DEAREST PEOPLE.....I just wanted you to know that I care about you! Each one of you so much ! And if you're not right with God, don't hesitate to get right with him! You don't have to wait for a "certain" time when everything is all laid out perfectly.... God may be giving you one last chance! You never know when your last day is! I beg you not to harden your heart, or think that you're find because you're a good person! God says our righteousness is as filthy rags!....I was just thinking about how much God loves and cares for us, and how we just keep living for ourselves! It's like we don't appreciate what he's done for us!I know I care about you so much, and want nothing more than to see you all ,each one of you walking in the truth and delighting in the LORD!! But no earthy love compares with the love of God! It is something we can't even comprehend really! When we really see God for who he is and then see who we are, you're just in so much awe, that God in heaven would care so much for you, to reach down and touch our hearts. Heal us. Cleanse us from sin! It is really amazing! How can I keep from praising him ? Even after all he's done for us on the cross, I still can forget about it !! Anyways, I just wanted to say....you are loved, and cared for!! God sees the finished work, the masterpiece he will create you into! My God is powerful, and can do ANYTHING....we must yield to him! He will not force his way into our lives...we must let him! He's given us all a free choice. He doesn't want robots, he wants sons and daughters that love him, and want to serve him because of the love they have in their hearts for him!
I just want all the people that view this blog, to know how awesome my brother is!
I don't know where I'd be honestly if I didn't have Isaac as an older brother!
I will list some of the things that I love about him!! I know it's sorta just out of the blue to write about him, but any of you who have an older brother you love and respect will understand why I like to talk about my brother!
- He is totally on fire for the Lord
- He is the best example of how to act in daily circumstances
- He inspires me to pray more
- He always encourages me in the good things he notices about me
- He doesn't lose his temper or react to up-set people with a bad attitude
- He is the best business man and sales person
- He is very talented on the violin(although recently he's been too busy to play it)
- I don't ever remember not respecting him, he always has treated me with kindness
- He really cares about souls, if God puts it on his heart to go out and witness to people, even if he's feeling sick, he still goes because he wants to do what makes God happy!
- He is a good boss, paying well when I work for him
- He has quite a good little account going for me to help me save money; when he pays me for my work I do with the dogs/puppies, I have the option to keep the money or give it back to him to save for me. Here's the good part, if I give him back like 300 dollars for him to save for me, he will put 300 of his money in WITH my 300 dollars, doubling my money! That is how much he wants to help me save money! (I get to use the money when I'm 18)
- He isn't afraid to exhort me when I'm really out-of-line...and does it in SUCH a good way, and it always helps me!
- It seems like nothing bad could ever happen to me if my brother Isaac is near by...
In conclusion, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!!!!!
Daily I thank the Lord for a brother that lifts up the name of the Lord always....
I pray he never loses his burning love for the Lord!
Those of you who know him, know what an inspiration he is, how excited about the Lord :)
This shell below, is one he brought back to me from when he was on a business cruise to some islands down in the Caribbean ! He is so thoughtful, especially for most guys! ;)
This past week, my brother Isaac has been gone as well as Ryan. They both kinda run 'USA Freedom Diesels.So for the time they are gone, it is my job to ship items, try to fix problems and take down orders....
First I all I really know practically ZERO about diesel parts for Dodges ,Chevys or Fords. And I have to talk with these people, and try to help them if I can, like look up parts online for them, find prices etc.
So you can imagine that I did ALOT of praying, and you're absolutely right! I did, and the reason I did was because I really truly needed him! Each day became a time where I would talk with him throughout the day, and he would just give me such a peace calling up the manufacturers of different parts asking them questions. So yesterday evening I was wondering why I just felt so empty and just kinda "dead" feeling, and I realized that that whole day I really didn't spend any time with him, and the reason for that was, I didn't need him! I had had such a slow day, nothing that thought I needed God for, and the day slipped by slowly, and I didn't even read my bible all the hours of being down there.
It is so sad how it's easy for me to pray and seek God's face when things are going hard, and I need him, and it seems like he's always there. then there are times when things are going better and I forget about him!
One thing that I should see, was this: In the hard times God IS the blessing, and in the good times God IS the blessing.... It's not that he blesses us with something necessarily but that HE is the blessing!
I must always be in a state where I need God! And if I think I can do it all on my own, then I'm relying on my own righteousness and what I can do!
But God I pray that always in every situation, I can be hungering and thirsting about you!!
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
We can't already be full, or he can't fill us himself!
Like that song says :
"room for Jesus king of glory, hasten now his word obey! Swing you heart's door widely open, bid him enter while you may."
That is just the chorus, the whole song is powerful!
So, how much do I need Jesus?
All the time and everywhere and in every situation! I want to always be in need of him, want to have a deep love for him that I can't stand to be away from him!!
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