God You Heal Me

I am a sinner.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

I am weak and damaged.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

In my deepest distress.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

In my deepest pain.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

I lack faith.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

I lack belief.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

Courage is far from me.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

Anger is my companion.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

The Son has saved me.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

The Spirit is mighty.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

You God are my Healer.

God you know this.

God you heal me.

Mental Illness?

Aren't we all mentally ill? Don't hear me wrong, I'm not suggesting that there isn't a thing such as mental illness, but because of the fall don't we all have a problem with our heads and hearts. I wonder if the people who are actually diagnosed with a mental illness are the only ones who are actually not mentally ill. In other words, I wonder if all of us should be more vulnerable and speak up about the things that give us anxiety, fear, anger, and all of the other horrible things all of us think about. Maybe the only way to truly deal with the things that go on in our minds is to talk to someone, or better yet, talk to God about them. But unfortunately we will usually not do this. Then we will be stuck in the vicious cycle of thinking things that will cause us more anxiety, fear, anger, etc. Sometimes this leads to action from our anxiety, fear, anger, etc., and that just isn't good at all.

Solution: Talk to God. Talk to someone who loves God. Become vulnerable. Repent. Believe that God will help you. When He does, remember how he helped and continue to grow!

Things I've Been Thinking as a Pastor

(Please don't read this if you have a tendency to take things personally. These thoughts are not directed at any one individual. They are also just thoughts, and they are possibly wrong. But they are my thoughts none the less.)

1. People will always tell you they are coming, and then most won't. (Sorry to those of you who feel like that hits too close to home.)

2. It is hard to start a movement.

3. It is great when it dawns on people that they really can be a part of a church!

4. Most of the time I see the problem but don't know how to fix it, I generally just want to slap it around.

5. Satan's forces are at work.

6. The Holy Spirit is STRONG!

7. I don't rely on the Holy Spirit the way that I should.

8. I need to step up and become a catalyst.

9. Sometimes when things don't work out I look at how they have worked out for other pastors, and there's a moment, a brief moment, when I want to give up.

10. I'm gonna have to force myself to push that publish post button down there.