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break free of the mindset of this world.

cast down the idols of this world.

not be content with the world as it is.

see the beauty within each soul.

 speak the words You speak.

 do the works You see done.

incterceed the breaking of chains on lives.

 not become content

desire soooo muuuchhh more

walk in the ways of righteousness

understand the words you speak to us

TRUElllly hear you voice

step out of our own expectations

purge ourselves of our own schedule

not be hindered by the spirits of this world

be encouraged by the grace and mercy You give us

walk as citizens of heaven

redound in praise and honor and glory at the name of Jesus Christ

be crazy- not caring if we lose anything on this earth

love out loud

and offensively.

Amen

i'm so glad i get to meet Johnny Cash one day.

"I, as a believer that Jesus of Nazareth, a Jew, the Christ of the Greeks, was Anotinted One

of God (born of the seed of David, upon faith as Abraham had faith, and it was accounted to him for righteousness), am grafted onto the true vine, and am one of the heirs of God's covenant with Isreal"

"What?"

"I'm a Christian," I said. "Don't put me in another box."

[Johhny Cash and an outsider]

via Man In White

what's the deal world?

what's up with your ideals?

what's up with your ways?

i'm kinda pretty, fully almost ready to target it,

down right sick of the crap that the world spews.

i'm so glad that i have victory. i'm so sad that

others are full of Irony:

    The use of words to convey a meaning that

  is opposite of it's literal meaning.

by a grace much larger then i can ever imagine

i hope that i can convey a heart that is trying to

as offensively as possible show love.

stare into the eyes of a man and you surely will see the pride inside

stare into the eyes of a woman and you surely will see the pride inside

stare into their eyes hard enough and you will eventually see the life inside

all of creation groans for the sons of man to be revealed

Romans 8:19

be free

I'm glad to know love.

To feel the presence of love sitting by my side.

I want so desperately to know who I am. To spew out the words that are given to me, to behold the glory that is been placed upon me. So often I feel shame in being who I am, but when I'm alone, in the space between my eye's and eyelids I feel so free. Every tear that creeps out, may they show the reflection of what is going on inside, may they release and set free the captive one that has been harboring. The one Holy in being, precious in presence, gentle in his abiding yolk, may He be revealed, may He be allowed to speak, may He move the mountains.
May He stain the aged, worn, becoming, beloved, undeserving folk from youth to worn. May He be allowed in the space between your eye's and eyelids. Don't be afraid to blink. For there is no amount of darkness that can overcome the light.

I'm so glad to know Love.
May I know it more.
You too.

My seventy-six year old roomate- formed from a quote via Beth herself

Her name is Beth.

She prefers me to call her my, "lifepartner".... but not in those kinda connotations, "I'll be your partner in Christ... not crime, but Christ!"

"Brooke! remind me never agian to go to that Chinese!"

These are all things she has JUST said to me...

This is who I get to live with. Wide smile, big eyes, craazzy hair. I love her.

Why is she seventy-six years old? (you may ask)

"Because I like the idea of being on a potch in an old rocking chair, screaming at the birds and children"- Beth (in love.. all old people scream, they can't hear well enough)- my own addition

Then she has random revelations on actually being seventy-six and how I will be bringing her prune cookies to prevent the intestinal difficulties that comes with old age.

So really, I just couldn't think of anything to blog about....I mean if Beth wasn't here yacking, in her truely lovely yackin' abilites that I am constantly being blessed by, I may have been able to find something to deeply speak about.

Yup, I thought that I would actually try to post something once a month since I started and I seriously used to be a legit writer- I suppose if it's meant to reveal itself again it will, in time and in God's glorious will.

Well, Beth is littlerally bug zappin' me via noises to pull me out of the computer.

OOOOFFFF to the old fart land I go.

Until next time,
I'm Mr. Rodgers...
Goodnight.

Everyday I realize how unique each one of us truely is
and how important it is to honor each ones uniqueness.

When honor is omitted, problems occur:

1) The person who is not being honored is not going to feel
confident to be who God made them to be.

2) The person who is not honoring is also going to have a really
hard time finding out who they are in Christ.

Main point: God is being put out by our inability to be comfortable with our
gifted bro's and sis's.

1 Peter 2:16-17
"Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear Good. Honor the emperor."

I heard in a teaching that the emperor Peter is choosing to honor here, is the one who killed him.

Blessed are the poor, Blessed are those who mourn, Blessed are the meek, Blessed are those who hunger and thrist for righteousness, blessed are the merciful, Blessed are the pure in heart, Belssed are the peacemakers, Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil agains you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecutes the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:3-13 "The Beatitudes."

Check your beatitudes.
Become selfless for His sake.

are you listening?

Remember those days when you just
can't
seem
to
hear
what anyone is saying, people start chuckling... your brain starts listening less. Good, because your experience(s) can help you understand a revelation I had today at work.

I think I was probably one of those days where I am just lost in my mind, trying to connect the dots to an end. Well, near the end of the work day I had yet another, "what did you just say?" moment. This one happened to really catch my attention as I was scrubbing a few dishes and realized I thought I heard one of my coworkers say, "this takes four arms to do." Now oddly enough I have had many a "ahhh" moments at the deli sink and here was another.
In my brain, as I was asking my coworker what she had just said, God began shouting...

"are you listening?!".
I stoped and let Him speak.

I realized, as I actually have for awhile now, but more clearly today that I wasn't, that in trying to find out what I was to do with my summer, my future, my tomorrow and next wednesday... I wasn't listening too well. God speaks. The world... well, the world doesn't speak as gently as Him.

Pause.

It's crazy how simple the things that are being spoken to us are, once we truely listen.