True Colors, for you who got stuck in the mud and are having trouble getting out...

Ane burn has a song called "true colors" by which i stumbled upon awhile ago when responding to a regular E-Shout by a music blog called "Daytrotter" (I highly recommend it).

Anyway. I was taking a late night ride on my bike(which lately, i have become quite fond of)

And of course, i had music playing, and like most times i ride late at night, I tend to listen closer to music. i guess there's less distractions and its going directly to your ears as opposed to the competing sounds of everyday life. This song just struck me. Right on my head.

here are the lyrics:

You with the sad eyes/ Don't be discouraged/ Oh i realize/ It's hard to take courage/ In a world full of people/ You can lose sight of it all/ And the darkness inside you/ Can make you feel so small/

But i see your true colors/ Shining through I see your true colors/ And that's why i love you/ So don't be afraid to let them show/ Your true colors/ True colors are beautiful,/ Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,/ Don't be unhappy, can't remember/ When i last saw you laughing/ If this world makes you crazy/ And you've taken all you can bear/ You call me up/ Because you know i'll be there

And i'll see your true colors/ Shining through/ I see your true colors/ And that's why i love you/ So don't be afraid to let them show/ Your true colors/ True colors are beautiful,/ Like a rainbow

How often do we become Like the person being addressed in this song?

Discouraged, degraded, hurt and worthless feeling.

it is the devils work to keep us aware of our transgressions and to make us feel like we have no control of ourselves. Though we do have a sin nature that, well, is our nature causing us to act as subjects to the things of this world, The Holy Fathers Work is to help us persevere through the warfare taking place within us in another realm. Do not forget that as Christians(and only as Christians, if you are not a Christian you must become one) we have been set apart and have been transformed to be subjects of Christ! Children of God at that! We are his workmanship!

And as his workmanship, theres no Hiding From God. Theres also no misjudgment of character because of past transgressions.

Often times we are afraid to just let people know who we are. One because they dont know us and two because, as humans, we tend to misunderstand and misjudge. But with God, We cant hide from him. He knows us inside and out. consider this,

A quite popular Psalm but non-the-less truthful and wonderful;

an excerpt of Psalm 139:1-12,

"1O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.

² You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

⁵ You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,

¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

¹¹ If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"

¹² even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you."

Remember this. When Satan reminds you that you suck and that we can never do anything good. (which is good to accept) remember that we can overcome the ways of this world by seeking God for guidance and perseverance. How do we seek God?

This is not Hard!

His word. and Prayer. and fellowship. its as simple as that.

But remember that one without the other two or two without one is going to be really hard. How can you talk to someone you know nothing about and try to have a deep conversation? In the same sense, we can get so caught up in the Bible that it is just useless information because we arnt connected to the Father. In fact we can so easily misguide people because we read without the insight of God. And finally it is always better to fellowship with someone else. God never meant for us to "go it alone." that would be a terribly lonely journey and quite hard on us. Again God didnt make us to shut people out all together but rather to connect with people.

From a Sheep who really likes it when God reveals things to him at strange times of the day(like last night while listening to music and riding my bike),

Scottry~

Ps. Theres something really weird about Blogger's formating. like the overly large spaces between some lines randomly... haha. soo yeah.

Sandwiches! And other things summer; an up date to my lake of posts lately.

So today i made a sandwich. and ive noticed a pattern in which i make my sandwiches.

but i think today ive made a perfectly balanced, nothing overpowering in taste, sandwich.

here's how to make it (In this order).

1. Whole grain and flax bread
2. real butter to spead on the bread(trust me if you put margarin on it, it will ruin the sandwich)
3. about 6 or 7 small pieces of Dry Italian Salami.
4. two regular/big pieces of Honey Roasted Turkey.
5. two regular/big pieces of Black Forest Ham.
6. one piece of Provolone Cheese
7. 5 fresh picked basil leaves(it HAS to be fresh)
8. two more pieces of Provolone.

Yep. thats how you make it. yipie yay!

anyway, Im about to do some shows, As soon as i hear back from the places i asked.

but they will be on the 13th(next monday) and the 20th(the monday after that.)

I think im going to do some open mic things on fridays now that i open at work instead of close. so thats going to be cool.

This last week i have been at camp. Impact Youth Camp. I was an "adult" leader.

There were so many amazing things what went on.

I wrote something i might as well post on here.

The clock tower.

The clock tower struck 12.

It told me to Go.

To start,

To Surrender.

I was blind,

But then i saw

Glory,

And surrendered.

I AM IN, But not by the

Ash

of my pockets.

I Have been in, But forgot Who you are.

May I

NEVER

get

Over

You.

Has it ever occurred to you that the same Christ, Fully Human and Fully God, that walked on this earth is not dead in a box in the ground but Alive in heaven? Right now.

maybe you just havent thought that God IS living and real and In us.

maybe you just havent thought of it in that way.

or maybe you think you believe that yet you live like He isnt real.

Who are you?

If we go about our days understanding this, What faith and trust will arise!

Why are we so casual with our faith? Is it because we arent being threatened? Well let me tell you. Every day Everywhere we go we are Constantly Bombarded and threatened with the media and subliminal messages transferred by the media that are most certainly not Christ-like.

Where do you draw the line between hearing the media and actually listening?

in the same sense is there a line you Draw with God?

"ok God i think your cool, but uh, yeah, i mean, not right now, do you think you can wait till next week?"

How insane does that sound?

From the Sheep who likes to wait forever until he posts but one thing,

Scottry~