My life of late.

"Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator."                Colossians 3:5-10

The way of life described in this passage (along with many others in Paul's letters) is impossible. Well, at least on your own. In Christ I can do all things.

I am constantly praying to God to help me "put to death" the things listed in this passage of scripture. I am not good at it. I'm constantly sinning and the guilt is something that is burdening. Some people will read this and think that it is ridiculous, that the Bible is fallacy, it can't be trusted, and that faith in God is pointless. Some will read it and say the same thing I did. The former won't understand it most likely cause they don't have the Holy Spirit living in them, without that, the bible is just another book. What the Spirit of God has taught me though is that I, along with the entire human race, am looking for something to satisfy. I say I love God with all of my heart, mind and soul, yet I continue to choose to lust, which can cause all sorts of other problems such as pride and anger and jealousy. Why do I do this!? It's cause I can not fully comprehend the love of Christ, and am not satisfied by it. Am I willing to really give up my 'sinful' desires, to be filled with the desires of Christ? If not, then I need to pray to God to make me willing! And then pray for my desires of sin to be uprooted and replaced with desires of Christ! Alas! (ya, i just used that word!) sin never leaves me though, for I am NOT in any way perfect. But this is also where the Spirit of God comes in. If, you are indeed a "christian" and have received the Holy Spirit into your life, then one of the "fruits" that your life will bear is Self-Control.

"But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him." 1 Thessolonians 5:8-10

Paul even commands the Thessolonians to be self-controlled! I come to this conclusion. I walk in the everlasting Grace and Mercy of my Maker and King. His love for me is so great and powerful that I will never understand it, but I do receive it! I allow that love of Christ to transform my thinking, so that when temptation to Lust, or be angry or jealous comes, I realize it and act against it, in the opposite spirit! If I get angry at someone, I act kindly towards them, if I am jealous of someone, I humble myself and allow them to get the glory. I try and life my life in a way that in everything I do I glorify Christ because He deserves all honor and glory!

I could go on and on and on about this subject, but this is a blog, so i'm keeping it short!

"I can do everything through him who gives me strength."  Philippians 4:13

Aaron.

Politics!

So, my friends and I were all watching the election together when we saw that Martha Coakley conceded and Scott Brown won the senate election! We all started going crazy because this is an amazing feat for republicans, and no doubt the work of God, and we decided to go downtown, find where Senator Brown would be giving his speech and attend it! So we had no clue where it was, and we had heard something about the Sheraton, so we went there. Walking in, you could already feel the mood of the place: depressed, bitter and angry. In front of us stood a Martha Coakley poster! We accidentally went to Martha Coakley's convention place!! We all started laughing really hard because we had been obnoxious all night, yelling "Scott Brown, Scott Brown!". Turning to leave, I look up and see none other than Senator John Kerry walking through a door behind me, heading to his car! He was on crutches and there were like 6 guards around him, and I managed to get a pretty classic horrible-quality picture with the camera on my phone! As his car was pulling away, my friend Jer, who had already abandoned any sort of sanity, ran after his car yelling "Go Scott Brown, oh yeah!!" It was hilarious! Then, walking back to our car, we ran into the only other Brown-enthusiast we had seen on the streets all night, and he happily directed us to the place where the speech was being held. After 10 minutes of driving and walking, destroying our vocal chords by yelling the whole way too, we arrived at the 4 Seasons Hotel and saw our New Senator Brown give his acceptance speech. It was awesome. We we the most under-dressed people there no doubt, and also the most sober! It was a great time. I cannot say enough how happy and ecstatic I am that this state of MA, one of the most, if not the most, liberal state in our nation, has just elected a Republican Senator! My heart is over-joyed by the millions of lives of unborn children that will be saved as a result of this. Praise God!

that's all folks!

Reeves

Missions exist because worship doesn't.

So I'm reading "Let the nations be glad" by John Piper. It's blowing my mind. I've read maybe like 20 pages, so I can't really talk that much about it yet (mostly cause it was late when I was reading it and I'm having a hard time remember some stuff). But, from what I do remember, it's challenging me and it's wonderful! I love his emphasis on how our the ultimate "end" is worship. To glorify God. So therefore, missions exist, because Worship does not. One of our goals as Christians is to lead people into the Love-relationship with God and to give glory to Him in all that we do. To worship Him! So ya, that's a little taste of the book. I hope I portrayed it correctly so far...haha.

So I just dyed my hair black and teal. It's so awesome, I must say.

Koreans are awesome. And i love Jesus. He's captivated my heart and continues to have mercy on my sinful self, which astounds me.

and that's the update.

aaron