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Friday, June 26, 2009
Your church exists to love the world and to commission you for a mission of expanding beauty, truth, and goodness upon the earth. ~ Leonard Sweet
Saturday, June 20, 2009
"Cham. If you owned a piece of property with a field on it, would you expect there to be a harvest already there for you to enjoy?" Sarcastically joking I replied, "only if someone had planted it ahead of time." He said, "EXACTLY! You have to plant before you can reap the benefits of the a harvest."
That conversation popped back up in my mind this morning as I read this verse...
"Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest." - Prov. 20:4
What my friend was saying is true and runs hand in hand with this piece of scripture. You have to plant before you reap. You have to work and invest before you can enjoy the harvest. This is a very simple concept that a lot of people (I believe) can't every get a hold of correctly. Today's generation is about "instant". A I want it now! - Society. A "Just throw it on a credit it card" generation. I think we have forgotten how to plant. We have forgotten that harvesting is a year-round procedure that requires proper forecasting, vision, discipline, and will power.
Let's set the record straight: Harvesting in its entirety is not seasonal, it is 365 day circle. There is always something needing to be done throughout the course of the year in preparation of the next harvest.
Now lets inject this into our life. The same goes for what ever I do day in and day out. If I want to be great at something (harvest), then I have to practice (plant). If I want to have money for a vacation (harvest), then I have to save (plant). If I want to be passionate for God and fulfill His purpose for me (harvest), then I have to invest my life, time, and energy in to my relationship with Him (plant). The list can go on and on. The question is are you planting and preparing. According to the scripture above, we are lazy (& foolish) if we don't plant and prep in the right season. We will ultimately miss a harvest and fullness of life, family, and God's purpose. What are you planting for today???
Friday, June 19, 2009
"Authentic evangelism is lifting up the veil of what God is up to and manifesting the image of God in the world we are in." ~ Leonard Sweet
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
I have heard before that leaders are readers. So grabbed l.sweets new book. Should be awesome.
-- Cham
Ok...so It has been some time since I have touched this blog site. For awhile, I felt like it served its purpose. I used it for sanity's sake during some crazy times last year. I haven't abandoned it, but just took some time off. My friend Tim Corbin (& pastor) stated that he doesn't blog because he really didn't have anything to say or talk about. That pretty much sums up the reason why I haven't put anything on here in a very long time. I do have a lot to say, but I wanted to keep P.O.C. a blog about God, randomness, thoughts, and transparencies. I have another blog cham2seattle.blogspot.com that is more specifically geared to my church planting...an update if you will. So...the planet is coming back in to orbit. I am at a new place, a new place in life, and am always on an adventure. Like I prefaced on my very first blog on here last year, this is not about "me". This blog is about everything around me and my observations. It is really a place to cut loose and see what happens, BUT BY NO MEANS IS THIS BLOG EVER TO HAVE THE INTENT OF GETTING "CHAM'S NAME" OUT THERE. I checked out of that over a year ago and could really care less about how many people know me, buy books from me, reference me, etc.. WHY? Because for me to be authentic in myself & in my relationship with GOD, then I have to be poured out daily and allow the things I do/say reflect my God and His work...not my success. So in saying that...enjoy. I hope to rearrange the look of the site soon...
Much love...
cham
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I heard this on pandora.com and forgot how great the lyrics were... Deliver me by David Crowder Deliver me out of the sadness CHORUS: Deliver me loving and caring Oh, deliver me Jesus, Jesus how I trust You
Deliver me from all the madness
Deliver me courage to guide me
Deliver me Your strength inside me
All of my life
I've been in hiding
Wishing there was someone just like You
Now that You're here
Now that I've found You
I know that You're the One to pull me through
Deliver me giving and sharing
Deliver me this cross that I'm bearing
How I've proved You o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus precious Jesus
Deliver me
Come and pull me through
Come pull me through
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
~ Charles Spurgeon
I am beginning to realize....
that it is pressure, time, and solitude that creates one of the most sought after gems of this world, the diamond. As you may know, diamonds, beautiful and expensive, started as a lump of coal. Over a course of time, immense pressure, and being separated from the outside elements (or world), a diamond is formed.
I don't think we are any different. The quote above by Spurgeon reveals my suggestion. I believe God is constantly in the diamond making business. He takes the junk in our lives, the pressures, the solitude, and begins to form us for His display. The diamond making days/weeks/years are tough, but is necessary and allowed. It brings something so beautiful in our lives that when the Glory of God hits us, the radiance shines in so many directions and changes others around us.
"Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God." ~ 1Cor. 1:26-30 (msg)
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