Rooted

Lately we have been experiencing alot of storms in our town. These storms would consist of anything from large rain downfalls, hail, and wind. Well, one morning after one of our big storms, I rode  through town and I saw several disasters caused mainly by the winds of the previous night. There were several trees on the ground, limbs missing, a building missing half its roof, and a fallen billboard. Yes, a billboard was down for the count. But as I was on the road, God gave me a thought. I wonder why all of those things fell, came apart, etc.? The conclusion... they weren't rooted well enough. Also, the aftermath of the storm reminded me that we don't only go through natural storms, but we go through spiritual storms too. And if you haven't, you will. Trust me on that. So, God gave me this verse:

"As ye have therefore recieved Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." -Colossians 2:6-7

In this day in time, we as Christians seem to be becoming few and far between. So many people will get saved and be on fire for God, but, when the first storm comes, they fall down and give up. We need to make sure that this doesn't happen to us. We need to be rooted in Jesus for he is the true foundation. If we aren't, then when a storm comes along, we will fall over and never get back up.

Sometimes, in a storm, we will see the trees swaying back and forth. I don't know about you, but that makes me a little uneasy no matter how big the tree may be, and it's never a pretty sight. It's never good for Christians either. When the storms of life come our way, we get down and defeated, and we just feel like throwing in the towel. During this time in our lives, we may begin to sway back and forth on some things. There are many things involved with this statement, but, for example, the things that would convict us or the things that bothered us wouldn't bother us as much as they would without the storm. It happens to the best of us. But, the Bible says:

"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." -Galatians 5:1

We need to stand fast and stand firm to the best of our abilities given to us by Christ. Those are the only abilities capible of withstanding the storms. Because under our own power, we would fall. We need to dig our roots down deep so that we can stand in the midst of the storm. I'm not saying that the storms will stop coming because they won't. They may even seem to get worse at some times. But, be of good cheer. If we are rooted in Jesus Christ our Lord, we will stand. Oh, and don't forget your umbrella!

Cloudy With a Chance of Fog

A couple of weeks ago, me and a few family members went to a chicken sale. Yes, a chicken sale. Well, we did really good with our sales and stuff. However, on our way home we ran into a bit of fog. Well, now that I think about it, that's an understatement. It was a bunch of fog. This huge blanket of fog was also on a mountain that I'm not too familiar with, so that in itself made me quite uneasy. But, that's besides the point. Finally, we toppped the mountain and the fog cleared causing me to breath a sigh of relief. However, as we travelled down the mountain, I looked a little ahead and saw a deer crossing the road. Don't worry. The deer made it, and we didn't even come close to hitting it. But, it made me think. What would have happened if that fog on the other side of the mountain hadn't have been there? Here I was really wanting to hurry and get home while complaining about how terrible and unnessesary the fog was. However, it could have been there to protect us from the dangers we could have faced by hitting the deer. The fog had slowed us down just enough to avoid a collision. Well, have you ever wondered what God has sent our way that has kept us out of trouble, and all we have done is saw the bad?

"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"   
-Ecclesiastes 3:1

Sometimes we get in such a hurry to do or go somewhere. Then all of a sudden something comes up to hender us from the task. It may frustrate us and make us wonder why. Well, do you ever think that this thing that you consider a burden could really be a blessing? Sometimes, God will send us through vallys because there very well could be a danger (deer) up ahead that he's protecting us from. At the time, we may look at the problem and think of it as unnessesary and bothersom. But if we just stop and look ahead, we may see that it was for the best. God knows what he's doing, and he has our best interest at hand. Plus, just think how much damage that deer could do to a car!

A Greater Yes

The Dixon's ~ A Greater Yes 

Really Inspiring Song :)