Working Through Some Scripture Today.
So last night I was praying through some scripture, and I really felt like God wanted me to share some quickie points. I promised him that I’d share whatever he laid on my heart to journal, so here we go:
-David
So one month ago, I pledged to do a bunch of stuff for 15 minutes a day as a matter of self-improvement. Like most anything that I set off and do, the structure quickly lost it’s structure, but I still got something good out of it.
Sure, I didn’t spend a timed 15 minutes daily doing art, photography, devotions, etc, but after a month of trying do these things a lot more. Very few days go by that I don’t shoot something on my camera, I never miss a day in the Bible(yeah!, no matter how insignificant some days are), I’ve been designing stuff like crazy in my mind, and I’ve spent a lot of time reading too. I’ve made habits that are hopefully going to last. I have learned the principle taught by Steven Pressfield - that 90% of art is scheduling it and showing up.
So here I am, one month later. I’m not legalistic about it all, and I miss days sometimes, but that’s alright, because I’m driven, and excited and in the habit. And in the end, I’m sure that’s how Max means it to be.
So yeah…
I had written a brief anthology of the human race- (or really, God’s faithfulness) for this post, but I scrapped it. So for those who aren’t me, here’s what’s been going on in my life for about 6 months:
so yeah…the other version was 4 times longer…. Jesus is faithful…and I’m just hanging on for the ride….meanwhile- I started doing gigs for a new production company near by 2 weeks ago, and I’ve already gotten a 2nd gig there with more sure to come!
Music is a crazy thing… I read once that after you hear a song 20 times(approximately), it loses meaning to you because you tune out a bit when you hear it. Of course, there are always exceptions, but I’m pretty convinced that this is true…
That brings me to this morning- I was in the shower, singing as usual. I couldn’t really come up with a song that had great meaning to me, that I hadn’t heard a billion times already. For someone who listens to alot of worship music, I don’t think that this is an oddity. I never did come up with that “magic song”, because God had something else to teach me this morning. He clued me into the fact that old songs are cool too, and reminded me of all the times that he brought songs back to me fresh again.
Then I felt like I needed to blog it. I thought “it’s not that impressive”(like anything I write is impressive!), but, a couple hours later, here I am. Being taught by Jesus again as I type.
Seeing those ideas in word form just now made me connect simple songs with something greater.
I can be the most close-minded person in the world sometimes, and I have so many times assumed that an used idea can’t be renewed, even in it’s original form. I often get stuck in creative ruts, and blame it on the thought that I have no new ideas. Then I blame Jesus because I think that will make it better. He just pointed me to the truth:
There’s still alot of good old ideas out there. Go get ‘em!
(Thanks Jesus)
Okay, so this past week has been an awesome whirlwind of fun! It started out last monday with me winning the iSquint.net grand prize contest, then on the same day I got a call for 4 days of work next week with a new company. God is good….then today, I just saw some pictures of a my old small group leader really happy and that made me really happy. I haven’t seen him in forever it seems, he’s so Godly. Earlier today, I started working on a new blog venture between me and a good friend and oh yeah- I’m excited about something beautiful that’s unfolding right now but I can’t tell you about for 17 days(I think that’s the right number)… And, I slept in today and spent some good time with Jesus in silence!!!!(you must understand how crazy last week was to fully appreciate that!)…oh, and another lighting blog emailed me today telling me that they gave me a free shirt for winning the contest on the other blog! Crazy cool!
Life is good today. I’m praying to Jesus right now that you can share in my joy, especially if today wasn’t a great day for you! I have had tons of those and just remember that God freakin’ loves you more than anyone else.
Sam Hepner(paraphrase, of course)
Why is church structured into a service with 4-7 songs and a sermon?
How are online social networks benefiting real life social networks?
How can the church benefit social networks?
So, since church today, I haven’t really struggled with any desires to watch porn. Kinda weird. I guess Satan was really in the mood to try and make me look at Abby lustfully AND HE LOST TODAY! and he’s gonna keep losing in my life because he’s satan and I don’t like him very much.
okay, back to life now.
