Today marks day 2 of my Daniel fast and tomorrow I start school. It is a new year and I am looking forward to where it takes me. I write these thoughts as I begin to prepare my self for sleep. To any who read this I will talk to you tomorrow
January 3, 2011
December 28, 2010
September 14, 2010
My Ministry
Some things just hit you like a ton of bricks.
This can be things that you have known and thought of for some time. things you may know and understand but not comprehend at one time. those are the moments I am talking about.
I just had one of those moments.
Background:
I was sitting reading different blogs and listening to a few sermons on line. I signed up on a blog that if I had a minute or 2 I could write there or share something I had thought of.
I enjoy profiles being filled out and simi-complete that it will at least point to my other works and people can find this main site. well in signing up I found they use the same software I do WordPress. So filling out this profile they have some different boxes than standard. and one asked my Ministry.
I thought on this for 1-2 seconds and had my ah ha moment. I have a ministry and it is not just a thing here or there it is People Reducing Homelessness(PRH).
What Do I DO There? I write on the blog as well as a few other things. but this really becomes bigger when you let the idea marinate just a little longer. it speaks of how we are to serve as a christian. Serving by loving others as yourself, loving by doing, and the like.
but what is an epiphany without action? it is dead.
So what is my charge from this I ask myself. I need to go and move forward on the things that need doing over there as well as here and in the world.
I for a while have been praying for God to reveal what I am to do. Lo in behold I have had it for some time just not as active as I should be with it. So taking this charge I run.
here is the main PRH site
August 27, 2010
August 23, 2010
Way of Instruction
Yesterday(19 Aug 2010) I was reading proverbs during my quiet time, And if you read a proverb a day you can tell I was in the 19th chapter. I have read this chapter a few times over in past months and during the day. the 27th verse stuck out to me more than most this time.
27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
This hit me in the chest. Hard.
Hind sight being 20/20 I know I strayed. Far.
The words of Job ring in my head of “Will not even God use the aching of your bones to correct you”.
Before all the aching and pain and coming back to the Lord, I experienced a little bit of the world. Sex, Drugs, and the like were what I was about. This led to a marriage and subsequent divorce, that I can say I learned a lot about how not to do things. from all this though I learned and gained some worldly wisdom that as I have rediscovered Godly wisdom I see the black and white that much more defined.
So my take on this is that the words of instruction are really supposed to be Gods words. The less they are read and shared with your children the easier it will be for them to wonder off. I know I have been there.
I grew up most of my life in a non-christian home. my mom was professed christian and at that time did not live it. so when i started wanting to practice the Wicca, she freaked. But her freaking was the first step I took to the Lord. This in and of itself is just the start. but not having more than a short time of interaction with christian males and not having a father at home. this shaped how I developed. Not really always getting in the Word also was an issue. So when I left the nest for the first time I failed.
Again in retrospect I could see this coming.
I became a little bit co-dependent at that time. and based on that co-dependency I had a very flawed and failed relationship with my now ex-wife. when she told me marry her or let her go, I should have opened the door and kicked her out. she was never good for me. I had a few people in my life tell me, but ultimately it was a mistake I had to make myself.
so in all that depression what am i trying to say.
The bible is packed with great instruction, Read it and find out for yourself
August 12, 2010
August 9, 2010
August 6, 2010
Hacking Thought
Earlier this week I was reading “The Top Idea in Your Mind“. In this article Paul Graham talks about what you think most about in the shower is what you tend to drift to when your mind has a free moment. So I want to know can you hack thought?
What, how are you wanting to hack thought?
I am proposing that we can motivate out mind to think on our own terms a little better. That with the right tactics and techniques we could have our mind working for us vs the other way around. let me attempt to explain a little bit more in a different way.
I tend to let my mind drift when in the shower and through out the day. I feel that maybe if I read or study a problem, then allow that thought to flood my mind in the shower it then becomes my primary thought. beyond this it also allows me to work through it a little differently.
now how can this be of more use to me and maybe even you?
well to answer that I want to make another past thought come to light. I wondered about meditation God’s way, and not not my own way. I think that having a quiet time before a shower where you are asking yourself questions, and thinking about His word will influence your thoughts. those thoughts will help you to meditating in and on Him.
thought case 2, Writing and story lines. there are days that I think about writing a book I already have characters for. It seems that in the shower is where they wish to chatter the most. through out the rest of the day they have other conversations, and sometimes adventures.
So this is my theory and what I plan on testing in my life. I will keep you posted on how this works for me.
what are your thoughts on this?
August 4, 2010
Free-writing vs posting
there are times that I wonder what I am doing as a writer, vlogger, and such. and I think that what I have realized this is coming to is that if I want to be more successful than what I see now I am going to have to work at it a little more. I will have to hone my crafts and do where I haven’t done before.
This is also to apply to procrastination as well as better ways to wast time.
What does this all mean, it means I am stepping up my game. I am stepping up how I do my business. instead of slacking off so much I am going to do. not say I’m going to do as much.
Vlogs are coming to have a purpose and are getting there own site
my main business with DVNT tech will have its own site as a contact funnel.
and this site is still going to be my personal home for writing these random thoughts.
OK, but what is up with the name of this post?
well it was titled because I always wonder should I free write before writing a blog post or not. some days my blog post is my free writing (like today). then other days I have written the same thing in my head about 30+ times and the words come a little more naturally to me then.
So what is up with all that stuff at the top.
I am writing down goals and tasks that I need to accomplish, as well as warming up for all the other writing I need to accomplish. so as I feel this posting coming to an end and others floating around I bid you adieu.
but what is even worse is when you write and then let it sit for a few days to marinate and let other ideas grow as well. then come back edit and post. that is what I am learning to do. is write 1-3 post a day and tweak on them as I draft others and post when needed.
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July 29, 2010
Free Random Thoughts
what is in a name of a post. so many times before I write I try and find the name of the post and write from there. this does not always work. so today I thought I would try something a little different, I would write then come up with a clever title and maybe an image to go with it.
the last few days I have started to kick the habit of smoking. Sunday night was the last night with cigarette, now on Wednesday night I faulted and had 3. but I coughed and hacked every time and could not finish a whole one. This has lead to a few jitter problems over the last few days, but I know in the end I will be healthier for it.
next, as for my leg it has almost cease seeping and is about ready to start working out again. so these are the random thoughts for the day now for some real writing this afternoon.
ecko