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Name: Jessica
Gender: Female
Interests: Jesus, seeing this world changed, hanging out with teenagers so that I stay young, art, reading, reading and more reading, running aimlessly on a treadmill, friends, family, and of course...Cross Current.
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AIM:  alonebutnot4sakn
Member Since:
4/10/2006
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|  When Jesus left the disciples after his resurrection, how do you think they felt? I mean, Jesus dies and all of their hopes are completely destroyed. he was going to restore his kingdom on earth and instead, he is crucified. So, they lose their hope of redemption and their best friend all in one day. THEY RETURN TO THEIR OLD WAY OF LIFE AND Then suddenly, three days later he appears. At first they don't even recognize him but when they finally realize it is Christ, they are estatic. The spend forty days with him, eating, laughing, learning and then he tells them he has to leave again and this time it is for good. I can't imagine how hurt and confused they must have felt. He tells them that his is going to send a "helper", the Holy Spirit. I'm sure they are completely stumped as who that would be or what that would look like. All jesus tells them is to wait FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME. sO, THEY SIT IN SOMEONE'S UPSTAIRS BEDROOM FOR DAYS WAITING AND PRAYING. i BET THEY WERE CRYING TOO. i MEAN, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN SO HURT AND CONFUSED.
i THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE CAN BE AS CHRISTIANS SOMETIMES. WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR GOD TO MOVE, WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR REVIVAL BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, WHEN IT WILL COME OR WHAT TO DO IN THE MEAN TIME. I THINK WE ARE SO MUCH LIKE THE DISCIPLES. WE HAVE AN IDEA IN OUR MIND OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR GOD'S KINGDOM TO COME TO EARTH, THAT THOUSANDS WILL FLOOD THE CHURCH, AND EVERYONE WILL BE SAVED AT THE ALTAR BUT WHAT IF THIS IS NOT HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK? i MEAN, DO YOU THINK THE DISCIPLES WERE SITTING UPSTAIRS PRAYING KNOWING THAT WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME IT WOULD BE A GIANT WIND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WOULD ALL BE SPEAKING FUNNY LANGUAGES? tHAT'S DEFINITELY NOT WHAT THEY HAD IN MIND. I THINK GOD IS A GOD OF SURPRISES. i THINK REVIVAL WON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE WE PICTURE IT. i MEAN, HE CAME TO EARTH AS A POOR BABY BORN IN A MANAGER WITH ANIMAL POOP ALL AROUND HIM. hE LEFT THE EARTH WITHOUT A FIGHT AND INSTEAD WAS HUNG ON A CROSS IN HUMILIATION. tHEN WHEN THE hOLY sPIRIT COMES, HE COMES AS A WIND AND EVERYONE SPEAKS WEIRD LANGUAGES. nOT WHAT ANYONE EXPECTED OR COULD PREDICT. wHAT IF WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF REVIVAL RIGHT NOW? wHAT IF SALVATION ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AT AN ALTAR BUT IT CAN HAPPEN AT WAL mART, OR THE MALL, OR WHEN WE'RE TUCKED IN TO BED AT NIGHT? wHAT IF GOD IS MOVING ON PEOPLE'S HEARTS IN UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE EYES TO SEE IT? wHAT IF gOD IS CALLING US TO DO THINGS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE ORDINARY "MINISTRY-WISE" IN ORDER TO ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM? WHAT IF WE'RE LIVING IN THE LAST AND GREATEST DAYS ON THIS EARTH AND WE DON'T EVEN SEE IT...? | | |
| The God of Mary, Jessica, and Mara... "Isn't it weird to think the way God thinks. I just read 5 chapters in Chronicles and they are almost entirely lists of people's genelogies. I didn't know God was so into family history. But He really is. Think about it...God is referred to as the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. He didn't see one person in a moment in time, he saw all of them and how their decisions affected generations to follow. This is something I need to remember. God doesn't just see me, he sees my heritage, my parents, and their parents, and how their decisions have brought me to where I am in God. He doesn't just see the past either, but he sees my legacy, my children, my grandchildren, and my great-granchildren. How crazy is that?! The decisions I make now are going to alter future generations. So, God is the God of Mary (my mother), Jessica (me), and Mara (my daughter). But I don't think this applies just to blood relatives either. I think God sees us all as a giant chain. I'm a link, my parents are links, my children are links, and the people I influence in this lifetime are links. It makes me wonder, "How long is my chain? How much influence do I have? Who and how many does God see when he looks at my life?" 
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