Oh MAN

I still have this thing??? Is anyone still out there in Xanga land. Let me know, and if so I will keep it up or else...canceling the subscription is on its way. Funny story before I go, you know what you get when you mix one chemical with another chemical in the toilet? Yeap you guessed it, me passed out on the ground!!! Do you want to know the rest of the story?

Just wanted to say, God is good!!! Keep the fire!

Well, the long and awaited question has been answered and in such a strange way. I woke up one morning and felt that the Lord wanted me to stay in Tulsa and go to Grad school at ORU for my M-Div. I have been in waiting and prayer about this for quite some time and as I began to think about it...I realized that everything that I wanted for my next step was right here in Tulsa, OK. I sat down and wrote out the pros and cons about Tulsa and the only con I came up with was 'same environment'...that was it!!! I wrote out the pros and cons of California and came up with one or two for both ends, so everything was shining on Tulsa.

Tulsa Pros:

I wanted to work for a church (check), I wanted to go to grad school (check), I wanted to have accountability (check), I wanted to ground myself somewhere and grow (check), I wanted to learn how to be a pastor (check), I wanted to be able to minister, and I have been ministering all over Tulsa with International ministries and churches (check), I wanted to have a good job to pay off all my debt (check), and some more personal ones, but I am hooked up by the Lord...and the craziest thing is of all this times I wanted to get out of Tulsa the Lord was setting me up to keep me here. Huh the Lord moves in mysterious ways. I am working around one of the greatest men I have ever met (Pastor John Thompson). I spent last night with him and his wife Sandy and as we talked about everything it just made sense. I commited 3 years to them and the church here in Tulsa 'ALL NATIONS FELLOWSHIP' and as I grow I am expecting the Lord to show up in big ways.

May God be glorified through all our decisions...may it be praise unto his name forever and ever.

Paul wrote to Timothy and told him to ' Fan into flame the gift of God that is within you, through the laying on of my hands, for God DID NOT give you a spirit of timidy, but a spirit of Power, Love, and of a Sound Mind'.

Currently Reading The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century By Roland H. Bainton see related

I have been enjoying these days in the USA...My summer has been filled with work, students, church work, international students, and fun in the sun. I have had opportunities to travel to India and beyond, but I feel like my feet are planted right where they need to be...I am enjoying where I am right now.

I am flying to Pasadena, CA on Aug 17th and will stay there for the weekend checking things out for grad school and living conditions. I am not sure what will happen, but I pray that when I go I will have the final answer to this long awaited question, 'Is California my next and final move?' we will see!!!

What is it with dishes? Why do people avoid them so much? I have some roomates that just eat and eat and eat, but for the last 3 weeks have not washed a single dish. (Well maybe just one, but I mean one!!!) That is 21 days of dirty dishes...well, only if I didn't clean them and I did. They have seriously made me mad, pray for them they are going to need it. I heard one time that 'success is found in your daily routine'. I really believe this. I know that these guys are great guys but it is time to grow up and take ownership of the things that are in your life and not pawn them off onto someone else...I don't think I have father written across my forehead, or maid...so guess what...THEY WILL BE DOING THEIR DISHES!!!!

Peace

Currently Reading The Irresistible Revolution : Living as an Ordinary Radical By Shane Claiborne see related

This book that I am reading has some of the best material. Here is an excerp from one of the chapters. "If you ask most people what Christians believe, they can tell you. Christians believe that Jesus is God's Son and that Jesus rose from the dead, but if you ask the average person how Christians live, they are struck silent. We have not shown the world another way of doing life. Christians pretty much live like everyone else; they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way. And doctrine is not very attractive, even if it's true. Few people are interested in a religion that has nothing to say to the world and offers them only life after death, when what people are really wondering is whether there is life before death."

I am struggling with the fact that what he say is true and false and how that plays out in my life. I desire to not live according to the patterns of this world, (Romans12). But to be effective in my approach toward people and how they tackle the things in this life. I want to meet them at that point where reality and Jesus meets for the first time to set them free...