Train Wreck - Pride and Differing Perspectives

The value of life can never be diminished; it is, however, abused due to pride, neglect, abuse and differing perspectives.

Mistakes occur. How we rise to address the mistakes is what makes us valuable to our Creator. Is it with humility and a hunger to be of service, or is it self-serving and vanity (as Solomon would put it)?

Injustices occur, and will until the millenia. Obviously, I am on a platform right now ... it can be ignored, or it can be thought about. Family is our strength ... it is also our weakness. The opportunities to serve others can never be diminished; it can become centralized and lose its authenticity, however.

Right now, I am in a battle over perception, honesty and legacies built and left behind. Being mistreated and abolished to the realms of peon-ship has really proven to be humbling and very enlightening, all wrapped into one experience. How to address this is a question I am taking to God, and praying about. He, after all, is the one in control. How do we deal with our problems is a question I have for Him ... most people do!

I can not hate a person that gives their best effort and fails. We all belong to God. I can be hurt by a person who chooses money over truth ... but, God loves that person as well. It makes authenticity even more important to me, as I get older and learn more about the frailness of the human creature. I hope you have the opportunity to let God rule in your life today, before the world captures your heart.

Getting married

I am about to get married for the second, and last, time.

My first marriage was 23 years; I screwed up, letting my ex and myself drift apart. I was so concerned about being successful, making the life I believed we all wanted. It turns out, I was wrong. I wandered away because we chose to follow life with different views, with different options. She is a wonderful person ... I wasn't the man she desired me to be. My two children suffered for the mistake; they don't talk to me anymore. That deeply sorrows my spirit, yet I have hope we will reconcile. It's their choice, and I leave it in God's hands.

My fiance and I have big differences. We come from different backgrounds, with two very different upbringings. Ahhh, storge and eros (Greek for affection and physical attraction/love). I am banking on these two elements to stabilize our relationship, with our belief in the Messiah being our foundation. Our affection and devotion to each other has proven to overcome the tumltuous actions our differences have spawned. I never dreamt I would get into the situations that I have endured ... going through the losses I have encountered ... and then move forward feeling I am finding my faith and confident that we will serve Father faithfully, we will trust in Jesus wholeheartedly and be filled with the Holy Spirit constantly.

A messianic rabbi is going to marry us. This is a wonderous gift from our heavenly Father!!! I know that Diana and I have been working at growing in our faith, in letting our differences not dictate our actions ... having a rabbi who knows the Messiah marry us is a sign that we are walking more and more in faith, that we will overcome the pain and anguish we both have lived through. We have a lot of work to do, and we will explode with love and power as we allow the power of our Creator to heal and renew us!

I hope U sing and dance today!

Living life well ... YHWH has given us options to serve Him.

I hope you sing and dance to our Creator today. So many are grumbling and complaining. We R a selfish people ... we don't sing to the LORD unless we are focused on Him. We sing to ourselves ... we R a selfish people ... sing to the LORD a new song! His power and presence can lift us out of our way, if we but let Him.

When I was young, I was bulletproof! Insecure, but bulletproof! I heard so many old people talk about wasting youth ... it gave me great insight, though, into or about people when I finally realized the validity of that statement! I realize this is a gift YHWH blessed me with. People are captive to the mistakes they make because it forges their present and future. Mistakes come from our upbringing; since no one knows it all, we will follow the mistakes we are taught. I've come to realize that is why children pay for the sins of their parents; it is the damaged way we look at life! Don't blame the parents, they were damaged as well by their parents (and so on and so on).

Singing and dancing to the LORD gives us grace and mercy in our lives, and that is the changing elements of being captive to our mistakes. We can take advantage of it if we have a humble heart ... that is the hardest part of life, I surmise. Talk, talk, talk ... we live with what we believe. We believe that bad things shouldn't happen to good people and blame God, or think there is no God. We are a foolish people. Angels must shake their heads at us, but they know and see God, so they trust in what they know and realize He has a plan, and it will all be good.

Life is a battle of good versus evil. People should realize this is why bad things happen to good people. Good has won, though. This is cause to sing and dance today!