pictures: bug and market

This day.

This day. This hour. 

today was a practice in repentance. 

a practice in unclenching my fists. 

this hour is a solemn look at it all.

a sorry excuse to throw away. 

-that i would fess-up to my own conviction

-that in this hour i would not dodge the spirits healing. 

-to break my pride

-to restore an bruised heart

I wrote this in my book, a song from my heart: 

This chaotic wave, amidst a troubled heart

seems to numb all care

yet i have all to care for..

this forsaking spirit, these poisonous lips

may it flee my footsteps.

when the fruits fail to consume

i surrender to the grips of dissension..

so break this cast iron lock

ive kept my chains on far too long.

Bitterness is funny. you never think your bitter when you are, yet you feel the pain that eats away at your joy. It gets hard to focus when your not joyful, but when your confronted with the cry of your heart, you think you deal with it, but it just gets pushed aside. 

The renovation of our heart goes far beyond the places that we wish to know about within our own heart, but those dents we allow to exist don’t come out without someone doing a work on our heart. There is only one person fit for the job, and he sent his Spirit to console and counsel us. When did we figure that consistent pain coupled with sin is better than momentary pain coupled with a uprooting and replanting in the firm soil of Christ’s redemptive love? Do you know that when you walk being rooted in that very love every action you do is a joyous ushering of the Kingdom Of God? what is there more wonderful than that? To show the desperate that their disparity is rooted in their infinite desire which can only be fulfilled, by not only knowing Christ but by working in His Kingdom. By then we not only are fulfilled by Christ, but because we do know Christ having linked his heart to ours through His Spirit (this being “rooted” in Christ’s redemptive love) we naturally minister as a part of commonplace occurrence. 

From the sheep who is tired of being rooted in petty efforts to deal with my own desperation with ploys that attempt to rely conditionally on Christ’s unconditional redemptive love, 

-Scottry

Here are some pictures!

So that last blog was supposed to go out on tuesday... but, somehow its friday.

Theres been a few things that have gone on recently, one being working with Jerad recording music and making music videos. Jerad has quite the set up now. so its been really awesome to see how he's been using it. Since I left four years ago from teaching music he has started many music ministries and one of them is called rockstars in which he teaches youths to express themselves musically as well as in acting or filmmaking in an environment that pushes them toward Christ.

In short, Jerad is amazing and has alot of faith and the lord moves when he does things.

anyway. just an update.

tomorrow im moving into Morris and Aidahs from Mount Elgon Hotel.

im tired. and im about to have dinner. ill post some pictures after dinner.

Scottry-

So today was the end of a medical clinic we put on in namatala, I wish I had some pictures of it but I was working cleaning wounds and directing people to doctors that I just didn't get the chance.
Also, it brings a lot of attention to yourself particularly from children that want their picture taken so that that can see themselves in the camera. It's funny, but it really makes a scene with a large crowd of kids pulling on you. Which is fun. But not when you need to fix bloody people.

  Weve planted gardens, played with kids, handed out packets of clothing and shoes and toys and soap, and caused kids to have faces plastered with glue and glitter... That was a mistake. Haha It's been a really interesting time here in Uganda per working with a team showing the love of Christ through action. Every time I've been in a team in Africa it's been evangelistic. But you know, both methods are evangelistic so long as your heart is one with Christ. That is, if you can discern between your own feeling and the action motivated by Christ.  That being said, our team is young. But enthusiastic.  Yet it leads me to be weary. But of what credence am I to be weary?  We are doing the work of Christ. This reminds me of Philippians 1 when there were people preaching the word of Christ with wrong motives, yet because the name of Christ was being proclaimed, it was of no matter, not that anyone on our team intentionally came with wrong motives. There's no sense in resisting those who are against you if they are furthering the name of Christ and in our case, what matter are attitude issues if the word of Christ is being preached?  Of course if you are in fellowship we should desire to show the heart motivated by Christ himself that they might take conviction and ask Christ to become the master of their hearts.

 The last few days have been great. And it's almost been a week since I've been here. Haley has also been awesome. The spirit really speaks through her in the mornings when we have group prayer and bible study. She's awesome. Getting to know my team has been a wonderful endeavor requiring my heart to listen and not to speak, and when I do that, I see beautiful unique workers in the kingdom of God.  I'm happy here. And I'm happy to be here. I'm going to be a busy bee next week with jerad.  I was going to post some pictures, but I can't upload pictures on my iPhone. 


   From the sheep who thanks the Shepherd that reminds me to have a quiet heart, 


   Scottry- Ps I'm not going to check if auto correct made words what they shouldn't be. So that should be funny.