Isaiah 61:1-3

Yes, I've been doubting. Not the system, for I know it works, but myself. My personal capabilities. It's called PFD (Post Function Disorder) amongst other things. But God is good, He is faithful, and He's banging at my door telling me I'm good enough, my fears are nothing He can't overcome and I shall succeed. Here's how I know.

He emailed me again.
On my drives to work I listen to CD's by people I look up to and mentor from in one way shape or form. They speak about freedom. About stepping up to the plate and taking control of your destiny, preparing security in an unsecure world, all with Christ's help and direction. I entered my J.O.B. and checked my email before getting started. This is what stared me in the face:

"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion -- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor."
-Isaiah 61:1-3

I just about cried. Chills ran up and down my spine. God is good. He is faithful. He will never leave me, nor forsake me. And apparently He likes to email.

Don't doubt yourself. If beach bums and pot heads can pull a 180 and become some of the most successful people, financially, spiritually and in their families, there's nothing saying the rest of us can't either!

Build Your Crown!


Freedom is NOT free.
FED 2009

A Little Direction From the Big Man Upstairs...

I love how God emails me. I'm not being comical here, this was the email I found in my inbox this morning: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." -Galatians 6:9. Tell me that was NOT of God!?

In the car this AM I was listening to Bob and Shelly Kummer's CD and this was a paraphrase from her: "We have walls around our dreams and they're there for a reason. Not to keep us out, but rather to see how hard we're willing to fight for them." She also talked of a story about an occurrence between her and her daughter... She mentioned a line that I loved. Her daughter looked at her on the first morning that they went riding (after they bought their daughter a horse) and said, "Stop. Can you smell the saw dust???" They hadn't even reached the stable, and that was the first she said.

My favorite film is littered with dreams. Similar to the above, James Barrie in "Finding Neverland", while talking about his character Peter Pan to his theatre manager states this: "He [Peter Pan] imagines life the way he wants it to be, and he believes in it long enough and hard enough that it all appears before him, see?" If we speak our dreams into existence long enough and hard enough, and do what we can to work towards them, it is inevitable that we will achieve them.

Last night I watched a film entitled, "The Tale of Despereaux". Yes, it's a children's film about a mouse. However, this mouse was no ordinary mouse. He wouldn't cower, he was not afraid. There's a line where he's asked, "Are you a rat?" NO! is his reply, "Are you a mouse?" and after a moment of pondering he bows and says, "I am a gentleman." He battles his way throughout the film, and it's all on a dream, on standing for a cause bigger than himself...

So I ask you, are you a rat?
Are you a mouse?

Have you a cause?

Can you smell the saw dust?
I know I can, and I can see the stable ahead.

Build Your Crown!!!

Romans 8:31

"...If God be for us, who can be against us?"
Romans 8:31

In attempting to paste pictures of my dreams in plain sight, so as to continually remind me of my goals in life, I stumbled upon the most beautifully serene photo I've ever seen...

Taken of Tuscany:



It's beauty like this that gives proof of my God's unending love.