God Loves all his children and He raises those thrown out by Society

Some people look down and exclude people with disabilities, Ive seen it recently. Well let me tell you when I worked these wonderful individuals they where some of the most wonderful, kind, and loving individuals I ever met. These people also taught me a lot about God and how great God is. No matter what their condition they stayed strong in the Lord, truly they are as much children of the Living God as you and I are. Jesus is always raises those who have been outcast by society, and raises them. The lowest on this earth will be the highest in Heaven above. These people taught me a lot about life and about God, truly amazing people leading amazing life's of encouragement, hope, and love. I once got a card once from one that I still own and cherish today that says God loves you and me. It was great, truly these are children of God.

Finding what God has called you to?

Everyone has a calling in life and one of the biggest missions in life is to find out what that calling is and to honor that call. For the longest time I thought I wanted to MD and then I realized that wasn't what God called me to. Now Im doing architecture and spreading the Good News of the coming Kingdom of God to all those who wish to hear. Sometimes these callings lead you to places you never thought of or dreamed where possible. In order to figure out who you are and meant to be is to ask God that question and wait for his answer so you can use it to serve him and to help people around the world. People think they need a lot of... money and to get paid for these things. That isn't what makes some successful in their life or from God's eyes. What one needs to do is look at their life from heaven's eyes as people's value aren't measured in money. You are here to fulfill what God has called you to do, I love and put God first, teach about him on a blog, and tell all those who wish to hear about him and am happier than ever (some day I hope to go to seminary and perhaps be ordained), so life isn't about money. Go on and find that calling, you'll never be happy till you find it

Magi-why does everyone always assume their is three of them?

Im not really sure why everyone assumes their where three magi, lets look at Mathew 2: 1-8 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, ² “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”  King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem. ⁴ He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”  “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this is what the prophet wrote: ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,are not least among the ruling cities of Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel. Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared. ⁸ Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!

We always see the seen the baby Christ is in the manger and three magi (well their is some rebellion to that now, but most people still want to see even if they don't follow our Lord). Also what is meant by the nativity seen, it the birth seen and comes from Latin. We see Jesus's conception in Luke 1: 26 it was announced 6 months into Elizabeth's conception with John the Baptist. Jesus was born slightly before the death of Harrod (the King at the time).

"The Magi also referred to as the three Wiseman where a group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh." (From Wikipedia).  I suspect they had some sort of government role as we get the modern word magistrate. Three Wiseman, they came with a large army. They may have been three at the top of chain, or their could be a lot more than three. The followed a star to the newborn baby Jesus due to the prophecy in Isaiah. They arrive shortly after the birth of the savior of the world and give the baby Jesus  gold, frankincense and myrrh. Despite the criticism of the day Christmas is on, it is believed that they discovered him on December 25th.

Love Covers a Multitude of Sins

The bible (God's Word) says love covers a multitude of sins, but what does that actually mean ( 1 Peter 4:8)? According to Webster dictionary cover means:  to hide from sight or knowledge.

Now here is the scripture to go with it  Genesis 9 After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard. ²¹ One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent. ²² Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers. ²³ Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked. ²⁴ When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had do ²⁵ Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham: “May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.” ²⁶ Then Noah said, “May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant! ²⁷ May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,  and may Canaan be his servant.”

Talk about God not shying away from the situation, it is very graphic in this instant. I can just see what he is saying now to his two brothers: Haha Dad is in their drunk and naked hahaha, you wont believe it you  got to come see it for yourselves. This is the important part: the two sons that covered their father were each individually blessed, while Ham was cursed. That is a strong indication we must not overlook.

God blesses the no gossipers, those who are not out to destroy other lives out of sick satisfaction. I've seen people who have went through a lot because a simple situation that could have been handled has turned into a big mess because of the intentions of others to hurt that individual. It literally makes me sick.

We really do have a perverted kick out of telling stuff, I mean how many can remember these situations: You wont believe, can you believe it, Huh I cant believe it, You are not going to believe this. What makes this worse is like the telephone game every time someone else tells it their is something added to it, by the time it gets through about 10 people you got a whole new story far worse than the first. We need to not expose them to others for their mistakes but pray for them and talk to them one on one.
                                                Love covers a multitude of sins!

Matthew 18:25  "If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.

In this passage we are told how to handle conflict and what is being said basically after that verse that only if he doesn't listen go to two others, three others, and then finally before the whole church. But in most situations it should only be between you and that others person, as that is all that is usually needed! Most of the time though people gossip and go to others instead of going directly to that individual. I wonder how much pain and trouble could be avoided if we would just go to the person and say you know this is bugging me and I know the devil is making this a bigger deal than it needs to be, so I would just like to talk to you about it.

This isn't about condemnation, their is no condemnation for those in Christ but so we are better able to live and enjoy the life Jesus planned for us.  God bless!

Stand with Christ in age of Radical and Extreme Secularism

In the modern age extreme secularism has become quite popular and its proponents A.C. Grayling, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawkings, Stephen Hitchens, and others have made quite a bit of a stir (and know doubt profit) off of it. We live in a period know as the end times (the time after Jesus's resurrection) and this particular period is a very odd time! Sadly their are some very shrill and I think this is due to the perceived version of some modern Christianity which doesn't go into the deeper exploration of Scripture and teachings and doesn't go deep into the teachings of our Lord. Their is a sense among these famous atheist's and or secularist who basically bought into the myth that Christianity would have died 30-50 years ago and are now saying man we need to try and make this happen.

First off Christianity has survived 2000yrs for one simple reason it is the truth and life transforming. Because a certain group of Christians are violent and seem to have more political than spiritual agenda's the finger has been pointed at Christians and they say it ruins society, they do bad things, they are bad for your health, and they are capable of incredible violence, better to get rid of and eradicate them now before its to late. Personally. A lot of these Secularists and extreme atheist use misdirection, untrue statements, and misguided and twisted facts to meet their ends!

My question is which God are they concerned with: the God of genuine Christianity or is the God of the rather water downed modern western Christianity that exist in many places today! The Good News is if we were being ineffective followers of Christ nobody would launch this kind of attack, it is actually because we are making waves that these attacks have been fired at us. Interestingly enough I say let them come we have nothing to be ashamed of,  we have the truth of the Good News. If our God is for us, who can stand against!

So let us change the world through the Good News, the love of Christ, and be a light unto the world! While we are being pressured to be quite and sit in a corner we will not be silenced, because the Love of God is more powerful. Christianity is a public profession of trust in the risen Lord, their is no good in being a Sunday only Christian and we must tell others about the reason of the hope within us. Also Christianity has made a enormous difference in the world as the first schools, hospitals, universities, and many other things came from Christian churches. Lets go back even to Pagan Rome before Christian influence: 40 percent were slaves, men and women fought one another to the death in the Colosseum, women had no rights, and the regular practice of fantasied

. I fervently believe in Christ and Christianity with all my heart, my soul, and strength-so I stand by God and will do so for eternity!

Worry is the opposite of Faith, Trust God!

You know what I was thinking I am somebody who worries to much about the little things in life. Worry begins with a thought while faith is just the opposite. Faith starts in our hearts and is the gift of God, it is released through trust in God. We can either go on worry and sweating about the little things in life and worry and get anxious, or we can chose to trust him and having loving trusting ...thoughts and think about his promises. Worry enters our lives through our thoughts and doesn't God tell us not to lean our own understanding, as well as cast our burdens on him because he loves us and is willing and able to bear our burdens. Worry sees the problem but faith and trust sees the God that can handle the problem!