Clearing my mind with a blog dump…
No edit…as I type..I will post.
I just got home from leading a few songs at Celebrate Recovery at my home church, this week has been one where I’ve yet again, bit off more than I can chew on my workload. I had actually forgotten that I was going to lead tonight. I am sooooooooo glad I remembered. God spoke to my heart tonight. It’s hard to write the correct words..but leading and worshiping with the folks who come to that group melts my heart every time. I see people who openly say “I’m jacked up and I’m ready to change…and I need help to do it” – No one is wearing their Sunday costume, they are truly coming as they are. It’s as real and honest as it can be… And when they sing out..you know God is pleased. Tonight after hearing them sing out…I was so blessed, I told them I felt with all my heart that God was smiling saying ‘Those are MY kids down there…don’t mess with MY kids”..and I said it in a joking way..but then it hit me with the full weight of what I felt God wanted me to know: NO ONE MESSES WITH MY KIDS.
God is great. Holy and beyond our comprehension. He calls us his children. When the enemy attacks. He’s got our backs. When his kids fight amongst each other…He shuts it down. He loves us. You love your kids? Of course you do! Now imagine a perfect love as God has. Pretty awesome ain’t it. Like ‘Father, forgive me right now” awesome!
I wish Sunday’s felt as free in worship as Celebrate Recovery. As a few know, when I sing, I’ll occasionally turn my song into a prayer. Tonight I did it a few times…and it felt so good to cry out to God and ask for his blessing on us. It was just me and a guitar so there wasn’t a band behind me trying to figure out where I was going..haha!
I told you I wouldn’t edit..so if this rambles..gimme some grace.
I’ve struggled lately with “church people” I’m not saying I struggle with Christians. I’m saying “Church People”..some who are saved and serving..but have allowed religion and legalism to speak into their ears. When they are upset, they don’t hit you with baseball bats, they use things that inflict more injury that that…they use words. A bruise can heal easily..but an unkind word goes a long way. I’ve heard a lot of unkind words lately and it sometimes makes me want to check out of the “church building”. I took a medical test recently that was pretty thourough and one of the ‘findings’ was that I have a hard time trusting others’. I have to be real, I think this is a fairly new development in my life…one that I think “church people” over the years have given me. But tonight, as I led, I was reminded when I saw the audience God had gathered that THIS was truly what it’s all about. Christ and HIS cause. A room of broken people begging God for help and depending on him to do it. That’s where I wanna’ be too! This afternoon, I was reading one of my client’s facebook wall and noticed an Islamic person had started a thread that “commanded the people of the book to bow to the one true god allah”..words you don’t hear very often in a midwest town of 2,500 people..but in major cities in the USA, these discussions are happening. I think the enemy wants us to argue over petty things to take our eyes off the main fight. Spiritual warfare where our enemy has mapped out a plan that would best anything the world’s best strategist could create. And Christian’s that war is against us! But as you might have heard…the enemy’s been defeated already! I’m ready to accept that and stop focusing on things that frankly aren’t that important. God can handle it and no one messes with His kids.
Alrighty..I have a TON of work to do this weekend. Next week, the deadlines come early..and I have to make ‘em happen. But one item is a new Church plant in Texas, I’m developing some social media tools for them through Integrity Music. They are doing a prayer walk, where they walk through the town praying for the community this weekend.I’m honored to be a part…even if my contributions are never noticed by anyone.
Thanks for putting up with me friends!
jamie
