i refer to every wednesday as “wild wednesday”.
its the middle of the week, the kids know & they
are usually a bit more chatty than usual.
but, man, am i ever exhausted?
took my vitamins. slept really well, but my
behind is dragging.
its been a heck of a day with one of my kids…i shall call
him “paco”.
well paco doesnt like consequences, or really any adult
authority for that matter.
and the fact of the matter is that my butt
is already dragging. in fact, my friends
i already had a mountain dew.
you know its bad when i resort to yellow soda.
hello!

its amazing how that type of behavior that i handled
smoothly (and promptly, might i add) can wear you out.
these poor babies are so messed up honestly.
the things they go through and what they see.
it blows my mind to know that there are children
who throw things and punch walls and they are only
five.

god give me the strength and the energy.
i rely completely on you and your strength.
nothing has to do with my abilities.
i love you.

it will be better from here.
i claim it.

i was teaching today
(as i do EVERYday)
and i was talking to one
of my students about how
i had laid out all the
materials he needed,
showed him what to do,
told him what to do,
gave a model for what to do
& he still wasnt doing it right.
he wanted to hurry up and finish instead of doing things the right way.

thats when god said,
“see how frustrated you are right now,
ever think i feel kinda frustrated with you
when i give you all the materials, supplies,
and show you what to do and you still dont?”

wow. that opened up my eyes. seriously.
its like he has all these things lined up for us
to “grow up” and yet we still choose not to.
he gave us the bible. Jesus. books. churches.
pastors. teachers. prophets. apostles. evangelists.
time. knowledge. reading skills. writing skills.
fine motor skills. eyes. ears. mouths. hands.
energy. movement. brains.

is there anything else we need to get this stuff into our beings?

honestly, he has given us MORE than enough
to chase after him and catch him, yet we
still sit here and say,
“God I cant do it” or
“God I need more!”

when actually we cannot contend with the “footmen”
we already have.

goodness. will we ever make it to contending with horses?

jeremiah 12:5
(guess where he still has me reading?!?)
“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?…”

we, (as in disciples) think we are totally prepared.
are we getting prepared? totally.
are we trying our best? im sure.
are we ready for a full all-out battle? absolutely not.

read that verse for yourself.
we get so tired of doing our earthly duties and
supposedly keeping up with our “responsibilities” that
we get so pooped out. we cannot even keep up
with what needs to be done in the natural, let alone
anything in the supernatural
(ohhh, i said it…supernatural. now please dont get all freaky on me people.
 if you are unsure, try, um, well, reading the bible. that should fill you in…)
seriously, we are trying so hard to keep with “footmen”
(and here, footmen can be a number of things…)
that we arent even close, near, or ready to contend with horses who will trample all over us.

so, dont pass the time just thinking you should hang with the footmen.
eventually you will get drained and will no longer be able to endure…
and then they will trample you. so you wont even make it to the horses.

prepare yourself. gird yourself in truth. take on the armor.
spend time with the man. the creator. our friend. and lover.
spend time in his word. grow.change. transform.
see what happens.

maybe soon you will be able to contend with horses.

so lately the lord has been having me
read in the book of jeremiah.
its quite the amazing book, full of things that
are so relevant to our world today…
not to mention lots of things that cause me to ponder our world and society in the state that it is in.

enter in jeremiah 11:10
“…they have gone after other gods to serve them…”
so then and now, this is the story of society. the fact is this:
everyone “believes in god”
everyone “prays to god” and
everyone “loves god”.
but where are the ones who:
“co-create” with god.
“talk” with god. and who are
“in love” with god.

big difference here people. almost everyone i run into or i encounter believes that there is a god. well there are also those people that believe in bigfoot and the lockness monster, not to mention they also believe that “britney spears is a good person”.
its funny how we as a society are all after what we consider “the american dream”.
you know the fashion, the money, the cars, the house, the pool, heck the pool boy…
anything that serves as a god before the king of kings, we seem to seek after in our flesh.

its like we are telling god…”hey big guy, i thought about it, and well, you just arent good enough…
i am gonna have to go after these things and put them in front of you in order to be happy…”

can i give you a clue? god doesnt play that game.
the fact of the matter is this: hes a jealous god. hes a just god. hes a territorial god.

and if you arent gonna make him a priority, heck he’s just gonna up and spit you out of his mouth.
again, case in point, he doesnt have time for you to serve other things and make him second, third, or fourth on your list.

take a  moment. what takes your gods place? honestly…
is it money?
a car?
a relationship?
your career?
food?
a hobbie?
a habit?

realize that without the hand of the almighty god you would be without these things…he has blessed you beyond
measure with these things with the hope that you will still place him in his rightful place…its his due place ya’ll.

so take the king of kings, place him, oh so gently right there at the top, on the pedestal, thats it…
right there, right where he belongs.

and start again.

and this time, dont move him.