God’s wisdom: divine, brilliant timing yet seemingly unideal in realtime.

This is the story of my life. Probably the same for most of us, as we go through the daily races from sunrise to sunset and throughout the occasional restless night.

Embracing the journey of life, means accepting the setbacks for what they are, and navigating your way through them, and adapting to your circumstances, instead of getting anxious, frustrated or angry. I’ve learned that responding THOSE ways leads to more setbacks and jams that only pile up more anxiety, frustration or anger.

This is nothing new, it’s more like an echo of the wisdom Adam & Eve had to have come upon as they toiled under the sun planting the first gardens and weeding the first annoying weeds, profusely sweating as the gnats, ticks, chiggers, flies and all creeping crawling things would get in the way of such a simple task.

Joseph and Mary had to navigate through setbacks that would confuse and frustrate ANYBODY. I mean, why would God let them show up to an Inn, in an insignificant town, on a night where there is no vacancy, and put the poor father and mother in a position where their circumstances are so NOT ideal, especially when they believe that Mary is carrying the Son of God in her womb, and even let her go into labor, where the smelly, nasty animals reside? Besides noticing his humility, we MUST seek His wisdom.

“It is what it is” is the phrase I often repeat to myself as I endure 15 hour days of hard work in the sun, with merely a 5-10 minute break in between it all, with no days off until our work is done. The work alone contains enough frustrations and setbacks to stir me up, and there are so many negative things going on in the earth this very second, that I could write about it and make anybody, extremely angry, frustrated, full of strife, and stirred up to do something about the corruption, deception, and evil going on in the world.

To see and experience God’s wisdom and timing for ANYTHING, is by completely giving the situation to Him through prayer. Yes, that sounds totally religious, boring, and seemingly counterproductive if you look at prayer a certain way.

Ideally, I would love to be in constant prayer throughout the day, but my job, my thoughts, hopes, desires, plans often get in the way, but are also just a fact of life. What I’ve realized, is that ideals are attainable, if God gives the grace to get there. The grace is there, but I believe most of us never reach for it with all we’ve got. I know I don’t… I’m a dreamer. I try, and the effort counts, and God loves it… but truly… I know I could do better.

So as long as I know I could do better, and my transparency about myself with Him is ongoing and I’m not trying to hide in my shame from Him, I should REALLY enjoy seeing the work He accomplishes as I find peace in His leadership, by not responding negatively to any situation. Ideally I’d love to get through each day without a grumbling, or a deep groan or “BLAH!” about not being able to be around someone I want to be with, or to be back in the hotel and not working in the insane heat, or that I wouldnt just lose stuff all the time. Heh.

ANYWAYS… my point is… that by waiting patiently, praying for, and observing the ways of God BEFORE reacting emotionally, is essential to witness the wisdom in the proverb

“¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

I wish it didn’t seem so counterproductive. Because it’s not… I’m still working, trying to be wise with everything in life, but instead of acting on emotions, I’m learning that I need to keep my eyes on the prize, and look for the little lights at the end of each tunnel that I know is His direction.

A man once told me, “i have wisdom from pain, and pain from lack of wisdom.”

Now that I’ve seen and tasted and experienced his words, now I charge you, and myself, to embrace the journey, pray, and SEEK and OBSERVE His wisdom, before reacting hastily and digging deeper holes you can’t get out, or clogging up the highway to your hopes and dreams by looking for shortcuts around His way, because we’re all just impatient, weak, and lonely.

global warming.

Global warming; or “Climate Change,” is currently a global debate which has much legislation being RUSHED through congress, yet no real conversation about the unexplained, tangible implications it creates.

The implications are at first seemingly unrelated, but it is completely related to one big question.

The existence of God.

To say it simply, if you believe global warming is a very real threat, you do not TRULY believe in the existence of God, and if you are Christian who struggles with the fear of global warming, you do not believe that God has provided plans and a way for the restoration of this stunning planet we live in.

Yet, one may still try to believe in the idea of the existence of God, and that He provided us this planet, to take care of it, and die, and build your own theology based on a God that lives far off, leaving us to the injustices of men, and to live life full of pain, agony, injustice, sorrow, moments of joy, and eventually death. That kind of God does not seem to be the kind of God we are ALL, deep down inside yearning to know, or some are wanting NOTHING to do with. That kind of God, is not the kind of God that would bother creating humanity. We are not His scientific experiment, because if He is God, he would not need to create us, to see us fall as we have fallen time and time again.

So global warming, on the grand scale, is the fear of death, without the fear of God.

The central clash in the middle of this blurry argument is theism vs. atheism. Most will disagree with me that global warming is an atheist reality, but it is nothing short of it.

I understand the desire to be better stewards of our planet, as we should, for good sterwardship is wise, noble, and good… but the legislation being pushed through congress is NOT for the better of the planet, but for more control, and the ever so recurring theme in the history of man, of man STRIVING to bring justice and balance to a fallen world, without God.

hey, you…

self-seeking convenience or a sweet video with darling kids?
i’ll take the latter.

done

Dear Obama (or whoever is pulling the strings) … part one:

Today you said:

“paying for what you spend is basic common sense”

Saving up for what you spend for is common sense and wisdom.
Spending what you don’t have is borrowing and foolish (i fall into that category sometimes).
Borrowing money that you wont make in your lifetime, and doing what you are doing with it, is like rigging a nuclear bomb of an unknown size with what seems to be a real scientist and no measuring tool for when it might explode, equipped with a timeclock that is impossible to program, and giving an isolated, deaf & blind man (in a cell 10 miles deep underground with no basic human contact and communication) the trigger to the bomb, yet somehow it was communicated to him that by pushing this trigger, he will be set free from his cell.

If the arithmetic of the current administration was compared to a pungent nauseating smell, it would match the administration taking the worst roadkill mixed with the entire mass of NYC’s sewage, and the administration attempting to make febreze out of it.

It could also be comparable to trying to sleep with an ever so persistent dripping faucet down the hallway and drinking four shot americano loaded with sugar and sleeping pills.

The Romance of Semantics and Deception.

There is an individual and corporate habit in the world…

Bridge

Bridge in south Chicago. Taken from my iphone.

A night by myself

a quiet night by myself.

listening to Ray Lamontange while wandering and thinking in my backyard.

photos from my iPhone.

On the road..

I’m on my iPhone as i write this because while working in Chicago I experienced the loss of my laptop, wallet, expensive shoes I got for my birthday, and the destruction of my cell phone, hence the purchase of this brilliant invention, the iPhone.

I put all my own music on it, and have been finally writing melodies and lyrics to go with the hypnotic, sometimes too dramatic themes expressed musically. We’ll see how that goes when I finally can afford a new laptop with this new job.

Photgraphically I thought I was helpless until i realized the phone can take some decent pictures. I’ll start photo-journaling the travels all over the Midwest here soon. It might be kinda silly to have such diverse topics on one blog….. maybe.

The road has been quite a change for me on many levels. I have fresh perspective and vision for the things I want in my life, and the habits that I want purged are best to conquer now.

Since spring of 08, I have been on quite the spiritual journey, learning so much about God and myself. Now is the time for me to really embrace wisdom, and make most of my time to really make my desires more than just desires. I wasn’t lazy in my work ethic, but foolish in my decisions that actually work towards tangible growth. My emotions weren’t really grounded… and I’m slowly growing up through it all. Loving the journey so far…

One of the things I’m learning that you can take with you out of this somewhat boring post is trusting the Lords will in each passing moment of each day, and specifically each moment of conflict. What I mean by conflict is when any moment is not going your ideal way or someone is doing something a way that you know is less than what they could. With this new job I see setbacks every few minutes. Most if these setbacks are small, yet extremely frustrating as they frequent more than I feel they should.
The other thing in the light of trust is the direction this nation is taking on every level.
You have Obama and his seemingly vague promises colored with tactful language; poetically speaking to the hearts of a nation desperate for good news. (while making angry a silent multitude).
You see a confused justice system trying to operate with the defects of typical human error and corrupt individuals with private interests.
You see a media empire with lazy journalists just echoing the words of paid complainers who report without doing what a journalist is supposed to do, actual research and reporting. Even some (understatement) elope with the personal agendas of each media conglomerate.
You see an nationwide infrasructure with potential, but a generation too lazy and self seeking to maintain, improve and evolve it.
Then you have the ongoing conversation on morality (abortion, gay marriage, drugs, etc). These are great to have, but there has been such little growth because of the ideologies and paradigms on both sides and those in between that create reactionary responses that fuel the fire. On top of that you have the hypocrisy of the church which forces the conversation into a cycle and brings the conversation to that of elementary school kids arguing with eachother about why they have to stay indoors while it is raining outside, instead of going to the Teacher for answers.
Obviously, the teacher in the subject of trust is Christ. Alongside the bible, prayer is one of our best allies in these times, in each passing moment, and most enjoyable in the midst of conflict when you turn to Him and find peace, instead of frustration. In the moment of conflict you can grow in faith through the trials and produce patience knowing that God can use this moment to sharpen you, and keep you steady before Him. It should all lead to Christ, his return, and his plan to restore all things, make all wrong things right, and establish His kingdom on earth forever…

Love,
Adam

Obama & his false prophet… the teleprompter.

Now I’m not saying that this guy is the Antichrist, but he is something like an antichrist.

Obama’s use of the teleprompter is proof that the agenda he is most focused on is not what spews out of his mouth while heeding to every movement of text on the teleprompter screen. A man’s passion is in no need of the help of a teleprompter if what he is saying he is truly passionate about, especially when he has a gift of charisma, and communicating clearly with no disability. The weeping of the people during speeches is proof that they are easily swayed by his words, but are decieved by his craftiness, and made confused by placing all their hope in a man, who has a history which should be held under much scrutiny. The confusion of the people is clearly the frustration of the lack of knowledge (evidence) of the existence of God, thus their emotions being tossed around and easily moved by such hopeful themes of things getting better by someone or something tangible, like Obama (or anybody). The lack of knowledge of God comes from their inability to accept that there is a God (pride, and comfort and addictions to their devices of pleasure), and their inability to admit they are ruled by the fear of death. Obama, (and most leaders) at the end of the day, is an enabler. He, with his words, and seemingly socialist decisions, is placing all of america under one banner so that he can control the multitudes by allowing them to stay in the bliss of their ignorance, while making the feel warm and fuzzy. I also know, that at the end of the day, he is going to be an upset for the people who had placed all their hope in what he proclaimed to accomplish, and what he hopes to accomplish, by finding out that he is yet another weak man as we all are in our flesh, with deep flaws and arrogance.

Frances Ann & the Parentals

These latest shots are of my FAVORITE couple here in Kansas City.
Frances Ann is the wee little one inside the not so little womb,
The amazing couple is Francisco & Liesl.