My Obsession

Obsession –noun 1. the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.

What are we obsessed about?? Is it God? Too often I feel the answer is no. TO be obsessed with something means the domination of ones thoughts or feelings...whether its girls, school, cycling I always place other stuff where God should be...Number one in everything in my life should be God. He needs to be the center of everything...if he isn't the center of school..my priorities aren't right...if he isn't the center of cycling I am not riding for the right reasons..everything needs to revolve around Christ. Christ died so that we may live..but how are we using the time we have been given? are we just going through the motions and waiting to go to heaven? Matthew 10:39 "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Are we willing to give up our life...our time..our energy for Him..As each day passes I realize more and more that each time I give up what I fear to lose the most I find/experience the most precious beautiful satisfying joyful amazing thing I could hope to find...Jesus. Now since God has given his kingdom and blessed us beyond belief how should we conduct ourselves..how can we honor him? I feel one way we can show gratitude is by obeying God with fear and humility. Psalm 103:11 says "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him" When we fear God we learn to obey him...and we see in John 14:21 "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." Its so cool to see how when we humble ourselves and become nothing that God truly makes his love complete in us

Matthew 6:21 "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

The problem with soley giving every ounce of your soul, strength, heart is we have an enemy that wants you to do anything that doesn;t have to do with God..distraction is an amazing way that we get side-tracked. Its when you don't want to read your bible you should, its when you feel to busy to pray you need to get on your knees and lift your heart to God, its when you afraid that you need to share your faith etc.. Have you ever seen a couple thats crazy in love...that can't stop spending time together..and think about each other when they're apart..this is how I want to be with God...Jesus I want to wake up to your glorious mercy, I want to dance in your joy, I want to breath in your life, I want to speak your Love, I want to hear your sweet voice...I want my life to be a love song for you. I want you to make you proud...I want to fall in love with you..

Isn't it funny how time and time again we try to fill our life with things that only satisfy for a moment when God satisfies us for eternity. Nothing, whether its a girlfriend, a sport, a hobbie, a job should come close to your obsession with God. The best part is when you look for God or spend time with him or give your life to him you find exactly what you wanted/needed. He never disappoints...He always is there..he will always answer you when you call.

Once again are we obsessed with God?? do we long for waking up in the morning just so we can speak to God? do we live our lives for him or do we just put on a mask, blend in, and look like the world? do we pray and read his word? do we live like they are dying or do we live like just we were dying? See 1/1 people die...if I were to die tonight I know I would go to heaven, but what about everyone else. No one, whether it is your aunt, dad, cousin, friend is guaranteed tommorrow..the one thing you can't do in heaven is witness to non-believers. See if we are really obsessed about God and are willing to give up everything to serve him how come we are so afraid to share our Hope...the world's hope in Jesus..He came to save everyone. See we have been saved by grace, we can't save, that's the Holy Spirit's job but it needs a body to work through..we just have to let God use us.. as scary as witnessing might be its just telling your story. Not mine, not your friend's but your own story that only you can tell...I love it!! All we have to do is tell the story of our life written by God. We should overjoyed to tell people about the greatest gift they could ever recieve..

So when life is hard..be obsessed with God, when life doesn't make sense spend time with God..he makes sense..When you are busy..be obsessed with God, when you are sad be obsessed with God, When you are filled with joy..be obsessed with God


BE OBSESSED WITH GOD....BECAUSE HE IS OBSESSED WITH YOU.

Date Doctor?

When it comes to girls...I am content until God brings her to me.

High Schooled.

Do you ever get the question O what high school did you go to? I have tons of times...but unlike most people I am not excited to talk about it. High school to say the least was terrible. I went to Coronado High School. I didn't really have any friends that went there my one & only friend at the time went to another high school. People didn't like me..I would go sometimes a whole day without talking to anyone. I never was with the "in-crowd" or any crowd. People teased and harrassed me..even peed on my car. My house often got egged. I played the trumpet which was really sweet but no one else really thought so. I didn't ever have a girlfriend. Never went to or got invited to with everyone to Homecoming. I missed both my junior & senior prom even though i love dancing. I was laughed off the baseball team due to horrible ridicule from so called teammates. I don't miss it at all...I was really lonely and didn;t have alot of hope for things to come..See I don't get excited to talk about what happened rather super excited because out of pain, tears, and what seems like a dark time in my life God shines through. Jesus was what got me through those hard times and has used it to forever change my life and it has given me enough strength to handle anything. That's the beauty of Jesus -2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
It took me losing all that I knew from friends to dreams to find out that when everything of this world is put aside the only thing left is Jesus. It was Jesus that stayed faithful to be my true friend when I needed one the most. See underneath all the pain & what I was trying to fill the big hole in my heart was Jesus. I done all I could to get rid of my burdens but I couldn't ..so I let go because Jesus is so loving he is willing to take the broken pieces of our heart and put them back together.Without Him I can do nothing & I am nothing. Ephesians 2:8-9 says 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast." It was all Jesus..he saved me. All we have to do is cry out for help & he will hear us and come to our rescue. Romans 5:8 -But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. While I was lost in sin & without hope for this life..he gave his life for me. See God refuses to stop loving us. Yes there are times life is hard even downright unbearable but Jesus is bigger than anything this world can throw at you..he created it. Life is like a blacksmith making steel, to make the steel the blacksmith first has to heat the steel until it melts..when this happens the impurities will float to the top..the blacksmith will see the impurities and remove them and then forge beautiful metals. Jesus does the same with use...by turning up the heat it allows our impurities to become visible..this can be hard sometimes but it is how he makes us pure again. So what happened to me after high-school...God overwhelmed me by giving me tons of friends, an amazing college, cycling, and the most amazing years of my life...God is GOOD all the time!

Ok Break!

So why haven't I blogged lately well its because its because I have beeen way too busy enjoying break! Break has like usual been super sweet. I have seen lots of friends, spent countless hours sleeping in, gone-skiing, visited the zoo, and tons of fun activities. This break was very needed. I almost thought i wasn't going to make it through all the crazyness of school but I did. I was feeling burnt out and just tired. Break once again has done its job and got me back to 100%. Its almost a week till school starts and I am already getting pumped for this semester. I begun my training for the 2010 cycling season and despite freezing temps its nice to be back training again. It always helps me to focus, think about stuff, and most importantly spend time alone with God. Also this semester we are starting Joshua Team! So cool, and with all the ballin awesome guys in my study I can't wait to run head over heels after God with them. My sister is actually going to be up in fort collins this year which is very exciting. Last night I went to the college night at New Life Church. It was so refreshing to just be surrounded by over 1000 college christians all worshiping and learning about God. The pastor's talk really spoke to me. It was all about so called New Years Resolutions..Yes Resolutions aren't bad and are good goals..but to put God on a checklist with for example working out isn't good. Our list should be to know God more.....end of list. Often we look to the New Year to cut out procrastination, to be more productive etc etc but when it comes down to it the most important thing is this life is knowing God. This sounds crazy when some many things in life seem more important. The best way to known God is get in that WORD!! thats right because we know from scripture that the bible is the very breath or word of God. By simplying reading your bible your are reading the living and active words of the creator of the universe.In Matthew 10:39 Jesus says "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Our Resolution should always be about Him not us..we just have to let go of those things that seem so good but are really nothing in comparison to Jesus. I know its hard ..sometimes when looking to the New Year I have so many questions..How will I do in School? Where will I work? Will I find a girl to date? What about cycling? What should I do about this??? While I was riding God answered...ME..yes its not the answer you want to hear but He is the answer. No we don't know what will happen on this crazy roller-coaster ride of life but we do know Jesus is with us...Sometimes as bad as we want answers we need to step aside and say God no matter what happens you are all I need. So for this year of course I have hopes & dreams along with fears but I know God will be there tommorrow, the day after that and forever. So I have my resolution..or prayer is that I might come to know God better and make him known. Its a daily process of taking small baby steps and if ever fall Jesus is there to catch us..Its preaching the Gospel to ourselves daily..Christ died for my sin..and everyone sins so that we might live with him in eternal peace. So this year I intend to learn more about the prince of a glorious kingdom whom left everything to rescue the one whom he loved..that being you&me.