well. here i am in louisville, kentucky at school. not ul - but another ministry study thing that i'm doing. no doubt that i love the crap out of it. however, i'm sitting here with an uneasy feeling in my stomach. does anybody know what this means? there's a few people around, not a noteworthy amount - but maybe that was a note. i've been starring at a screen that is scrolling through the same announcement slides over and over again - and i'm still watching. i'm just here. sitting. doing nothing really.
moving on, at this here school i've gotten to hear from some incredible people. a lot of wisdom has been given and hopefully my brain is advanced enough to take it all in. i'm mostly surrounded by dudes that are nearly 35-45 year old and 33-43 year old chicks - that's a fair median. these are basically my friends for the week. yip-ee right? right. thus far something has stuck in my mind more than anything. it's the phrase: prayer is doing something. simple. to the point. common sense really. but do i act like it? no. thinking back on it - i feel the greatest sense of accomplishment after a good time in prayer, but i don't do it enough. why is that do you think? discipline? lack of sense? everything probably plays into it. but what if we were to view prayer as the only source of doing something? what if doing something only meant prayer. for those of us that know the truth and actually care about matter - this would make the world of difference. as opposed to view our productivity based on people we see, things that get checked off, etc it would rock our entire day. and i'm not saying completely neglect people or anything but think about it. would we feel near as productive? just saying.
i'll leave, but with this: be on alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. let all you do be done in love.
another simple statement what we could never begin to master. but it's all worth a life time of attempts.
grace and peace from Jesus only. He's the reason for everything. and if you don't know or believe - ask me about it. He's the only thing that makes sense.
bradley.
moving on, at this here school i've gotten to hear from some incredible people. a lot of wisdom has been given and hopefully my brain is advanced enough to take it all in. i'm mostly surrounded by dudes that are nearly 35-45 year old and 33-43 year old chicks - that's a fair median. these are basically my friends for the week. yip-ee right? right. thus far something has stuck in my mind more than anything. it's the phrase: prayer is doing something. simple. to the point. common sense really. but do i act like it? no. thinking back on it - i feel the greatest sense of accomplishment after a good time in prayer, but i don't do it enough. why is that do you think? discipline? lack of sense? everything probably plays into it. but what if we were to view prayer as the only source of doing something? what if doing something only meant prayer. for those of us that know the truth and actually care about matter - this would make the world of difference. as opposed to view our productivity based on people we see, things that get checked off, etc it would rock our entire day. and i'm not saying completely neglect people or anything but think about it. would we feel near as productive? just saying.
i'll leave, but with this: be on alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. let all you do be done in love.
another simple statement what we could never begin to master. but it's all worth a life time of attempts.
grace and peace from Jesus only. He's the reason for everything. and if you don't know or believe - ask me about it. He's the only thing that makes sense.
bradley.
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