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"A dream not made a reality is a reality not worth dreaming."

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Ahhhhh, if I ever had a daughter and she said that...I would melt...

cruddit... I have to be as manly as I can now!...before I melt

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Define a Fool

Psalm 14 [Define Tomfoolery]

v.1 "The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'."

When is the last time a christian was bold enough to say that to a nonbeliever? By saying "fool", I don't mean belittling them or judging them and calling them stupid. But when's the last time we would say "Oh My Goodness it's absurd that you say there is no God. I'm not the crazy one, you're the crazy one."

Let's really take sometime to think about that. It hit home with me today as I read that. Usually I would support that it's more logical to doubt the existence of God. However the more I pray and pursue him he reveals that he is alive and well.

I'm thinking that it's more logical to believe the existence of God. In fact God is more real then gravity. 

I've shared this before but to me God is no longer a matter of faith or belief or will power, it's just a fact, and it's absurd to say there is no God. Especially when this God is for us and not against us, he died and saved us all. It's just foolish not to see this grace. 

It's as if someone is trying to give us a $300.00 amazon giftcard for free and we're still arguing it's a scam or that we don't deserve it because we didn't enter a raffle or it's not our birthday. I'd argue, it's more logical for us to take the prize and facebook status it and share it with the world. Especially if everyone could get the same gift. The foolish one selfishly holds onto a limitless blessing.

The core issue is that we believe we are foolish Christians trying to live in the world and forget the authority that God has given us. Never be ashamed for God, but in God show undignified compassion.

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Polymath: The Renaissance Man

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Who, What, Where, When, Why? Do you love. This is a well made storyline. 

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It's Okay to Lament

Job 3 [Physical vs Spiritual]

Whenever a christian complains, such as Job, the first thing we say is..."don't do that" or we consider it a sin. Yet, what I realize now is the direction of the complaint. This world is riddled with sin and suffering and, in fact, Satan is walking to and fro on the earth, just as alive as God, who is the living God, is on the earth. I don't think anyone is going to live a life without suffering of some kind. And to lament over that suffering isn't a sin. It's being real. It's seeking desperation in an answer from God and waiting despite how hard it gets. To hate the day you were born and wish you were dead is a radical point to get to. But we can't discard our emotions and say they don't exist at the same time. We're humans after-all and desperately need God.

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Worship.

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I'm 21. A few years ago I had a mentality that you never had to grow up. That growing up meant you weren't being true to yourself and that you were covering yourself up just so you could succeed for the moment each day.

I realized last year what becoming mature means. It's not the connotative thought of "growing up" because society tells you to - because it's the social standard. No, growing up, if done properly and true to your heart, is becoming the awesome person that you alone were meant to be. It's maturing into something greater than yourself and seeing something beyond just "me". 

Are you satisfied?