the corners of my mind

knowing and knowing

when you go to a persons house for the first time, no matter how hospitable they are or how outgoing you are- you usually don't feel completely at home yet. you don't know your way around like you would your own house, and because of all the different variables you're probably a little withdrawn, careful or held back. you don't know them like you might a good friend.

in the same light, if you know God, you can enter His presence boldly. not hesitant, not withdrawn, not carefully plodding along. if you truly know God you can come bodly before Him. and if not, then you can only plod along- because without the knowledge of who He truly is you are lukewarm. and the lukewarm will be spewed out of His mouth.

i don't want that to be me... and i don't want that to be you. so decide now that you're going to know God- and press in until you do.

posted by Kevin @ 7:53 PM 2 comments

the little boy

today at work a mother walked in with her child in tow. immediately the first thing i heard out of her mouth was, "will you quit it? you're really driving me crazy today." she continued to yell at him and of course, the kid's response was not nice either. he was only about 10 years old.

as i thought about this, i knew that God's plan for life here on earth doesn't look like that. parents blame their kids, but it's really a poor job on the parents part and that's why the boy was having an attitude with such disrespect. it's a parents responsibility to discipline their children as they should, to train them in the things of the Lord, and keep them in check with their attitude. even a 1yr old knows what it is to be selfish- but it's by discipline that that spirit is broken and good fruit abounds.

i'm broken for that little boy because he has had a bad image to mirror- his mother is by no means the role model that he should be following after. so i continue to pray for this generation- that the Lord would really do a work and we would see many turn to the ways of the Lord.

posted by Kevin @ 11:12 PM 1 comments

grace

i was watching jocelyn and watching how she could be so carefree. so free from burdens, hurts, pains, weights of the world, stress. sometimes i wish i could go back and be like that again- carefree, burden-less. but it's then that i again realize that i am a child of God, and no matter what challenges i face in a day, what hurts are incurred, what weights are set on my shoulders......

i am more than a sparrow in God's eyes. and because of that I know i can continue through His grace. to see Your kingdom come, Lord.

posted by Kevin @ 12:54 PM 0 comments