Day two. . .

I was talking to a friend of mine today about how to truely love people. We discussed about how to share the truth in love with the people that are in our lives. For me it has been a challenge to love people in truth. Meaning, I have the capcity to love people but when it comes to speking up and speaking out about things that they are doing that are hurtful to themselves and to others I get lost. I think that it is more a fear of not wanting to stir the waters and not change the dynamic of our relationship. All that to say I have been wondering about whether it is more loving to not speak up or is it more loving to help them. This is whats running through my mind right now.

The Resurection of this Blog. . .

I had forgotten that this thing even existed. Its been close to two years since the last time I posted. So much has changed since then. Ive been through so much in the last three years that I am actually amazed that I am still standing. I credit that to the fact that God is merciful and though I didn’t know it He was there the whole time. You see, the last two years have been hard in a lot of ways. Im not going to go into all of that but to say this, I have been in this weird place where I feel like things are changing all around me and stuck in the middle.  But with the bad comes the good. I can honestly say that I am more of a man today than I was two years ago. I can also attest to the fact that its not just by sheer dumb luck things happen. I’m realizing more and more that everything happens for a reason. Like scripture says “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. . .(Eccles 3:1)” In realizing all of this I have come to know that I am and have been in a period of transition, in a lot of ways, from boyhood to manhood. I did not have concrete beliefs before, but now I am starting to. Immutable things such as the sovereignty of God, the Love of the Father, and the utmost necessity of the Holy Spirit, and all this wrapped up in the person-hood of Jesus Christ. Wow that was a really liberating statement to make. I am also glad to say that I am learning what it is to really find joy. You could say that I’m learning to laugh. If you know my past, then you know this is a major thing. I think that this is funny because its like of this started to sprout with spring time. This winter really did feel like a death of sorts, but now I feel life returning to these dry bones. The future is bright, and hope in Christ is real, and more than that it is the only real thing. All else can pass away, but the Love of God and the hope of Christ remains. I think that is a fitting place to end for now. To those that read this thank you and good day.

Derick

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Learning to surf. . .

because there are big waves coming!

For a long time now I have felt like the Lord was holding back some thing big. I felt like it would be a wave of His presence that we would not be able to with stand. It would be something that no man could fake and that no emotional outburst could replicate. It seems like it is a gigantic in pouring (if I can use that term) of His Spirit. Acts 2:17 states the in the last days God is going to pour out His spirit on all flesh. I believe that since that statement was God has been pouring it out in measure. There will come a time when He will pour it out with out measure. I believe that the high watermark is being raised in this season. The Lord is really begining to reveal peoples destiny and callings. He is calling people to a new level of maturity. He is raising up a bride that does not have eyes for any other lover than Him. It is a time to focus in on Him in a new and more concerted way. I feel in side like it is time to wake up and to realize that the Lord is for us and that He likes us. Isaiah 60:1 states “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.” then verse 2 talks about deep darkness covering the earth but the Lord will shine on you. I believe that we are in the beginings of this. This is some of whats been stiring around inside of me. I am still processing it all. I do know this though, that we need to do our best to prepare for the things that are coming. By this I mean start looking towards Him more and more.
I leave you with Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Derick.

Simple Thoughts. . .

of unending beauty.

As of late I find in myself this irresistable thought of the divine. I find myself wondering about the things that astonished men and women of old and those things that astonish us today. Are they the same? Do we marvel at things that are in fact not all that marvelous? I think that we do, at least I should say I do. I mean i can watch a new movie and if they do a good job with special effects I sit there in awe and will probably talk about for a week. But then it fades and I look for the next extravagant thing. I find within myslef though a lack, a void that is not filled, an insatiable desire to be dumbfounded. As of yet there have only been a handful or less of times that this has been the case. I read Ezekiel 1-3 and stop at 3:11 and say to myself I want that. What would it look like to be so awestruck with the God that you couldnt talk for 7 days. I think that this in part will be the journey that this webcast shall endeavor to embark on.

Derick