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That Are Nearly the Same
1. Doubt
“I am not sure I believe.”
2. Fear
“I am afraid to believe.”
3. Rage
“Why should I have to believe?”
1 Thing This Week That Life Really Wants You to Know
It’s not decided.
Yes, you will actually have to show up to the meeting, live through it, make your points and succeed or fail.
God is not going to take over for you.
Supernatural help is not coming to your aid, nor rallying to destroy you.
It’s not decided.
Your love will only grow as your fear is exposed.
Your faith will expand if you freely speak out your doubt.
Your destiny will be determined by how well you use your good cheer.
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Sit Down Comedy … June 7th, 2019
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My favorite passage comes from the First Book of Pissed Off, Chapter 13, Verse 1: “Dammit to hell, Amen, what the shit, thank you, Jesus.”
There is no other collection of words that so typifies the balance of my walk in the Spirit. For I can tell you of a certainty:
Faith without frustration is fake
People who think they can cruise along and never want to spit at the heavens nor ever feel the need to praise the same are forgetting how easy it is for us to bounce between “Doctor Saint and Mister Sinner.”
You don’t have to go any further than Jesus of Nazareth to see faith and frustration at work. He constantly marveled at people’s unbelief. He yelled at the disciples, asking them when they were ever going to get some understanding of what he was trying to teach them. He scratched his head and inquired about how they could come up with so much doubt when they had seen so much happen. And on the night he was betrayed he lamented, “The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak,” and noted that he would sure appreciate if this cup of poison could pass from him.
Frustration brings faith
Faith is the only thing that keeps frustration from taking over our whole being.
But faith offers its own banquet of frustration:
- Who is God?
- What is God?
- Where is God?
- When is God?
- And why is God?
The five Great W’s that keep us in a constant quandary in the sixth:
- Wonder
On the other hand, I know that frustration brings out the validity of my faith and makes it easier for people to understand both who I am and why I believe.
Some people are turned off by street language, and others completely repulsed by Biblical words. Yet a careful look at the history of great men and women of the scriptures shows that each of them had a very colorful faith—“faith” in the sense that they believed in something beyond themselves, and colorful because they spoke from their hearts, which included cursing this and sometimes cussing a blue streak.
So stop trying to remove the frustration from your faith or becoming agnostic by refusing faith to allay your frustration.
We will not know all the answers until we no longer need all the answers.
This in itself is enough to create frustration.
But may I say, the possibility that there will be a place to go where answers will be provided is why we require faith.
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Salient…August 13th, 2018
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There are matters that are too important to ignore or leave to chance. These are salient moments.
Grace is a pardon.
Mercy is a second chance.
Grace is considered “unconditional love.”
Mercy is love that helps us change our condition.
Grace covers a multitude of sins.
Mercy gives us a shot at being free of sin.
Grace is given to the humble.
Mercy tolerates us while we work on our humility.
Grace is a gift from God.
Mercy is a gift from our brothers and sisters.
Grace does not critique.
Mercy believes we can do better.
By grace we are saved through faith.
Mercy sustains us through our doubt.
So here’s your salient moment:
Be thankful for the grace of God, but live your life like it’s not there.
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PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … August 8th, 2018
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Lunchtime
by Jonathan Richard Cring
If Jesus took me to lunch
What would we talk about?
As we sat down there to munch
Would I share my inner doubt?
For as much as I appreciate
The forgiveness of my sin
What would be truly great
Is learning how to win
I desire to have a lovely soul
Sparkling so sublime
But must the years take their toll?
A wrinkle in my time
I want to possess a mother’s voice
Tender, reassuring and kind
But also make a divine choice
In the lover and friend I find
The anthems that I raise
As I sing my songs of praise
Always make me smile
But only last a while
As Jesus and me break the bread
Will I allow him inside my head?
For man does not live by bread alone
And woman is much the same
Flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone
To share a common name
So pass the salt, my dear Lord
There’s no one quite like you
For I refuse to become bored
Never aging, always new
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PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … February 7th, 2018
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Call My Child
Clever saying
Dry tongue praying
Children wait
Impatiently
Reject the goat
Get the vote
Feeling the need
Empty box
See the prize
Behind the lies
Laugh at jokes
Stale saltines
Hurt so much
When we touch
See me run
To simpler paths
Finding the true
Out of the blue
Requiring magic
Run the limp
If he’s the way
Where’s the truth
In a lifeless room
Filled with doubt
Call my child
From the wild
Bring my spoon
To the feast
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PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … January 3rd, 2018
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Struggle
Struggle!
Don’t give in
Persist!!
Don’t let the dealer win
Object!!!
Deny the latest poll
Reason.
Set a tenable goal
Question?
Nothing’s perfect–nothing at all
Study.
To show yourself approved…
Heed the call.
Heaven sounds like kindness
Open your eyes
Illuminate the blindness
Feel again
Reject the sin
Quell the doubt
Give a shout!
You’re the master
Of your space
A proud member
Of the human race
Shake your head
Resurrect your dead
Ignore the danger
Embrace the stranger
Snarl at the mean
Call it obscene
Struggle, struggle
Boil the trouble
And again I say
Struggle!
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