being lazy

Being lazy

By me being lazy in my relationship with God causing me to be a poor example for my family and son and the youth I lead? At this point I would say yes. I am and have been lazy with my relationship with God. I know that when I am the opposite of being lazy in my relationship with God I feel so much better and do better and I am just better. I am to be the man of God for my sons and wife to follow and I disregard Him often. Now, because of my laziness, selfishness, and so called being tired that I will tell my son “No story tonight. You go head and pray.” Does my son see me pray at home? Does he see that I read my Bible? Does he see that I love God?

I know what he does see. He sees daddy watching TV. He sees Daddy on his computer. He sees Daddy leaving most nights to go to church. He sees Daddy helping the football team. He sees Daddy on his cell phone. What I am saying is that he sees me not being lazy with other things but when it comes to my relationship with God he may not see what I want and need him to see. I would rather my son say I want to read my bible like daddy does or pray like daddy does instead of him saying I want to play the drum like daddy or play like daddy or sing like daddy. Just by what I am doing he is getting a understanding what is important through his eyes. What do I want and need him to see through my relationship with God? Being Lazy is not one of them. This will change.

Trust

I have done this so many times. Where I tell God "I trust you" then I try to go and make things happen. There are many things that I know I need to fully trust God on and wait from Him to make things happen. In some items the more I try to make it happen the more frustrated I get. I know that God has the right people, right budget, right decision, and right actions. There was this song that I remember my mother would sing when I was a kid. The words where "Wait on the Lord. Wait on the Lord. Wait I said on the Lord". I know I need to but it is hard to at times. I think I am patience person but the level of patience that Jesus had to do and say only what He was and heard the Father doing. Lord teach me.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Doing the Hard Things

What causes some things in life to be hard? I am not talking about hard as in a rock is hard but hard in doing or accepting. There are many reason why this has come to mind. I thought about it some and here is what I think. Thinks are hard for people most times because a lot or reasons hear are a few:

It will take a lot of work
There might be pain
You might fail
You might hurt someone feelings


I know for me those are the main reasons that things are hard for me. I tend to want to shy way from the hard things. I don't like telling people information that I know they wont like. I don't like to do task that will take a lot from me to get it right or to do well.

However, a good leader will press through the hard things for they must be done and not avoided. A good student will do the hard things so they can achieve their goals in school. A good player does the hard things so they are ready for all challenges in their field of sport. A good parent will make and do the hard things to be the best they can for their child.

What causes you to not do the hard things?

Genreal: How busy are we really?

"I am so busy"...we all hear that all the time but what is busy. Dictionary.com defines busy as such-actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime. To me either everyone is actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime or we don't really know what it means to be busy. I know I say it and when I think about it I am not truly busy. I don't think it is good to bust busy all the time(if one is truly busy). There is the saying that if the Devil can't make you bad he will make you busy. I think there is some truth to that.

If your day is full of work and other items or event, where is there time to do the things God might have for you to do. Here is a typical day of a High School student at Bowie High:

6 am Wake Up
6:45 Bus
7:15 School
2:35 School Ends
3 pm Sport Practice/ After school activity
5 pm End to Practice
5:15 Home for dinner
6 pm Job
9 pm End of work/job
9:15 Homework
11:30 Bed time


I know some students that are doing 2 sports and a job and school and family time. I just feel like we shaft God at with our time. Where is God's time. I ask that question for myself. I don't give God his time because "I am busy".

What in my head: Youth

Ok. I just finished a week long mission week with a group of 30+ youth. Some of them were from my church and a few weren't. I know that there are some problems with the current youth culture. Every youth culture had their own problems. However, there is something different about the culture of youth that I have the awesome privilege to work with and for. I have been trying to put my finger on it for a while now and I haven't seemed to be able to do so yet.

What makes them different? Hhere has to be a common thing with them all. I have thought about it and the things you would think would be the "it" isn't it. Most of them go to different schools, live in different neighborhoods, have different home structures ( meaning how many siblings they have or if their parents are married, divorced, single, or remarried), house hold income varies, and grade levels/age is also different. They aren't all in the same spiritual place with God. Then what is it that make a teen love they way I have seen them do. The youth I work with (for the most part) accept and love each other. Now yes I do see my fair share of teenage drama. That's a given. Where there are people there are problems.

There is something that has caused me to stop and think about these youth that I have worked with for the last two years that the past youth didn't show to this level that I am seeing now. I am not quite sure what "it" is but I like "it" and hope to see more of this "it".

In my head

What's in my head. Right now it is pain. My head is pounding, but it is also pounding with thoughts. I need to blog not to try to make people come and read what Dione wrote but more so to writing my heart and feelings. By doing this it will make me a better writer and communicator. So my blog will be my thoughts on life, my life, youth ministry, parenting, the culture around us, and God. So this is going to be my "why" blog:

Why are we as a culture so concern with the following things:

Other peoples weights

Celebrates Lives

What other people are thinking

Sex

How to make more money with out working for it

The next peeson that is doing to get the "Big Break"

To me it seems like we as a culture is more concern with other people but then are so selfish. How can that be? I am looking forward to street reach so for a whole week I can think about others and do something for them. I must decrease and He must increase.

I think as a follower or Christ, husband, father, youth pastor, son, brother, and friends we need to focus on others for the right reason not just know who is doing what and why? Not with that my head is feeling a little better......I think.

For a cause

Have you ever cared deeply about something so much that is causes you to take action for a cause? When I think about that question the civil rights moment comes to mind. People joined the cause of protecting African Americans civil right in the 50’s and 60’s. People would protest, lobby the law makers/ government, and give their time money and energy to the social injustice that was taking place during that time period. I thank those that took a positive stance for that cause because they helped pay a way for the better civil rights we all have today.

There is a group of young people that I applaud for their involvement in the social injustice of the Invisible Children. As we hosted around 250 or so young people Sunday through Wednesday I was inspired by their passion for doing what they could do to see the injustice of what is happening to the children and youth of Uganda. These teens and “20 something’s” flew, drove, and even hitched hiked from all over the Untied State so that they could come to Washington D.C to be a voice for the voiceless. They slept on the gym floor, titled hallways, and sleeping bags because they felt like they would and could make a difference for these children through making these horrible things that are being done to them known. These was the most respectful group that I have seen stay here at Mount Oak.

They sacrificed a lot for this cause. It made me thing upon my own life. What cause am I passionate about? Yes I am a Christian and my passion is being a strong Christian but what pulls my heart strings? What pulls your heart strings? What “cause” moves you to action? We as Christians are called to stand up against injustice. Which one/ones will you stand up for? Again I applaud the Invisible Children movement and to Lindsay Aiello for hosting over 200 people that took a stance for a cause!

Ways teenagers are like toddlers

Ways teenagers are like toddlers

They bring hurricane impact to every clean and ordered room they ENTER.

They think burps and farts are the funniest things in the world

Lyrics are a secondary consideration with their music favorite music

“I want” and “I need” are interchangeable statements for both

They both think they are OLDER than they are.

Are these true?