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Brian’s musings…
This Sunday I will have the day off. (Ken Ferguson will be preaching on Ignition Sunday @ Pineview, go youth team!) I am really really looking forward to it. It’s time to dream, pray, spend time with family (although Krista ended up working on New Year’s as a trade-off to Christmas, oh well) and read.
I may also buy an electric guitar. My good pal Caleb Delamont has thrown some solid advice my way.
There were a couple of highlights for me for Christmas 2009:
1) The Christmas series “Giving Great Gifts” was very rewarding. To pardon the pun, it was a gift to me to see people making changes in their lives and being inspired by the series. God gave us all some great gifts, and allows us to share them others! You can hear the series at Pineview Community Church’s website or from iTunes.
2) Krista played a very tough set of music for our Christmas Eve service. She worked her butt off and really nailed it. It was really difficult and she did a stellar job. On a similar but completely unrelated note, it was really quite inspiring to see all those candles held high with the lights off.
3) A thirst for God. These past few weeks of asking the question “What gift can I give to someone in light of what God has given to me?” has really made me reflect on what God has given us. Immanuel, God with us! He wanted me to know Him like He knows me and so Jesus was born. What a gift.
Ok, well that’s more than a couple of things. I can do that, it’s our blog! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
My pal Kevin Baker (** SHAMELESS PLUG** – His CD makes an awesome Christmas gift!!! Go buy it today at http://www.CDBaby.com) was recently musing (which is what artists do) and came up with the following thoughts:
Something that makes you go….hmmmmmmmmmm (Today at 9:08am)
As I drove into work today….God spoke something very clear to me….
Something that I need to write into a sermon message actually…but it goes something like this….
It’s all based out of my wants and needs and things that I’m personally going through or going through with my family….when I say things like… “why God is our life the way it is…why aren’t things going the way I think they should be going…blah blah blah…I could go on…..etc.”
When I was saying these words….I heard….”Come to me and pray about it”…..and I responded “I am”…”I do”….then I heard… “REALLY?…..because it all sounds like whining and complaining to me”
I stopped and thought about it for a moment….how often do we say that we’re “Praying about it”….but in reality we’re not….we’re just spouting, pouting, whining, complaining, living out of a heart of bitterness and frustration….etc……an
d yes…God hears it….but I don’t think he truly honors it….
His word doesn’t say….”Whine and complain about all things to me and I will give you the desires of your heart”….it says….”DELIGHT yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart”- Psalm 37:4
Phillipians 4:6 says this (NIV) “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
I could continue to write more…but then it would turn into a sermon…but that’s the point that God spoke to me…VERY CLEARLY….something to chew on for all of us I think!
So…do you Pray or Complain?
Excellent question!!!
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Friday night we got hit with the first real storm of the winter weather season – our area of NY got nailed with freezing rain and an ice storm that left many trees down and many people without power. we are fortunate to still have power, especially given the large number of old trees in our neighborhood. on our property, three pine trees lost fairly large sections from the top, and one silver maple at the back of our property is pretty much gone. no damage to anything other than the trees though, so we are thankful. below you can see some pictures from our yard, taken this afternoon. click on them to see a larger version in my Picasa albums.
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