It's been quite a while since I've written last, but I've felt a pretty big pull to write some new stuffs here. I am constantly thinking of new analogies and ways of expressing my love for Jesus or something else. Here is just another way to look at God and his "Good"ness
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As defined on Dictionary.com:
"Good" - 32. Full.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/good
"Full" - 2. complete; entire; maximum.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/full
"Complete" - having all the required or customary characteristics, skills, or the like; consummate; perfect in kind or quality.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/complete
"Perfect" - 2. excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement.
3. exactly fitting the need in a certain situation or for a certain purpose.
4. entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perfect
I don't want to offend anyone by saying "Typical Christians", but to say "everyone" or "only some" would be misleading, so I will stick with "Typical Christians".
Us, "Typical Christians," say things like: "God is Amazing," "He is Awesome," "His Love is Sufficient," "God is Good, all the time."
Well, I like the last one best, because the statement "God is Good," is stating so much more than what I think most of us realize. It is not stating, "Ya, God is alright, he could be better, but he's doing an okay job."
The English language has words such as "great," "awesome," and "fantastic." Now, don't get me wrong, these words are all amazing words for describing Jesus and all his awesome-ness. What I want to get across is how "Good" God really is. He doesn't need these other words to describe him. God is in every sense of the word, "Good." He is perfect in every situation, every event, reaction, motive, discipline, blessing, interaction, anything you can possibly think of.
Imagine yourself in this situation:
You are in a parking lot, driving down an isle, looking for a parking spot. Someone backs up without looking and smashes the rear end of their car into the front end of your car.
How would you react? Would your reaction be perfect to the given situation? Would you have the perfect amount of love, respect, sadness, frustration, etc? What if the other person reacts so irrationally that the police need to apprehend that person, how would you react then?
What I am trying to get at is this: God is perfect in every scenario ever thought of...ever.
One of my pastor's or bible study leaders (I can't remember right now) said something like this: "If God needed a solution to a problem, how many solution's would he need?"
The answer is One, Jesus.
God fixed a problem with one solution. The problem was a relationship with Humanity. Sin was corrupting the ability for humanity to have a relationship with God due to our inability to avoid it. There was only one possible way for humans to be "Worthy" enough to know God. On our own account, humans are not worthy, but only through Jesus we are able to have a relationship with God. God's only needed solution was his son.
God is Good, all the time, in every situation, no matter what. He can't be anything else, he won't be anything else, he doesn't need to be anything else because he is "Good," in every sense of the word. Think about it.
I love you and so does Jesus!
Cam
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Key to life
So, it's been a while since I've blogged last, and I have at least one thousand +1 things to blog about. I would like feedback on what everyone believes for this blog and any others. So yes, let me know. Here we go!
At 23 years old, I believe I have found what people call the "purpose/key" to life. On one of my FaceBook status' a while back I put this
" The MOST IMPORTANT thing you will ever do with your life is your relationships. First, your relationship with God through Jesus. Second, your relationships with anyone that is in your path. EVERYTHING else is merely a tool at our disposal to strengthen those relationships."
I would like to break this down a little more.
The time we spend on earth is infinitesimal compared to eternity.
|--------------------------------Earth----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-Our Lives-|
|------------------------------------------------Eternity-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
When we die, we don't take anything with us. Our bodies are left in the ground, and our possessions are left to those in our will (when possible). Our spirits are "transported" to Heaven to live with "I AM".
What do we leave behind?
Our previous possessions, but most importantly, our impact on others, that is all.
What does this mean?
It means that our focuses in life shouldn't be on how many possessions we can collect, or to have the nicest looking car, etc etc. blah blah blah. Our focus shouldn't be on what we have, but who we are to others.
Now, does that mean we shouldn't have any cars, houses, toys?
No, we ARE aloud to have nice things to live comfortably by, we don't need to go into excess with them though. Think about how many families we could feed with the price of a BMW 7 series (Roughly $100,000).
Having these "nice" things shouldn't be our focus, but we can use these things to strengthen our relationships.
Do you have a stable car? Oh you say a friend needs a ride? Well, why not provide one for him?
You have a super sweet nice house and an extra room? This ex-coworker just lost his job, well why not help him out?
Our possessions should be used as tools to help those around us. If you don't have much, I am sure you have a particular set of skills that come in handy at some point. Why not use them for the better good of human kind?
Now to understand our position within a loving relationship, we must first understand what a loving relationship is.
Our relationship with Jesus is nothing, but a loving relationship. For a lot of people in the world, it is a one-way love-relationship, Jesus loves them, yet they do not acknowledge his presence. For us others, it is a two way relationship, yet we fail at times and aren't able to give "all" of our love to Jesus because we don't understand how to.
Jesus died for us when we were still sinners. His love for us has been "ever-present" since the beginning of time. We know how to love others because of his love for us.
What is love?
Dictionary.com defines love as: 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
Those are nice and all, but I define love as:
Continually doing what is better for that person.
If you truly love someone, you will always try to do what is better for that person. It may hurt you, it may even hurt them at times, but if it is for the betterment of their life, you will do it.
With that in mind, Jesus loves us so that we know and understand how to love others. At the same time, if we love Jesus, we will do what is better for Jesus.
What is better for Jesus?
To help bring more people to love him.
19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Mathew 28
So again, The most important thing in our life is our relationships. First, the relationship with our personal Savior Jesus Christ. Second, our relationships with anyone in our path known as life. We must use the "tools" we have been given to help strengthen those relationships within our own lives and within the relationships between Jesus and humankind.
I would like some feedback please, from all 3.5 of you!
Jesus loves you and so do I,
Cam
At 23 years old, I believe I have found what people call the "purpose/key" to life. On one of my FaceBook status' a while back I put this
" The MOST IMPORTANT thing you will ever do with your life is your relationships. First, your relationship with God through Jesus. Second, your relationships with anyone that is in your path. EVERYTHING else is merely a tool at our disposal to strengthen those relationships."
I would like to break this down a little more.
The time we spend on earth is infinitesimal compared to eternity.
|--------------------------------Earth----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-Our Lives-|
|------------------------------------------------Eternity-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
When we die, we don't take anything with us. Our bodies are left in the ground, and our possessions are left to those in our will (when possible). Our spirits are "transported" to Heaven to live with "I AM".
What do we leave behind?
Our previous possessions, but most importantly, our impact on others, that is all.
What does this mean?
It means that our focuses in life shouldn't be on how many possessions we can collect, or to have the nicest looking car, etc etc. blah blah blah. Our focus shouldn't be on what we have, but who we are to others.
Now, does that mean we shouldn't have any cars, houses, toys?
No, we ARE aloud to have nice things to live comfortably by, we don't need to go into excess with them though. Think about how many families we could feed with the price of a BMW 7 series (Roughly $100,000).
Having these "nice" things shouldn't be our focus, but we can use these things to strengthen our relationships.
Do you have a stable car? Oh you say a friend needs a ride? Well, why not provide one for him?
You have a super sweet nice house and an extra room? This ex-coworker just lost his job, well why not help him out?
Our possessions should be used as tools to help those around us. If you don't have much, I am sure you have a particular set of skills that come in handy at some point. Why not use them for the better good of human kind?
Now to understand our position within a loving relationship, we must first understand what a loving relationship is.
Our relationship with Jesus is nothing, but a loving relationship. For a lot of people in the world, it is a one-way love-relationship, Jesus loves them, yet they do not acknowledge his presence. For us others, it is a two way relationship, yet we fail at times and aren't able to give "all" of our love to Jesus because we don't understand how to.
Jesus died for us when we were still sinners. His love for us has been "ever-present" since the beginning of time. We know how to love others because of his love for us.
What is love?
Dictionary.com defines love as: 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
Those are nice and all, but I define love as:
Continually doing what is better for that person.
If you truly love someone, you will always try to do what is better for that person. It may hurt you, it may even hurt them at times, but if it is for the betterment of their life, you will do it.
With that in mind, Jesus loves us so that we know and understand how to love others. At the same time, if we love Jesus, we will do what is better for Jesus.
What is better for Jesus?
To help bring more people to love him.
19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Mathew 28
So again, The most important thing in our life is our relationships. First, the relationship with our personal Savior Jesus Christ. Second, our relationships with anyone in our path known as life. We must use the "tools" we have been given to help strengthen those relationships within our own lives and within the relationships between Jesus and humankind.
I would like some feedback please, from all 3.5 of you!
Jesus loves you and so do I,
Cam
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