i can hear the least of these

Jesus said "the King will say to those on his right, 'come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. for i was hungry and you gave me food, i was thirsty and you gave me drink, i was a stranger and you welcomed me, i was naked and you clothed me, i was sick and you visited me, i was in prison and you came to me.' then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?  and when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? and when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' and the King will answer them, 'truly i say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

i was listening to the song "I Refuse" by Josh Wilson and it led me to this passage. 

for you commenting consideration:
has the song "I Refuse" by Josh Wilson inspired you?
who is "the least of these?"

i got my first real six string

this morning i am reflecting on our youth group worship service from last night.  i was playing guitar and worshipping God with my students; one of my favorite things to do in the world!  for some reason i have been going back to when i was 13 years old (not literally, because i can't generate 1.21 jiggawatts...yet) and thinking about all of the milestones and decisions that i made that shaped the rest of my life. 

by far the biggest influence in my life apart from Christ is/was/will be my dad.  he believed in me enough to buy me my first guitar.  he believed in me enough to buy me my second guitar!  these two guitars are a couple of my greatest treasures because when i play them they remind me of my dad and how he has always believed in me.  i would not be leading worship for my students every week if he had not believed in me enough to invest in me.  thank you dad for everything.

for your commenting consideration:
who has believed in you enough to invest in you?
are you investing in anyone?

you know we got it goin' on

i am thinking about how much i have...i am also thinking about how much more i want...what is that all about?  why is it that i constantly fail to see how much God has already blessed me?  it's because i am too focused on when the next blessing will come...like the other 51,324,674 that He already gave me isn't enough.

Psalm 145:16 says "You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing."

the God of the universe is powerful enough and merciful enough to satisfy the desire of every living thing!  i have been given so much...much much more than i need to live.  i don't feel called to get rid of everything that isn't necessary for the survival of my family, but i know that i need to constantly be aware of the blessings that God gives me...he satisfies all of my desires! 

for your commenting consideration:
what do you have that you don't need?

short blogs have feelings too...

the only reason why i have never started a blog is because i have never felt like i had enough time to devote to it.  today i realized that i don't have to write a novel...so i started this blog.  i am not sure what direction i am going in yet because i am new to blogging and i don't want to write anything that will completely waste your time.  what i do know is that i feel called to express my thoughts each day through this blog and that it will take about a minute to read through each post.  i promise that i will try to write something that is worth a minute of your time!

for your commenting consideration:
what should i write about?
should i turn this into a one minute daily devotional?
should i post one minute's worth of Scripture?
should i blog about my ministry?
should it be about my thoughts in general?