It is my prayer that I would not run FROM evil as much as I run TO Christ.
-CC Jesse Martin

The true artist is not taught HOW to create, he is taught WHY he created.
-CC Jesse Martin

The name of the Lord, Is like a strong tower....
-To God be the glory

Glory In the Spin------- Tonight I found myself thinking once more on how badly I wish there was a solution to the world's problems. Have anyone ever looked around and though, "Is there some way to fix these problems?" When we look around ourselves, it's very obvious that world has some very big problems (hunger, poverty, imorality....to name a few.) I often find myself wishing there was some study I could devote my life to, some goal I could work for, some man based effort that I could do, to restore the world. As we watch the news and the enviromental signs around us, the world is slowly "slipping from our fingers" and is falling away to destruction, and I have found myself wishing that I could somehow prevent it's demise. Often I have wished I could help the people that need help. But I cannot. The Bible PROMISES us that the world is getting worse and worse, and that it WILL ultimately be destroyed. We are ultimately helpless in doing anything that will make the world get better, we are failures in this regard. However, this is where my sole encouraging thought comes from. Christ will derive glory from this! My sheer nature is to protect and try to right wrongs, but that is a completely man based desire, satisfying my own selfishness of my desire to see the world be a better place for my future and the future of any generations that might come from me. If I had the ability to solve these problems, then what glory would be given to me? I would be CAPABLE, and Christ would not be the only one to wield that power. And this is where the encouragement comes in. Christ alone can solve the world's problems, and he will, for his glory alone. Christ can use our inablities to maintain this world we have been given, and are own weakness to show how amazing he truly is. It is hard to turn a "blind eye" of sorts to the problems we see around us, and the people digging faster and faster for hell, but Christ will draw glory from this downward SPIN we find ourselves in. We are completely unable to pull the plane of life out of the nose dive we've fallen into the moment we delcared the ("pilot" is dead) (Nietzsche.) Christ will recieve all the glory as the sole saviour of the world, of those whom he has chosen. As I look around at all the problems around me, I can escape the gloom and the despair of the problems in life, by realizing that it is for God's glory, and that he will work all things togather for good. That is my sole refuge from the despair I see around me.------- I would like to briefly add that, by no means, am I saying there is no use getting involved in community outreach programs, feeding the poor and other such acts of public service, I am just saying that to try and fix the problem in our own strength is futile, and we can draw encouragement from it, that God will recieve the glory ultimately.
-To God be the glory

After a long absence, I am here once again to relay my thoughts to you all. Why you all read these, I do not know, I barely read them myself, though I think I ought to read them more often. None the less, here is the "up to date" blog from NEWECHO. I apologize for the somewhat gloomy overtones this carries, but the heart of the matter is one of great encouragement to myself....
-To God be the glory