Tropical Storms and Such
Well....
This afternoon I went out to buy a new worship CD. I was fully intending to get the new Hillsong Youth band CD thing, because everyone is listening to it and I love it. But when I stepped into the store I noticed a CD that literally took my breath away. It's one by Kate Miner. The first year I was in California someone had somehow gotten her first CD called "Live from the Strip" and it rocked our world for a long time. But that CD wasn't yet being carried by any label so it was VERY VERY hard to find. I'm still looking for it, in fact... I'm guessing if I go to her website I just might find it.
The first CD is rather raw, but it is incredible. And I mean absolutely incredible. She just goes for it in worship and you can't help but be taken along for the ride, even by simply listening to a CD. The one song that constantly goes through my head is called "Dream Before You". Wow... Plus anyone who has released a CD called "The Could Have Been My Greatest Hits" you just know is a good artist. hahaha... I love it.
So I walked out with Kate Miner's new CD called "Prodigal Martha". It should be a good one. I listened to it a bit in the store and really liked it.
Then I went off to Starbucks to sit, read Mr. Bible for a while and think. It was nice. Until the sky opened up and dumped down it's wrath on us. I think the tropical storms that are hitting Florida came up here for a little visit. It was crazy!! The wind was blowing so hard that when I stopped the Mumby Mobile it was rocking back and forth.
I have really been enjoying the Bible lately. There is just so much in it. I may have another Bible Story Time with Kayle here soon because a lot is pilling up and I need to re-process it and since my best way of processing is through these funny little keys, I may just subject you to forced Bible study. Well... it will just be the stuff that I have dug out and find particularly neat. For example, John 17 Jesus is praying for His disciples and for us. There is a little tid-bit at the beginning of His prayer where He asks Pappa God to come and glorify him with the glory that they had before the world began.
Interesting.
Usually I would just rip right over that... yeah, yeah... glorify... before the beginning of the world... glory, glory....
Wait a minute! What does that mean? That was the glory before we went and messed everything up in creation! That was the glory that didn't have a significant rift through it due to the sin we allowed to enter the world. That was the glory that God intended all of creation to live in. That was the perfect, pure glory that was untouched and had no knowledge of sin. Hmmm... so now God has given that to Jesus. And then Jesus goes on to pray that Father God would then give that same glory to us, now that we believe. And when you read that prayer along with John 16:31 you'll notice that it took a little while for the disciples to actually and really believe Jesus was the son of God. Jesus get's pretty excited and I found it interesting the time-line from the disciples really, truly believing to this incredible prayer that sets the precident for the rest of history for us as believers. Once they really believed, they got the download from heaven. I find that very interesting and very exciting. It's neat to see what is really available to us. Not just words, not just idea's, but a living, breathing God who does wild and crazy stuff to us and through us. This is one of the first times where Jesus also mentions to the disciples that the same way that Pappa God sent Jesus into the world, so Jesus is send us. He reminds them of that a little while later in John 20:21 in a kind of freaky way, just to emphasis the point, I suppose... hahaha....
Hmmm.... so much in there. So, so much. And I want it all.
It is also interesting to note all the times that Jesus mentions, "Ask anything you want and it will be granted to you" through chapters 12-16. But there is a little key to that... ask anything you want in my name and it will be given to you. There is a pre-requisite of relationship that is present in all of that. I noticed how Jesus wasn't given them some magic wand to just utter the name "Jesus" and wham-o there's your miracle, but it was a call to take on the name of Jesus... the who of Jesus. It was a call to take on the very person of Jesus through that deep, wonderful, living, breathing relationship. Kind of like, when you really get to know this guy, you'll know what to ask for kind of how Jesus modelled to us through His relationship with the Father and only doing what he saw God do. Jesus never failed. I want that relationship.
That still blows my mind. The God of the universe, who created EVERYTHING and holds it all in His hands... and me. We get to hang out together. We get to know each other. We get to explore each other - although He has already done a pretty good job of getting to know me already, what with creating me and knowing all the days of my life and all. I kind of like that, though. Some people know rocks stars, some people know world leaders, some people know the insides of Hollywood. I know God.
Excellent....
And now for a picture and bits of a cool song by Jason Upton to go along with it. This kind of illustrates how I feel right now.
This afternoon I went out to buy a new worship CD. I was fully intending to get the new Hillsong Youth band CD thing, because everyone is listening to it and I love it. But when I stepped into the store I noticed a CD that literally took my breath away. It's one by Kate Miner. The first year I was in California someone had somehow gotten her first CD called "Live from the Strip" and it rocked our world for a long time. But that CD wasn't yet being carried by any label so it was VERY VERY hard to find. I'm still looking for it, in fact... I'm guessing if I go to her website I just might find it.
The first CD is rather raw, but it is incredible. And I mean absolutely incredible. She just goes for it in worship and you can't help but be taken along for the ride, even by simply listening to a CD. The one song that constantly goes through my head is called "Dream Before You". Wow... Plus anyone who has released a CD called "The Could Have Been My Greatest Hits" you just know is a good artist. hahaha... I love it.
So I walked out with Kate Miner's new CD called "Prodigal Martha". It should be a good one. I listened to it a bit in the store and really liked it.
Then I went off to Starbucks to sit, read Mr. Bible for a while and think. It was nice. Until the sky opened up and dumped down it's wrath on us. I think the tropical storms that are hitting Florida came up here for a little visit. It was crazy!! The wind was blowing so hard that when I stopped the Mumby Mobile it was rocking back and forth.
I have really been enjoying the Bible lately. There is just so much in it. I may have another Bible Story Time with Kayle here soon because a lot is pilling up and I need to re-process it and since my best way of processing is through these funny little keys, I may just subject you to forced Bible study. Well... it will just be the stuff that I have dug out and find particularly neat. For example, John 17 Jesus is praying for His disciples and for us. There is a little tid-bit at the beginning of His prayer where He asks Pappa God to come and glorify him with the glory that they had before the world began.
Interesting.
Usually I would just rip right over that... yeah, yeah... glorify... before the beginning of the world... glory, glory....
Wait a minute! What does that mean? That was the glory before we went and messed everything up in creation! That was the glory that didn't have a significant rift through it due to the sin we allowed to enter the world. That was the glory that God intended all of creation to live in. That was the perfect, pure glory that was untouched and had no knowledge of sin. Hmmm... so now God has given that to Jesus. And then Jesus goes on to pray that Father God would then give that same glory to us, now that we believe. And when you read that prayer along with John 16:31 you'll notice that it took a little while for the disciples to actually and really believe Jesus was the son of God. Jesus get's pretty excited and I found it interesting the time-line from the disciples really, truly believing to this incredible prayer that sets the precident for the rest of history for us as believers. Once they really believed, they got the download from heaven. I find that very interesting and very exciting. It's neat to see what is really available to us. Not just words, not just idea's, but a living, breathing God who does wild and crazy stuff to us and through us. This is one of the first times where Jesus also mentions to the disciples that the same way that Pappa God sent Jesus into the world, so Jesus is send us. He reminds them of that a little while later in John 20:21 in a kind of freaky way, just to emphasis the point, I suppose... hahaha....
Hmmm.... so much in there. So, so much. And I want it all.
It is also interesting to note all the times that Jesus mentions, "Ask anything you want and it will be granted to you" through chapters 12-16. But there is a little key to that... ask anything you want in my name and it will be given to you. There is a pre-requisite of relationship that is present in all of that. I noticed how Jesus wasn't given them some magic wand to just utter the name "Jesus" and wham-o there's your miracle, but it was a call to take on the name of Jesus... the who of Jesus. It was a call to take on the very person of Jesus through that deep, wonderful, living, breathing relationship. Kind of like, when you really get to know this guy, you'll know what to ask for kind of how Jesus modelled to us through His relationship with the Father and only doing what he saw God do. Jesus never failed. I want that relationship.
That still blows my mind. The God of the universe, who created EVERYTHING and holds it all in His hands... and me. We get to hang out together. We get to know each other. We get to explore each other - although He has already done a pretty good job of getting to know me already, what with creating me and knowing all the days of my life and all. I kind of like that, though. Some people know rocks stars, some people know world leaders, some people know the insides of Hollywood. I know God.
Excellent....
And now for a picture and bits of a cool song by Jason Upton to go along with it. This kind of illustrates how I feel right now.
A cloud by day
And a fire by night
I'll keep moving on
It may seem strange
But I know it's right
I'll keep moving on
posted by kaylealive at 3:12 PM
1 Comments:
Nice picture Kayle...I was getting my room ready to pack to...to be married and I came across that picture. Do you remember the other picture of us with our heads back trying to watch the sun go down...I love that one too! Hope things are going well. I'll try to call you soon. I've had a few interesting things happen in the last little while...interesting...Laters.
4:09 PM
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