place I miss

The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health is a residential "place like home" for sick children and their families. Children come from across the country and around the world to stay together with their families in The Inn’s healing environment while receiving groundbreaking medical treatments at the NIH, the world’s leading biomedical research center. While the NIH takes care of the child’s medical needs, The Inn tends to the child’s heart, soul and spirit.I miss the kids and the staff of volunteers ,and I miss getting to visit and helping as a Volunteer when I could even though I was a patient @ the NIH ,I loved being who I am a Minister of Belonging. The kids at the Children's Inn a lot of them are battling are fighting terminal Cancer,Aid and other Disease and Disorders,and those kids and their family's come from all over the world. There is a way you can help and child and there family (http://www.childrensinn.org)

theres no umbrella

A book I am gonna get back in to reading soon is the book they like Jesus But not the Church.Please allow me to share so thoughts and views on this subject,As Christians many of us after receiving Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior think that we fall under this umbrella to cast judgment.When we excepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior,Jesus did not put this umbrella over our heads saying go forth and judge the world, no as Christians we are called to be a light to the world and not copy the worlds ways.Psalm 9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness.# Isaiah 2:4
He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.The Lord is our judge,we are call to be ambassadors of Christ,we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.Ephesians 2 Paul talks about we were once dead in our transgressions,we were once dead to sin,we had another master the serpent aka Satan , But God bought us with with a price,by coming to earth and being human and dieing on a cross ,so we are to share that good news and help open peoples eyes to see Christ and except him as their Lord and savior.

this is a place for updates

Jesus Christ has the power to...

so I have listed examples of some things Christ has done in my life, what has Christ done in yours,please share what he has done in your life.

Jesus Walks

enjoy the video!!

Anger

This weekend has been super ruff on me,it started Thursday after infusion I had not eaten that day and I was just completely warn out for some reason.I slept the entire time of my infusion ,so that was one reason I didn't eat and right as we go home and pull up in the drive way we get a call Linda has a panic attack ,I love MS Linda a whole lot it did not bother me rushing out to help ,I would help anyone at the drop of a dime,but she was in a cranky mood ,and I am already tired for some reason and hungry,so I am really not in the mood to whining ,loud talking ,or just being moody in general,but this whole week she has been moody and I have just been sick of hearing the her complain and so has my mom.Today I take a nap which I need and woke up about 5:30, and some one down the street is playing their boom speakers so loud I heard the music clear as day without hearing aids and the walls in the house were vibrating ,I normally don't care about the loud music ,but it woke me up and its 9:45 and the music music is still going one,so I called the police ,because I the music was just killing my ears,my mom and I left and went to CC's to get out the house ad I was hoping by the time I got back the music would have stopped ,it didn't ,so I sm sitting here and the music is still going on and I just wanna scream or go and break their speakers which I might would do if I had a car.

upgrades are nice

Yesterday a team of us rearranged the Youth office @ parkview ,I got a new desk and new chair , and our couch got so throw pillows yippie. But, the sad part is Josh nor Meg work in the office with us ,so while the upgrade and changes are wonderful,there is some sadness under neither ,but on the other positive note Jess and I will still be eating lunch with them every week. I hope you guys will enjoy the video that is apart of this post this is a song I love ,so enjoy !!!

iphone xp

ok, I was having a little fun on the computer editing images ,and this is what I created!!!

relaxing

Well now that my mom and I's close friend Ms Linda is doing so much better I can relax now and breathe easier ,for the past 2 weeks my mom and I have been sort of like baby sitting ,but we have not been keeping a baby we have been helping a friend of ours who has been in some heavy heavy stress, which mess with her fiscal and mental health.Ms Linda is Bi polar and when she gets under heavy stress like she was its hard for her to think rational ,so my mom and I have been taking care of her, and now that she is doing so much better I can rest and relax and have time sit back and sit at the coffee shop.

takeing time to update

I am happy yet kinda bumded , the reason i am happy well i got to hang out with people i am good friend with ,earlier today i got to eat lunch with my good friend MR joe from computer school, that was a nice hang out lunch. Tonight i got to see so friend that i have not seen in a couple of years ,i went and ate dinner with them at On The Boarder over by barns &noble .But, here is whats going on to get me kinda in a funk ,is Anna my ex Girl friend which kinda had a bit of issues with a Longdistance relationship,and here is why this making me laugh under neither ,she has issues with longdistance relationships ok then she turns around talking to someone that is 5 or 6 hours away,when i am 8 hours away and now she is engaged,so she asked me the other day did I want her to send a wedding invatation to me I said ok send one, but here is where it bumms me out is ,i cared for Anna and she did the same exact thing Marrie kemp that i dated for 5 years lived two doors down from, and when I moved to baker,she is like i have a problem with a long sistance relationship then she ends up dating a guy that live in my same neighbor hood in baker which was a total looser he got suspended for fight at school ,he beat a kid at school for no reason ,so ok why is this bothering me now it just that wedding invite to me its like a little slap in the face to me.have no fear johny.B is not beat down and sad , i am just kind a little hurt , have no fear this old dog has been throught a million times worse and i'm still standing I just wanted to get this off my chest and let everyone else know,so to my friends @ church I'm ok i no sad depressed,i have just had my heart just spit on by a lot of different people in my life and i get my hear spit on some more in my life time,this just makes me stronger.

Africe

this is what the necklaces my friends made for me looks like !

This week I was asked the question by mom and Ms Linda why do people do things to hurt one another,and why do people do evil,there is a short answer t answer is because of the fall,because ever since the fall of Adam and Eve there has been sin that is the reason.Now that we are born again in Christ, we have been washed clean.The Answer is Because of the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden,and since we are born again we shouldn't try to understand evil,because if you try to understand evil,you have the capability to still do evil,try to understand evil only brings sin back in the picture,and since we have been washed clean by the blood of Christ we should not want sin to back in the picture. This post is not saying that oh your gonna be perfect after you except Christ ,we are all gonna mess up, but trying to understand why other do the evil in the world is npt for us to understand ,we should be the light of Chris to them and show Christ,and let God be God and let him deal with there hearts.We think if I could understand others, we can fix the situation,and fix the person,we can be the Prozac and be the fixer,when we need to be concerned with our selves and out relationship with Christ ,and showing Christ to the world,and doing as Christ Commanded,to feed the hungry,visit the sick and the prisoner,and give shelter to the poor,and that my friend will heal the world when we reflect Christ to the world to see.

La Pewwww!!!

for Today

Psalm 18:27-30 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)

27 You save the humble
but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28 You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning;
my God turns my darkness into light.

29 With your help I can advance against a troop [a] ;
with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is flawless.
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in him.

crazyness

This week my mom and I are staying with a really good friend of ours that I have known since I was a toddler who is just going through a ruff time, but this week has its up and down .On the side, helping out with yard work which is difficult for A friend of Ours' Ms Linda get yard work done because she got a heat stroke years ago was fun and it was also very good for me because I have not gotten out to do yard work in a long time and I missed that kinda stuff.But this week has not all been in my hands because yes this week has thrown some what of my schedule off, but I God is showing me that one that I need to brought out of my comfort zone, which is my schedule and this week also has been a week that was has also had a scary begging .

today

Zechariah 14:8-9 (Contemporary English Version)
8In both summer and winter, life-giving streams will flow from Jerusalem, half of them to the Dead Sea in the east and half to the Mediterranean Sea in the west
9Then there will be only one LORD who rules as King and whose name is worshiped everywhere on earth.

LOST AND FOUND

I go to check my my email and in my box of new emails ,I open up the daily devotion email from upper room, and the verse for today is out of Matthew 5:21-24 and Ephesians 4:32.I go a read the devotion and out of those verse its talking about reconciling ,forgiving,settling conflicts,and being quick to forgive others as Christ has forgiven us.so,I'm reading theses verses and I am reminded of a conflict earlier today I had with a friend and just how hurt I was of the words used to hurt me and how I was treated, but you know in that situation, I let it affect me and I let my hurt control me and affect how I treated and talked to another friend,so the lesson here is don't let other attitudes and conflicts with you affect how you treat others,if you let it control you your hurting your self double and hurting someone innocent.So be quick to forgive and don't say oh I forgive you and walk a way with your feeling still being hurt like a splinter in your hand ,forgiving and letting go is not easy ,but if you ask God for his strength to guide and help mend the situation and heal hurts on both sides.



LOST AND FOUND
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Matthew 5:21-24 (NRSV)

"You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, 'You shall not murder'; and 'whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.' But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, 'You fool,' you will be liable to the hell of fire. So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

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Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
- Ephesians 4:32 (NRSV)

Leaning on the Lord

for the past couple of months,I have been dealing with Dizzy spells ,also know as Vertigo.My first experience with vertigo ,I went to the emergency room,because my mom and i had no clue as to what was going on.But, in dealing with the affects of Vertigo ,with being dizzy ,and the feel of not being in control, I have been praying and leaning on the Lord more for his help.I ask that you would please keep me in your prayers.

Fears

Last night in community group,it was guys night and we talked about fears,and that is something for me and I know a lot of others guys struggle with.Sometimes fear can motivate you and some fears can stop you in your tracks,I mean some of us have some just silly fears, such as being scared of wasp,spiders,and raccoons.But, even though we are a little shy and not wanting to admit things that frighten them and in situations like last night we all laugh and say I'm a shamed to admit i am scare of this,or I am scared of that,and then when it comes to down right even big things like admitting I am down right scared ,of things such as family issues and I need the Lords strength to g et me through .

things I try to do daily,but am not quite perfect at

I try to read the upper room devotional emails every day thats not always done daily,but here is todays verse.

1 Corinthians 12:12-27 (CEV)
One Body with Many Parts
12The body of Christ has many different parts, just as any other body does. 13Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit. [a] 14Our bodies don't have just one part. They have many parts. 15Suppose a foot says, "I'm not a hand, and so I'm not part of the body." Wouldn't the foot still belong to the body? 16Or suppose an ear says, "I'm not an eye, and so I'm not part of the body." Wouldn't the ear still belong to the body? 17If our bodies were only an eye, we couldn't hear a thing. And if they were only an ear, we couldn't smell a thing. 18But God has put all parts of our body together in the way that he decided is best.

19A body isn't really a body, unless there is more than one part. 20It takes many parts to make a single body. 21That's why the eyes cannot say they don't need the hands. That's also why the head cannot say it doesn't need the feet. 22In fact, we cannot get along without the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest. 23We take special care to dress up some parts of our bodies. We are modest about our personal parts, 24but we don't have to be modest about other parts.

God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable. 25He did this to make all parts of the body work together smoothly, with each part caring about the others. 26If one part of our body hurts, we hurt all over. If one part of our body is honored, the whole body will be happy.

27Together you are the body of Christ. Each one of you is part of his body.

Footnotes:

1. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Some of us are Jews. . . that same Spirit: Verse 13 may also be translated, "God's Spirit is inside each of us, and all around us as well. So it doesn't matter that some of us are Jews and others are Gentiles and that some are slaves and others are free. Together we are one body."



my own thought for today

Celebrate the fact that because we know Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior ,we make up the body of Christ even before we knew him we all were made in his image.
we all mess up constantly ,but that does not mean we are not still members of Christ body, Christ sees us as all as blame less and when he sees us he sees his creation as perfect!!!