Vacation

This freedom make me happy and yet I can't hold still,

I wish I could relax with these days I have,

I wish I could stare at nothing and think about nothing.

What's a vacation if you don't vacate your mind?

The next time I call a week off of work for no reason I'm going to get in my car and drive until I have to turn around. Who wants to go with me?

Questions

Why do you insist on badmouthing each other when we are all a part of the same thing, trying to make it to the same place, trying to serve under that exact same God? Why do you put each other down and try and put each other out of work when the work you are a part of is the work of god? Why do you discriminate? Why are you quick to judge? Why you completely ignore what the other side is trying to say when what they may have to say could possibly be right? What gives you the right to decide whether or not what someone else is saying is wrong? When will you understand that God's plan wasn't for you to bicker and disagree, but for you to love each other just as Jesus loves you? When will you learn that life isn't about building yourself up? Quit worrying about whether or not somebody else's theology is the same as yours. God said to love Him with all of your heart, soul, strength and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Are you truly doing that if your turning your congregation against someone else who is trying to bring people to the kingdom of God? You're bugging me.

Life Challenge

This life can mean nothing, it's cold, it's dark.

It takes more then a man to make it through,

and I am willing to stand up and be that man.

How short of a time we get here,

how big of a change we can make,

how strong of a life we can lead,

how hard of a road we can take.

Take the road less traveled,

and find a greater reward at the end.

This rush of cold air, swiftly flowing through me,

has brought the cold back into the light.

I'm a waste, ashamed of who I am today,

tossing and turning have become routine.

I need to be changed inside,

I long to be the man I'm called to be,

Don't hold my weaknesses against me,

Don't hold me back from the things I love.

What have I done to deserve your glory,

what have I done to receive this grace?

Then I cry out to the Lord most high,

Save me, oh God, make my heart pure!

Then I cry out to the God I love,

Heal this life, oh Lord, restore my soul once more!

Then I cry out to the Savior above,

Shine your light, oh God, I will not ignore

your presence your redeeming grace.

Shine your light, oh God, I will not ignore.

Your forgiveness overwhelms me,

I don't deserve this mercy,

but your love is strong like a mothers love.

There is hope in God.