Fill My Life

I want to be full of something that will never fade from me, or that will wear off in time. I want not to just be filled, but overflow with something that will satisfy me forever. I want to be filled with Him, His love, His strength, His courage, His mercy. . .I pray:

Lord, repair the cracks, and fill the cistern that is my life. Let it overflow! Please, let everything you are radiate from me. Fill me.

I pray for strength

I ask for strength and love to fill me in a time when feelings of anger and maybe even hate would fill my heart. Feelings sparked by a close friend turning his back on me, when I never could bring myself o abandon him. It hurts to be thrown to the side, like our friendship was nothing. It hurts to know that what i thought was a brother, was just a one way street ending in a dead end, even when I never gave up on him. I pray. . . My prayer is this:
Lord, I ask for strength. . .strength to see past all of this. Give me the ability to forgive and love my brother. I pray for his well being, and the well being of his family. I pray that you will walk with him, and that you, nor I, will ever leave his heart. I pray that his choices in life would result in him seeing your face, and receiving you.

I love you and miss you bra.

Escape the Cave

I just got done reading C.S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce," and Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave," and together they have change my outlook on life.

Why do we honor things in life that, in the end, really don't matter? Why do we go through life searching and striving for personal accolades? Why do we let our self centeredness get in the way of our christ centeredness, and still lie to ourselves about it? Why run and hide in our caves, when we can see that the outside world is filled with God's love and light?

We can pursue things in this world, however we need to keep things in perspective. We as followers of Christ should be a model to others, seek and do all through Christ. When we do all things through him, then we should re-enter the cave and love others and show that the outside light has beauty beyond discription. After all, Jesus came to show us. . .

. . .I have escaped my cave