong people really are when they don't look at the big picture though Christ. It’s so sad, and heart breaking to see that people are so blinded by sin that they are missing so much. My heart hurts to see them blind without hope… and I feel so helpless to help… because I’m not even where I should be in Christ….
To give you an easy visual example of what I mean since I bet you are confused... Take driving for example. I love to drive and I do every day still… and did for over 2 years straight everyday for my last job. The one thing I find so amazing is how little people see... like Peds, Cars and even Semi’s! (It’s a huge list). It never seizes to amaze me how much people only care about themselves, having vision that is so narrow-minded and focus on only what is in front of them they miss everything else around them... like 270 degree of the sphere (in a 3D world or 2D which ever works for you....) The whole point is seeing though Christ eyes not only gives us the TRUTH... which is what we long for and are wired for... but it even gives us the advantage and hope to make it though anything no matter what it is…. To be able to see the wrong in what the world thinks is completely normal and right...... I really want to say give you an example from class tonight but until this class is over I have to use the (CODEWORD BOARDSTATSSIDEONE) for myself in order to write this at this time. It’s silly but you never know who reads you stuff…. just have to be careful and to be as much Christ like as I can… he CODEWORD is there to fill in the gap for myself. Ok formal stuff is over with… this is my point...
Christ gives us so much when we deserve nothing yet he still loves us and gives us more then we need. My class has been more of a spiritual battle then an English Class but either way I am learning so much. Maybe more then I want to learn spiritually right now but the point is my views, thoughts and feelings are being challenged… and tested… because God needs to know and I need to learn something…. What that is…. However… God is keeping from me probably for my own benefit. The extreme worldly views and this battle has been one that's been extremely hard to bear but just as rewarding as well. Every week has been heartbreaking.... and walking out of class with the anger because I know in my heart that the facts are wrong proves God’s anger towards people who have turned from him. It’s not anger at the people but at the views that are being presented that make God look stupid, wrong and self right.
Yes I know this would happen… but I was tested… In my case though I wasn't as prepared as I should have been but either way I have learned so much... and am happy to know I am stronger than I thought but know that I have much to learn. If anything its remaining spiritually healthy for the most part has made all of the difference...... more than I can even describe.
Its funny this week is "Holy Week" but it's kind of special because its Holy Week.... kind of makes no sense but you kind of get the idea (quotes are the big hint!). The idea of what Christ did on the cross is so powerful.... and how there is nothing that can we can do re pay the debt he gave us… and how he came to save us even when he didn’t need to is mind blowing. He gave up everything for us…. It’s just so amazing how he can break someone (like me for example to help) to follow him and then put the pieces back together better than they ever were blows my mind every time. This is what gets Easter a celebration… not just for me but to everyone who Believes in the Cross and aligns their life to this. Getting your life to follow Christ is the hard part! It’s easy to become a believer but hard to follow that teaching. It means you have to give up what you want most to Christ and God…. And we don’t like that… for it was control…. And you know you find you can leave without… but it’s hard! For me this excitement never goes away or ever gets old!
Even thought I hate my English class... I know now that God put me there not to just learn English and how to write college papers.... (well that to)... but to learn that the spiritual battle is bigger than we know and we are more powerful with Christ in us then we even know.... its learning how to us that… that takes a lifetime. The Hymn that comes to mind that describes life since I became a Christian and even this class experience is the Hymn that has the words... "for the things of Earth will grow strangely dim.... for the light of glory and Grace.... (something like that.... and I don't remember the hymn..... grrrr.... I should know this…. Now I feel bad… o well…)
The point in a nut shell or line…. The bigger picture is and has been the battle rather than the class itself.... Fully how God works…. He’s creative and always able to think of new ways to work… I never stop loving that!....
Just to let you know for you people who think I am all talk... I have an A in the class unfortunately… I know it sounds like an ego…. It’s just the truth. I have worked very hard for it but will admit I don't feel like I like the work to earn that grade has reflected my grade… Even though I’ve worked hard for it.... funny.... Praise the Lord and that best part is God gets the Glory for it and I can boast about it thought Christ.... NOT MYSELF.... how cool is that?
....on a side note…. I actually wanted to write about April fool’s day... which is tomorrow the same day as Maundy Thursday. Personally I think April Fools one of those holidays that really everyone loses in the end. Personally the Kitchen sprayer is not funny to me at all.... just to give you a perspective and example.... and since it falls on the same day as the night that Jesus was portrayed... (well this year anyway) I find it both fascinating as well as kind of scary to. If you really want to does an April fools joke then do it on something that everyone would laugh at…. Including the person who is being fooled and make sure they wouldn’t care either way. I guess since I care so much about people April fools only naturally seems like kind of a mean holiday…. I don’t know guess I’ll stop before the hole gets bigger. Just thought I would throw that out there. Well I better get back to work on my paper for school. Just didn't want to forget....
-Graham
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Woeked 26 Hours + Fixed Car= GOD protecting me and blessing me! :)
Hey all,
Just an FYI I am kind of tired so if I make mistakes sorry and ill try to correct them. Telling me would be the best... anyway...
Wow what a day... I have worked 13 hours today and 13.5 yesterday... not by choice.
I am working at PartStock Computer located in Minneapolis. They are moving their facility and we(me and other co-workers have been working overtime to get ready... not by choice... well at least for me. in the middle of all this I am trying to go to school (hint on trying) and trying to keep my faith straight. Its hard...! There isn't a day that goes by that makes me see how stupid, sinful and not very smart I am.... However God really shines though... and even keeps me safe and out of situation that could be very dangerous and not fun. PRAISE GOD... For example tonight.
Now I'm not a city person but driving home from midway late (like after 9:00pm) isn't safe (have to go on Snelling…. Not fun) even though this world is not safe at all we have to rely on God.... And he does his part.
The past couple of weeks my headlight has been working and not working. Finally tonight when I was driving home it was out again... so I figured I would fix it... even after a 12+ hour day. Good thing do... Because I discovered that my serpentine belt had a very bad crack in it....
It brings me back to the my thing I did on God's Temporal Prime directive (which has not been released yet... I need to edit it... coming soon in other words)... God just intervened and made me stay on the path he wanted me to be. What are the odds that the only crack on the serpentine belt would show up in only visible spot on the whole belt? I would bet the odds are 1/5,000,0000… If you know cars the odds are huge. The weirdest thing was the last couple of days I have noticed that something was wrong. I could just feel it..... Just like a caption knows his/her ship... or the engineer knows the ship better than anyone else.... knows how to do anything with it... to make it work and more... (Star Trek fan!)
My car is my ship (just see the bumper sticker… I even have a name and a NCC number… sad I know….) Let’s just say I can tell when something is wrong. I'm not kidding about this. It’s a ability that God has blessed me with apparently… well at least I think its true… long story so I will keep going. It does also help to drive every day for over a year with the same car. I can tell if the vibration is off just by listening.... Just like the caption can tell if the inertial dampers are out of alignment. Its that simple.
The whole point is God intervened and showed me his LOVE! Wow! It’s so cool and I once again am in his Debt… not that, that really matter…. How lucky we are that he loves us that much!... that he went to the cross to save us LOVES US THAT much. I am always amazed.
O and by the way I fixed my serpentine belt and feel so good. The funny part is I bought the belt about a year ago or so because I was worried about not having the belt if my car broke down. Its been in my trunk forever... even had cobwebs on it... at least that’s what my Dad said. LOL! But when I needed it, I was there... because remember I worked over 12 hours today.
I would bet God know that I needed it fixed for some reason and that its apart of his plan... even though its just a car and a belt... but hey everything is relaying on a piece of rubber to work so its important. God thinks it is... how cool is that.... and the coolest thing is even though I failed today in sinning... (General sin, nothing big but the usual... like being stupid and such) yet he still cares and showed me how much he Loves me.... I just wish more people would see this... it’s so important....
Well I’ll stop babbling and get to bed. More work tomorrow 9:00am… ... Almost done with the move stuff.... Thanks everyone for being patient and I’m so sorry for not being available... no choice!
This is also posted on my blog.... (Just give me few days to move the post.... use the website link on my profile page... or goto http://adfgrahame.blogspot.com/ )
Just an FYI I am kind of tired so if I make mistakes sorry and ill try to correct them. Telling me would be the best... anyway...
Wow what a day... I have worked 13 hours today and 13.5 yesterday... not by choice.
I am working at PartStock Computer located in Minneapolis. They are moving their facility and we(me and other co-workers have been working overtime to get ready... not by choice... well at least for me. in the middle of all this I am trying to go to school (hint on trying) and trying to keep my faith straight. Its hard...! There isn't a day that goes by that makes me see how stupid, sinful and not very smart I am.... However God really shines though... and even keeps me safe and out of situation that could be very dangerous and not fun. PRAISE GOD... For example tonight.
Now I'm not a city person but driving home from midway late (like after 9:00pm) isn't safe (have to go on Snelling…. Not fun) even though this world is not safe at all we have to rely on God.... And he does his part.
The past couple of weeks my headlight has been working and not working. Finally tonight when I was driving home it was out again... so I figured I would fix it... even after a 12+ hour day. Good thing do... Because I discovered that my serpentine belt had a very bad crack in it....
It brings me back to the my thing I did on God's Temporal Prime directive (which has not been released yet... I need to edit it... coming soon in other words)... God just intervened and made me stay on the path he wanted me to be. What are the odds that the only crack on the serpentine belt would show up in only visible spot on the whole belt? I would bet the odds are 1/5,000,0000… If you know cars the odds are huge. The weirdest thing was the last couple of days I have noticed that something was wrong. I could just feel it..... Just like a caption knows his/her ship... or the engineer knows the ship better than anyone else.... knows how to do anything with it... to make it work and more... (Star Trek fan!)
My car is my ship (just see the bumper sticker… I even have a name and a NCC number… sad I know….) Let’s just say I can tell when something is wrong. I'm not kidding about this. It’s a ability that God has blessed me with apparently… well at least I think its true… long story so I will keep going. It does also help to drive every day for over a year with the same car. I can tell if the vibration is off just by listening.... Just like the caption can tell if the inertial dampers are out of alignment. Its that simple.
The whole point is God intervened and showed me his LOVE! Wow! It’s so cool and I once again am in his Debt… not that, that really matter…. How lucky we are that he loves us that much!... that he went to the cross to save us LOVES US THAT much. I am always amazed.
O and by the way I fixed my serpentine belt and feel so good. The funny part is I bought the belt about a year ago or so because I was worried about not having the belt if my car broke down. Its been in my trunk forever... even had cobwebs on it... at least that’s what my Dad said. LOL! But when I needed it, I was there... because remember I worked over 12 hours today.
I would bet God know that I needed it fixed for some reason and that its apart of his plan... even though its just a car and a belt... but hey everything is relaying on a piece of rubber to work so its important. God thinks it is... how cool is that.... and the coolest thing is even though I failed today in sinning... (General sin, nothing big but the usual... like being stupid and such) yet he still cares and showed me how much he Loves me.... I just wish more people would see this... it’s so important....
Well I’ll stop babbling and get to bed. More work tomorrow 9:00am… ... Almost done with the move stuff.... Thanks everyone for being patient and I’m so sorry for not being available... no choice!
This is also posted on my blog.... (Just give me few days to move the post.... use the website link on my profile page... or goto http://adfgrahame.blogspot.com/ )
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
This Year's 2010 Valentines Day (well at least for me)
First Official Real Time Posting
This year for some reason has been one of the hardest holidays for me. This day in general is hard for me but this year has been especially hard. Why this year? Who knows? All I know I must trust in is that God has a plan… and why I feel lead to post this online for the first time, I also have no idea why?
I know people say “Jesus is your Valentine” and that is good and all… but that doesn’t seem to help for me. In recent years it’s been more of anger trigger, rather then a help… at least for me.
What really boggles my mind is how you single ladies go though this every year? I can’t imagine how hard it must be for all of you!? You process things in emotion and I get that in at least some forum because so do it. I know I’m a guy and so I’ll get over it somehow... but how you do it?… I’ll never fully understand. I will not explain how I understand that but... In my mind that it’s a miracle literally... and how you do it exactly in your mind and in your emotion I can't even fathom. Let’s just say I have huge respect for how you do it... anyway…
It's not that I hate Valentines Day…. it’s that I am not able celebrate it with someone who is special to me. I know it will probably happen someday but that someday might never happen either. This paradox cases issues… and this is why I understand how emotional this holiday is for the opposite sex of me.
However how guys do I would guess not thinking about it, but I could be wrong. Hey I'm hard on my own sex for a reason... we are suppose to be the foundation of women and there is a reason for that. My justification for that is just as Christ is the foundation of the Church… this is what we Men are suppose to be to our wives... figuratively speaking of coarse... Only a few see it that way... anyway... got a bit off topic...
The only holiday that I really want to celebrate more then anything... is this holiday and because I can't that hurts deeper then anything...
If I could choose the only 3 holidays in the world, I would pick Easter, Christmas and Valentines Day. All these holidays show Love… and all biblical love in some form or another… a bit of a stretch but you get the picture. I guess maybe thanksgiving too but that one gets a little complicated. I guess I will be able to some day but for now I can’t and that’s what makes this Holiday the hardest one of them all… :(...
Happy Valentines Day... for the people who are able... Just please remember how honored you are to be able to do so...
-[ADF]Grahame
This year for some reason has been one of the hardest holidays for me. This day in general is hard for me but this year has been especially hard. Why this year? Who knows? All I know I must trust in is that God has a plan… and why I feel lead to post this online for the first time, I also have no idea why?
I know people say “Jesus is your Valentine” and that is good and all… but that doesn’t seem to help for me. In recent years it’s been more of anger trigger, rather then a help… at least for me.
What really boggles my mind is how you single ladies go though this every year? I can’t imagine how hard it must be for all of you!? You process things in emotion and I get that in at least some forum because so do it. I know I’m a guy and so I’ll get over it somehow... but how you do it?… I’ll never fully understand. I will not explain how I understand that but... In my mind that it’s a miracle literally... and how you do it exactly in your mind and in your emotion I can't even fathom. Let’s just say I have huge respect for how you do it... anyway…
It's not that I hate Valentines Day…. it’s that I am not able celebrate it with someone who is special to me. I know it will probably happen someday but that someday might never happen either. This paradox cases issues… and this is why I understand how emotional this holiday is for the opposite sex of me.
However how guys do I would guess not thinking about it, but I could be wrong. Hey I'm hard on my own sex for a reason... we are suppose to be the foundation of women and there is a reason for that. My justification for that is just as Christ is the foundation of the Church… this is what we Men are suppose to be to our wives... figuratively speaking of coarse... Only a few see it that way... anyway... got a bit off topic...
The only holiday that I really want to celebrate more then anything... is this holiday and because I can't that hurts deeper then anything...
If I could choose the only 3 holidays in the world, I would pick Easter, Christmas and Valentines Day. All these holidays show Love… and all biblical love in some form or another… a bit of a stretch but you get the picture. I guess maybe thanksgiving too but that one gets a little complicated. I guess I will be able to some day but for now I can’t and that’s what makes this Holiday the hardest one of them all… :(...
Happy Valentines Day... for the people who are able... Just please remember how honored you are to be able to do so...
-[ADF]Grahame
Monday, February 8, 2010
Super Bowl Sunday (observations...)
First off I don't want to make anyone mad or anything but try to see this more as an observation rather then an opinion on the matter (although my opinion does fall into this a bit as well but I will try to keep it as observation based rather then opinion based). Feel free to tell me I'm way off base though since it sometimes happens.....
I have noticed that other the years it seems the super bowl is becoming more and more so big in peoples lives that it kind of takes over. Hey I fall into that category as well. The point is I guess that sports unfortunately are sometimes becoming a God. I find it interesting how people would rather have a national holiday for a sporting event (which has been talked about more then once) then for Christ's birth (Christmas) or his Death (Good Friday and Easter... which I have never been able to have off in my lifetime). This seems to be moving in the wrong direction in my mind...
I find it ironic how Biblical teaching of "God's" throughout the new and even old testament has held true to this day. I (opinion here for just a sec) truly think and believe that this is not accident. It seems that sports figures (such as Farve, Manning, etc...and the list goes on and on) have become sometimes God symbols themselves. What a great position to be in to tell others about Christ but it seems this never happens. A position of influence and power is such a great honor but a lot of times it gets used for SELFISH reasons rather then looking at the bigger picture of others rather then as inward or self.
So whats your point [ADF]Grahame? Well its this... Don't let something take things or events take over your life to the point that you serve something. It can be anything (an object, a person, even an idea) ... but sports seems to be a big one and since its Super Bowl Sunday I thought it a great time say something. A lot of people across the country are going to church this morning and then right to the "big game." Isn't our focus suppose to be on Christ? Isn't that the reason that we go to church? Isn't that the reason we serve? Only the Lord Jesus Christ who is in our hearts should fill this role and nothing should be above our Lord. If he is not in our hearts there is a problem and if we are not focused on him even when its something as dumb as this there is no exemption.
I'm' not saying that the the Super Bowl is bad and watching it is bad... but if your life in any way revolves around it then changes are needed ASAP!
I myself have had this problem as well but as long as Christ is first and there is nothing else... I (opinion) think God can then be pleased in anything we do... because as long as he is first everything seems to fall into place and work.
However lets not have something like the Super Bowl get in the way of the one who came and saved us from ourselves. There is nothing we can say to justify that.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday. :)
-[ADF]Grahame
I have noticed that other the years it seems the super bowl is becoming more and more so big in peoples lives that it kind of takes over. Hey I fall into that category as well. The point is I guess that sports unfortunately are sometimes becoming a God. I find it interesting how people would rather have a national holiday for a sporting event (which has been talked about more then once) then for Christ's birth (Christmas) or his Death (Good Friday and Easter... which I have never been able to have off in my lifetime). This seems to be moving in the wrong direction in my mind...
I find it ironic how Biblical teaching of "God's" throughout the new and even old testament has held true to this day. I (opinion here for just a sec) truly think and believe that this is not accident. It seems that sports figures (such as Farve, Manning, etc...and the list goes on and on) have become sometimes God symbols themselves. What a great position to be in to tell others about Christ but it seems this never happens. A position of influence and power is such a great honor but a lot of times it gets used for SELFISH reasons rather then looking at the bigger picture of others rather then as inward or self.
So whats your point [ADF]Grahame? Well its this... Don't let something take things or events take over your life to the point that you serve something. It can be anything (an object, a person, even an idea) ... but sports seems to be a big one and since its Super Bowl Sunday I thought it a great time say something. A lot of people across the country are going to church this morning and then right to the "big game." Isn't our focus suppose to be on Christ? Isn't that the reason that we go to church? Isn't that the reason we serve? Only the Lord Jesus Christ who is in our hearts should fill this role and nothing should be above our Lord. If he is not in our hearts there is a problem and if we are not focused on him even when its something as dumb as this there is no exemption.
I'm' not saying that the the Super Bowl is bad and watching it is bad... but if your life in any way revolves around it then changes are needed ASAP!
I myself have had this problem as well but as long as Christ is first and there is nothing else... I (opinion) think God can then be pleased in anything we do... because as long as he is first everything seems to fall into place and work.
However lets not have something like the Super Bowl get in the way of the one who came and saved us from ourselves. There is nothing we can say to justify that.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday. :)
-[ADF]Grahame
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