Or, perhaps the better title would be "Heads Up"?
Either way I thought I would let you all know that here in the near future I will have designed a new layout for this blog. That's right, I will be changing everything. I do like the theme I am using now, but I know that a ton of people are probably using it as well.
I am currently teaching myself everything there is to know about web design and development. From the front-end: HTML, CSS, etc. To the back-end development: PHP, MySQL, etc. It's tough at times, but I push myself everyday to learn everything I possibly can.
Now, I know for this blog to change all I really need to know is CSS, but I am going to learn the rest anyway. For the simple fact that I plan on possibly making a career out of web design and/or development.
So, will all this being said, stay tuned and be on the lookout for the change :)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Thorn In My Flesh
I was listening to a song that I cannot remember the name of at this time, but it mentioned 2 Corinthians 12. So, I stopped listening to the song and read it. What struck me hard was the part about Paul's thorn in his flesh (v.7) and how he pleaded with the Lord about it, that it should leave him (v.8).
The reason that struck me so hard is the fact that I am schizophrenic and on medication. Yet, even with the medication life can be real tough. I have prayed for healing and that it be taken from me, but I think the Lord is trying to tell me what he told Paul in verse 9:
I love what Paul has to say in the rest of verse 9 thru verse 10:
The reason that struck me so hard is the fact that I am schizophrenic and on medication. Yet, even with the medication life can be real tough. I have prayed for healing and that it be taken from me, but I think the Lord is trying to tell me what he told Paul in verse 9:
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
I love what Paul has to say in the rest of verse 9 thru verse 10:
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Saul to Paul Transformation
On Feb. 1, 2011 I had a very vivid dream:
I was at a McDonalds and this guy was talking about me rather rudely. I said some words to him about talking about me and asked why he had such a problem with me. To which he replied, you're fat and lazy while prancing around like a crazy man. I said to him that he was dancing around like a queer. He said to me these words, AT LEAST WE HAVE JESUS. I became angry and said why do you have to bring Jesus in to this? I started to speak very harshly and whatnot and wanted to fight him.
Then the dream changed to me being this guy walking out of McDonalds and got into a fight with another person and the guy shot me in the head.
Then I was being thrown down this road being tossed around and bruised and bloodied. I was then at this place in a valley surrounded by mountains and I shouted out that I will climb these mountains and reach God and shout out praises to Him.
I was then moving very fast down a busy street and these word were given to me, SLOW DOWN, STAY WITHIN YOUR MEANS, AND ALWAYS LOVE JESUS.
Which at the end of all that I was sobbing and I thus, through all the tears, finally and truly gave my life to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The interpretation:
At the beginning of the dream I felt I was being persecuted and retaliated very harshly to the man in my dream. When the man spoke the words, AT LEAST WE HAVE JESUS, I was angry that the guy had mentioned Jesus in the conversation because at this time in my life when I had this dream I was not following the Lord's ways and rebelling. My anger at the man in the dream symbolized me persecuting Jesus. That thought ROCKED me like you wouldn't believe.
Now the guy(me) walking out of McDonalds and fighting another man was me fighting with my old self and the result of me being shot was me dying to my old self. Which ties into the end of the dream when I give my life to Christ.
The road I was being thrown down and tossed around getting bruised and bloodied was narrow. This symbolized the narrow gate and the way Jesus spoke about in Matthew 7:13-14
He was showing me that my life isn't going to be easy and I'm going to get bruised and bloodied along the way.
But, as the next part of the dream shows, me being in the valley struggling, I climb the mountians to the top and shout praises to the Lord. Now, we shouldn't just shout out praises at the mountain tops. We should be shouting praises all the time.
The rest of the dream is pretty self explanitory.
Sidewalk Prophets, The Words I would Say:
I was at a McDonalds and this guy was talking about me rather rudely. I said some words to him about talking about me and asked why he had such a problem with me. To which he replied, you're fat and lazy while prancing around like a crazy man. I said to him that he was dancing around like a queer. He said to me these words, AT LEAST WE HAVE JESUS. I became angry and said why do you have to bring Jesus in to this? I started to speak very harshly and whatnot and wanted to fight him.
Then the dream changed to me being this guy walking out of McDonalds and got into a fight with another person and the guy shot me in the head.
Then I was being thrown down this road being tossed around and bruised and bloodied. I was then at this place in a valley surrounded by mountains and I shouted out that I will climb these mountains and reach God and shout out praises to Him.
I was then moving very fast down a busy street and these word were given to me, SLOW DOWN, STAY WITHIN YOUR MEANS, AND ALWAYS LOVE JESUS.
Which at the end of all that I was sobbing and I thus, through all the tears, finally and truly gave my life to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The interpretation:
At the beginning of the dream I felt I was being persecuted and retaliated very harshly to the man in my dream. When the man spoke the words, AT LEAST WE HAVE JESUS, I was angry that the guy had mentioned Jesus in the conversation because at this time in my life when I had this dream I was not following the Lord's ways and rebelling. My anger at the man in the dream symbolized me persecuting Jesus. That thought ROCKED me like you wouldn't believe.
Now the guy(me) walking out of McDonalds and fighting another man was me fighting with my old self and the result of me being shot was me dying to my old self. Which ties into the end of the dream when I give my life to Christ.
The road I was being thrown down and tossed around getting bruised and bloodied was narrow. This symbolized the narrow gate and the way Jesus spoke about in Matthew 7:13-14
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
He was showing me that my life isn't going to be easy and I'm going to get bruised and bloodied along the way.
But, as the next part of the dream shows, me being in the valley struggling, I climb the mountians to the top and shout praises to the Lord. Now, we shouldn't just shout out praises at the mountain tops. We should be shouting praises all the time.
The rest of the dream is pretty self explanitory.
Sidewalk Prophets, The Words I would Say:
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