Showing posts with label God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God. Show all posts

Monday, January 9, 2012

a very interesting conversation.....


Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is GOD good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?

Student : Yes.

Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent.)

Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Is satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor: Where does satan come from ?

Student : From … GOD …

Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student :Yes

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them ?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smell your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture theatre became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends /colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?
Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.
By the way, that student was EINSTEIN ;-)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

{{go read Ecclesiastes and be confused}} the poem on Vanity

Vanity vanity all of it is vanity
Can it be, that what you see is vanity?
Sittin in front of the mirror on your vanity
Brushin hair applyin makeup settin up the view of plasticity
Missed it B, or should I say Mrs B, yeah you a barbie
being plastic, having the mansion, buying the bottles, havin the diamonds, is all vanity
Yes it can scream prosperity, but when you go to heaven or hell you'll leave it all behind from thee
Honestly, why do we bury or people with diamonds and money and expensive suits
And we wear RIPs airbrush outfits head to toe like in the end it means something, see
Its all vanity
The journey of getting to the top is probably the only fun you'll have cuz if you're not pulling people up with you, simply pushing them down, the top is real empty
And the top probably looks like something the early people saw when they tried to build a tower to heaven and got nowhere because its all vanity
Vanity
So picture this:
you're locked in a room, no key no way to get out with a million dollars in the middle of the floor...
What value has it now?
Or imagine you open up you 3 mil dollar home after steppin out your Ferrari, lookin up at you're crystal chandelier, lookin down at your marble floors, walkin up to your master bedroom, see your california king bed, walk in closet flat screen and diamonds for days and ..... no one to talk to, no one who has your back no on
Who loves you.
Does it really mean anything.?


and even if you do, its all still
Vanity
Gaining everything you every thought would take your mind off being hurt
Your daddy was never there so you went out and bought a purse
And some clothes and some shoes, drinkin down your sorrows with booze and you go get a boo who claims that he loves you but
He treats you like you're nothing
Talks to you worse than a dog
Then leaves you
Left you
Just like your daddy
So then the cycle repeats and you contiue to gain everything
Except peace
Gaining everything is 
Vanity
Our very lives are but a vapor so the things we chase are just but atoms, so small not even making a difference
We work hard for everything and everyone, to get those praises, to get the admiration, to get the virtues of American life
We work hard for ourselves, for our families
We work hard, play harder and do none of it for the one who allows us to work
Won't even speak to the one who gave us words
Hide
Behind the things that we feel give us purpose
But if I stuck you in some ratty clothes, really Annie like, took your contacts, took your makeup, took your fitteds and snapbacks, your jays and your polos and vans and chucks and adidas, took you louie and your cooji and your nikes, took you hollisters and your locs, your oakleys and your coach, took you cologne and perfume, hair extensions, told you you couldn't get another tattoo, or peircing or weave or relaxer, not another hair cut or edge up not another flat iron could touch you're hair
Hand over the credit card and the ones for the stores, give me your ipod, you cell phone, your beats, give me you jewelry, no more starbucks and fancy eating
Give me your degree and job title, fork over the keys to your house and car no more hanging with the friends and family, your groups and associates, no more watching sports and listening to music and no more doing those things either.
Now.......
Who are you?
Vanity vanity everything you do to survive on this planet is vanity!
Nothing you do on this earth will matter at the end of time because its all vanity
Only what's done for Christ is not vanity
Save your life you lose it, lose your life for Christ you gain it
If you have something to fill your stomach and something to clothe your body, you have no need to complain
for these are the basics
And some don't have them


Overly concerned with the rest of man made goods is vanity
Vanity vanity all of it is vanity!

Monday, August 8, 2011

Eat.Pray.Love quote


So, I’ve been reading the book Eat Pray Love. I know I uber late, but I want to read the book first before I see the movie (yeah, I’m lame; I haven’t seen the movie either). I’ve never been one to want to read the book first, and then see the movie because I get upset when the stories don’t match up! Like angry, like turn the movie off or put the book down, never to return to it (at least for a while) kind of angry lol

Anyway, I am still in the first section of the book, which takes place in Italy. (It seems like Italy has been a part of my life lately, with Jersey Shore, Mob Wives and Dominic from Big Brother J and what not).

The quote I want to share is something she is writing in a notebook. Basically, she is visited by emotions she so desperately wants to get away from and to help deal with life in general, she writes. She says she has this inner voice, but she’s not sure who or what it is. The possibilities for her are God, her guru, her higher self, etc. but when I read this quote, I instantly knew who it was speaking to her.


I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it- I will love you through that, as well. If you don’t need the medication, I will love you, too. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will exhaust me.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

everything - lifehouse (the skit)

i know ive posted this before, but i am really moved by this skit everytime i watch it. this song is so powerful. i love it !!!

Chris Webb Poetry - The Gate

If I Could Stop The Clock

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Our Daily Bread

If I Could Stop The Clock


Every year when May rolls around in Michigan, I want to stop the clock. I rejoice when death is defeated by fragile sprouts that refuse to be confined by hardened clay and brittle branches. Over a few weeks, the naked landscape transforms into fully clothed trees adorned by bright, fragrant flowers. I can’t get enough of the sights, sounds, and scents of springtime. I want time to stop moving.
Also in May, I come to 1 Kings in my Bible reading schedule. When I get to chapter 10, I have the same feeling: I want the story to stop. The nation of Israel has bloomed. Solomon has become king and has built a magnificent dwelling place for God, who moved in with a blaze of glory (8:11). Finally united under a righteous king, they are at peace. I love happy endings!
But the story doesn’t end there. It continues: “But King Solomon loved many foreign women” (11:1), and “his wives turned his heart after other gods” (v.4).
Just as the seasons of the year continue, so do the cycles of life—birth and death, success and failure, sin and confession. Although we have no power to stop the clock while we’re enjoying good times, we can rest in God’s promise that eventually all bad times will end (Rev. 21:4).


Father, our days are filled with pleasures and struggles.
We would like for life just to have the joys, but we know
that’s not realistic in this sinful world. Help us to wait
patiently for You to bring us Home. Amen.


In good times and bad, God never changes.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

SlingShot Ends Deal With Vevaci Entertainment

{{{written April 28th, 2011}}}

i plug in my headphones and let them drift me away into a beautiful place that i can only imagine for the time being
thoughts of how infinite You are consume my finite body and mind and spirit
the kind of love thats everlasting
the kind of love thats never ending
the kind of love that fills my heart as tears fill my eyes and i begin to cry with a smile on my face
what joy it is to know that i dont have to suffer the way the world designed me to in order to bring You glory
to know that my end does not have to be where i am now
to know that You have plans to prosper me
that You are smiling down on me
that Your light is shining on me

the perfect day for me is full of You
nothing else matters when it comes to loving You
all i want in my life is to please You 
is to know that im doing Your will
is to know that You are proud of me
that You will say "Well done" when i am judged
to see the sun shining is only a glimpse of how bright the Son shines
to see the rain pouring is only a glimpse of how You cry about this sin infested world
the hear the oceans roar and see the eagles soar is just a glimpse of Your beauty
nothing else matters when it comes to You
the only hope i have is in You
the best love i'm ever known died then rose now sits on a thrown
truly Jesus is the way the truth and the life
harden not your heart if He calls you tonight 
or tomorrow or whenever He pulls at your heart
"dwell in the midst of us/ come and dwell in this place/dwell in the midst of us/ come and have Your way/dwell in the midst of us/ wipe all the tears from our faces/ dwell in the midst of us/ You can have Your way" is the song that is stuck in my head
its stuck in my heart
this is my desire 
cuz Lord i give You my heart, i give You my mind, i give You my life. its all i have to give Lord
You are the potter and i am the clay, do what You will with me Lord i am a willing vessel ready to be used and filled
move me out the way as Your words flow through me 
You must INCREASE, i must DECREASE
You must INCREASE, i must DECREASE
You must INCREASE, i must DECREASE
protect our minds from this evil world God, from the hidden messages that seem to sneak up on us
continue to give us a way out of our temptations God
dont let us give in to a reprobate mind!!! 
let us see our sin for what it is and turn because the taste of it makes us sick
give us revival God! true revival that is directed by Your Holy Spirit
lets us worship You in spirit and in truth
let us love on You God
let us get our energy from a simple prayer to You
we so desperately need You in all that we do!!

so as i plug in my headphones and look out the window
see the beautiful skies that You paint different each day
i realize giving up my life to serve the God who created this beautiful world
is worth it

so worth it

Brian Williams on Intimacy with God



Brian's twitter

Monday, April 18, 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

why i decided to do Day of Silence

Day of Silence is a day when people speak out (usually silently) against gay bashing and hate crimes done to someone simply because of their sexual orientation. and i support this. but let me make some things clear before you jump on my back.

first off, in NO WAY am i supporting the gay/bisexual/lesbian/transgender/pansexual lifestyle. i strongly believe (even if i was not a christian) that man and woman were meant to be together. this is especially evident in sex when the two flesh become one in a normal, comfortable, make-sense type of way. i also believe that this is the will of god because it says so in His word when he made Adam and Eve and throughout the Holy Scriptures. i also believe that the non-heterosexual lifestyle is against everything that God has designed for us to do for one another in marriage. there is evidence of this all throughout the scriptures (many point to Sodom and Gomorrah and when God talks about who will and will not inherit the Kingdom. so, to reiterate, i am in no way supporting the LIFESTYLE of non-heterosexuals.

second, I AM, however, saying that it is not man's job to punish non-heterosexuals for their lifestyle because we do not have a heaven or hell to put them in, nor do we have a Book of Life or have the Title of God Almighty. yes, God is against this lifestyle, but He will take care of it. as christians, we are suppose to spread love adn love covers a multitude of sin. also, we look at Sodom adn Gomorrah and see that God took care of it. He destoryed the cities,  not man, nor did He have man destroy them.
they are people, with a sin, just like everyone else walking on this earth. in no way am i accepting their sin.

thrid, i am taking a stand because i have a friend whose death anniversary will be celebrated on this september. it will be 4 years since he has left this earth. he was gay and he dressed up as a girl and walked around town on occasion in his dress. he was beaten up, he hemorrhaged and he died. he was only 17.
also i have a cousin who is gay. i will not put his story out, but lets just say God aint done with him yet because the devil tried to take him out before his time. though hope is lost for my friend who is already dead, i know that hope is not lost for my cousin and pray for the blinders that the devil has put on him will be taken off and that he will use his testimony for the glory of God.

so tomorrow, April 13, 2011, i will be participating in the Day of Silence, to stop abuse, and start love and pray that love will show a light that Jesus loves them and wants them to change.
tomorrow is not about me, tomorrow is about saying i am a Christian and christians are SUPPOSE to love everyone, with a love that does not judge or beat people up with words (or sugar coats things, but knows when to speak and asks God for the words). tomorrow is about stopping a fear and a hate, two things that are of the devil that are adding to the mix of chaos and stopping the flow of love, teh gospel being spread and change happening.

tomorrow, i will be preaching, but not with words. i will be preaching with my life, with my actions, which say more than my lips will ever.

if you have family members, friends, acquaintances, associates, coworkers or even enemies who are anything but heterosexual, i encourage you to not give up hope. this is not something that is permanent. people can change. watch these clips of two girls who were once a lesbians but are now set free. if God did it for them, He certainly can do it for whoever you are praying for.

Love yall and God bless





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