A Serious Matter

When we look at society and say that it is a mess, we are saying that our individual lives are a mess.  I am saying this because we make up the society we are in.  If it were not for people, then there would be no society.  Therefore, if society is in a morally bad shape, that means we as individuals are in bad shape morally rather you want to accept this or not.  We all have a responsibility for the outcome of were this world is going. Until we take our individual responsibility, it will continue to get worse.

This all is coming to my mind because I live in the melting pot of society, New York City, and I am able to witness a lot of things.  The world, as we know it, is coming to an end.  We only have a little time left and we have to correct the wrongs we have done.  The wrongs, the sins we have committed. We are looking at the consequences of the problem(sin) when we see all of the wickedness in the world.  I hate to watch the news because it is constantly speaking about wars, rapes, abuses, murders, sexual immorality, homosexuality, impurities and the like.  I can't watch a TV show without some sexual innuendo being use or them pushing that being gay is "natural" and something that is normal.  Sin is sin.  Sex outside of marriage is sin.  Homosexuality is sin.  Cursing, lying, gossiping, slandering, murder, evil thoughts, over eating, drunkenness, pride, conceitedness or arrogance, all are sin.  This is so abundant in our society and many minds are blinded from this state.  These things and more are the problems in our world.  The solution for the problem is being in Jesus, following him, repenting of your sins and living for Him.  This begins to correct the problem.
 
We try to use social professions to correct them all, but actually we just put band aides on them without truly healing the wound.  If a person is not in Jesus, they will continue to be in sin rather a situation changes or not and it will continue to get worse in some form (inward or outward).
Punishments may be given out and you may even feel the consequence of your decisions, but the core of the problem will still be there if you don't repent of it.
Jesus says, "Repent or you will perish."  This society is perishing because of the lack of repentance of our individual hearts.

I write this because I love you and I hope that we will all change so that we can be home with the Father one day.  He is patiently waiting for us all, but His patience is going to run out one day, so, while you have the chance, please repent, confess your sins, and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins so that you can receive the gift of the Holy Spirit which is a guarantee that you will have a place, in heaven, at home with our Father.

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Be blessed

Present moment

For the past couple of weeks I haven't been able to sleep much.  I've been anxious in my thoughts and excited at the same time.  It's a weird feeling.  My heart is constantly racing and I try to calm myself down but I can't.  My eyes are tired but my body is saying, "Let's go!"  I am so tired.  Even as I'm writing this, I am feeling the same way. I couldn't sleep last night either!.  Ok, you may be wondering what is on my mind.  Well, you know how you know something great is about to come, but you just don't know when.  It's like the feeling you got when you were a little kid right before Christmas and you knew you were going to get your favorite gift but you had to stay in bed or else Santa Claus was going to put ashes in your eyes? (Yes, that's what I was told.)  It's that same emotion.

Something new is coming in my career. I'm about to start my project with a couple of amazing producers who believe in what I'm about and just want to help me be the best. Only God could choose them and put this together and only God will make this great.  I've written some songs that are going to move so many hearts.  Ugh, I can't wait to hear the outcome.  I think this is like giving birth or something. (Not that I know what that feels like.)   Also, I'm pitching an after school program to two schools and I believe that the program will be in the schools in the next year.  God has placed in my life people who know how to do programs and they have been mentoring me in this process.  I have visions about where this organization is going to go and where my music is going to go and I just can't stop the excitement!

 I'm also interested in a guy, I think. I always have to say that because I don't want to admit that I am because I don't want to get hurt but I know that I am interested in him. (Crazy right?)  I don't even know what he feels or what he is thinking.  I don't think he knows I'm interested in him either.  I'm just trying to focus on the friendship. (Yeah, right! In my mind, I've already planned the wedding, know what type of dress I want, how my many kids I want and how they are going to look. Wow!)  I am going to slow my mind down, enjoy the PRESENT and not live in the future.  I have to learn how to live in the now.  Jesus says in Mathew 6: ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.  
 I have to put this scripture into practice.  I need to have this embedded in my heart and mind at all times.  I know the things God has showed me are going to happen but I need to learn how to enjoy each moment.  I just pray that I'm able to sleep tonight.

The Aftermath

I've been full of emotion over the past days.  Tropical Storm Sandy has come and gone, but the results still remain.  I was not affected by it physically or materialistically, but I have been affected emotionally.  I feel guilty.  I feel guilty that I have electricity, food, and a home when millions of people are without.  I know that I shouldn't and that I have nothing to do with this, but I am fighting to fight this feeling.  Would I feel better if I had some issues happening to me?  I don't think so.  I am a complex person and I am really understanding that about myself.

I went to volunteer the other day with Red Cross in Long Island and I met this woman there who had no electricity and she was trying to keep herself together with the kids she had. She stood before me in tears and all I could do is hug her and whisper to her that this may feel like it's forever but it is not and for her to hold on.  When we finished talking a cop came and told her about a shelter she could go to.  That was an answered prayer.

I believe my Father has allowed these things to happen in hopes that hearts will turn to Him and not away from Him.  While watching TV yesterday, the news anchor said the IPhone 5, without electricity, is like a rock you can toss in the water.  He is right.  I believe that God wants us to be truly aware of who He is and who we are and that everything on this earth is temporary and will perish.  See how easy the houses were destroyed and the rampage the storm had in NJ and some parts of NY? God is powerful and He wants  us to be aware of His power and turn to Him.  He has been trying to get our attention in so many ways and this is one of them.  He wants us to turn from our wicked ways and turn to serve Him completely with everything.

Remember that there is no one good but God and all of us have sinned and turned away from Him.  We all need His forgiveness.  He is the only one who can.  He wants us to have a true relationship with Him and not be "religious".  Religiosity has been leading many to hell and that is not where our Father wants us to go.  He wants us to be with Him and to wake up from the slumber we have been in.  I pray that Tropical Storm Sandy is a wake up call for many of us.  I pray that, in the months to come, that many of us will draw closer to God and watch Him do great things in our lives and experience the hope, the love that comes from being in Him.

 Paul said it this way in Phil. 4:12-13:  ¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

 I pray that we learn and apply this "secret" to every part of our lives.