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Broken, Confused, Humbled.... (and thankful) / 12.01.08, 11:40 AM
I sit here writing this after reading a bunch of blog postings from others here in New Orleans. Wow. The growth. The maturity. The Compassion. The brokenness…. praise God. Man, God is so good. He’s so darn good. And what did I do to deserve this?
Does God hate me because I had the attitude of “what’s so wrong with black friday” yesterday? America is a consumerist country. Why make such a big fuss about ONE day, when people die and suffer from consumerism EVERY DAY. It’s absolutely HORRIBLE that two people died yesterday, but what about those who die DAILY because of the system? What about them? Grace. God loves even those who are consumerists. God DOESN’T want people to be in poverty. Not being materialistic and being in poverty is totally different. My are not mine and as God moves me I’ll give. Why can’t we have that mind set? I’m glad people have done that. But promoting from PEOPLE telling others to do that is another thing. People are called to follow Christ in different ways. Christians don’t look completely identical. They have similarities, and should all reflect Christ, but different people may reflect Christs different attributes more. IDK. Just what I’ve come to after prayer. I want to be where GOD wants me. And if God wants me to have absolutely no possessions that’s great. I’ll do that. But as of now what I have God has provided for me and I have Joy in that. And I have Grace for those who may be hording possessions and WON’T give up things when Christ is prompting them to. They’re hearts will be broken to a point where they will give it up eventually.
I really do deserve nothing though. My family. My teammates. My new friends here in NOLA. My posses ions. My Health. My Clothes. My food. ANYTHING. Thank GOD for His grace. Thank God for the Holy Spirit He’s given me. I am weak but He is Strong. I want to do nothing but follow Him with all my heart, soul, and strength. :)
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Zack! Thanks so much for writing this man. You have a great point on not focusing on that one day and the thigns that happen.
Thanks for chalenging me man! I love you!
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