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Dino Rizzo was the Youth Pastor at Crossfire Youth Ministry at the Bible College Ernie and I went to. I was a part of the inner city bus ministry and worship team at Crossfire for 2 years. He now pastors Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge. I haven’t heard anything about him and DeLynn (his wife) since I left school. It’s so cool to see people you started out with in ministry years later still going strong.

Anyway, LifeChurch.tv interviewed him about his ministry. Check it out!

i took my christmas tree down.

most of you who know me well will smile warmly to yourself, chuckle and say good for her.

for those of you who are shocked by my little confession… welcome to my world. be careful… it’s easy to get lost in here.

Today I have been cleaning of my desktop at home. I stumbled on this poem I wrote during the Legacy series. I totally forgot about it. I remember I wrote it based on a scripture in Isaiah, but now I don’t know where it is or what it says. I recall more about the commentary I read about it. It painted a very clear picture to me of my salvation. God had His back to me but only a breath away…just a millimeter, but I couldn’t see Him because it was so dark. When I asked Him to turn around He turned instantly, quickly…flooding light all around me and striking down, violently and instantly everything I now saw in the light that would seek destroy me. It was like a father protecting His child or a husband defending his bride. It was fast, decided and motivated by pure passion. It was an intense, vivid and awesome depiction of my salvation. I don’t think I will ever forget it. So, anyway… I wrote this poem, which at the time I didn’t like, of course, cause I never like them at first - - plus, it seemed a little dark to me at the time. Now I read it again and I do like it… because it made me remember. I don’t have a great title for it so I called it, Legacy. Pastor B, maybe you can help me remember which scripture it was…

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so close
a millimeter a vast gulf to be crossed
scrim thick as smoke a choking black sludge
darkness threatens to subjugate destiny
only truth can subvert

turn around
melt this tarred filth with your light
rend these barriers i’ve pinned in place
blind with ignorance and repulsive pride
all senses fail save my will
only grace can wash clean

trample down
in swift and violent wrath
terrorize and maim this devourer
to torment and pain me no more
incinerate into oblivion the memory of them
set your creation free

remember not
my soulish past
recall no more my shame
see me only perfect
passion ablaze beyond the scope of emotion
speak over me peace, rest and prosperity

show me
a close and kindred soul
entrenched in humanity’s filth
show them how to remove the veil
that will cause you to
turn around
and trample down
and recall no more their shame
that you could set them free
and speak over them
passion, peace, rest and prosperity

everyone, i mean everyone needs to go buy their ticket to go see seasons. really, i’m not kidding. go do it now. you will feel left out of every conversation talking about how great it was if you don’t. go….. yes, now. here.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

(un-shun)

I have so much to say… so many blogs to comment on… so many things I want to write. But, I’m tired. And I think if I look at this screen for just one moment longer my eyes might just stick in forward trance-like position and my face might take on a permanent 80hz flicker. Just as well. After reading my most recent writings I have discovered I’m not forming the most coherent of thoughts these days.

I look forward to being unshunned. I look forward to a steady deluge of thoughts that will once again course through my mind steadily once this mental tsunami is over. I look forward to sleeping. I look forward to goofing off. I look forward to playing volleyball and going to the beach. I look forward to getting to know new friends better and spending time with old friends.  I look forward to escaping with my boyz to an undisclosed location for an extended time of uninterrupted fun.  Yeah - that most of all.

I absolutely love my job…. and all ya’ll.  Really, from the bottom of my heart - you are all my family. And I love you.

(re-shun)

whew! now, that’s better. i know, i know, you’ve all seen this one before. i had to do something quick though. my blog has been up for weeks now and nary a picture in sight. it was getting to me. besides, he really is the cutest crab i’ve ever seen! don’t you think???

Recently Pastor Abbye wrote a blog called “Mistakes”. She brought up some things that I too have often wondered about.

Now, before I continue, here is a short (I think necessary this time) disclaimer. The following are just random thoughts from inside my head. I have not studied this in depth nor do I think I have all the answers or that even all of my musings are correct. But I often neglect writing because I labor over every little tittle - I think sometimes to the detriment of some great conversation starters. So here it comes - straight out of my head and typed into my keyboard. You have been warned. Comments welcomed…

I often wonder about the Bible as we have it today. I have been taught that God supernaturally captured and preserved His complete Word in the 66 books we have today. But I have noticed, as Pastor Abbye has pointed out, inconsistencies. Just small ones… but none the less. I have noticed that by choosing the right version from the multitudes of translations available to us today…. you can pretty much find the version that says it like you like it. And, what about “inspiration”? Does that mean that God has so indwelled the men that wrote and translated the scriptures that they were almost without self will, writing only what God allowed them to write? Doesn’t that infringe on free will? I’ve never heard of a God possession - rather that He dwells in us as Holy Spirit - our helper. Old Testament writers didn’t even have Holy Spirit yet. When God wanted to do something absolutely right He did it Himself - like the 10 commandments…Written with His own hand.

John starts off his gospel saying, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” Jesus quotes the scriptures several times referring to the law. But it seems to me that when Christ came He became the new Word. Not that the old one would become void but that He would now fulfill the law and that now the Word can become more than words on a page. Holy Spirit allows His Word to dwell in our hearts.

Ok - I have a point, or rather some points… I guess I’ll just list them.

• I guess I feel the New Testament started a new era of The Word as we know it. And that it’s greatest value is it’s first hand account of those who walked with Jesus. The founding of the first churches. But the books of the new testament take on a very different tone to me. These men are not documenting facts and information. They seem to be speaking God’s Word from their hearts…not the law as much. Remember, they were writing the new testament - they didn’t have it to refer to.
• The New Testament refers to the apostles preaching The Word over and over again. But they weren’t preaching the Bible - they were preaching Jesus, The Word.
• SO - here’s my big point. Is the Word we hear today out of modern day apostles prophets and teachers as much the Word as the New Testament? If we are preaching Jesus - aren’t we preaching The Word. So, couldn’t our bookstores be filled with so much more than the 66 books? And, is it possible - since God uses men and doesn’t possess men that a jot or tittle of our 66 books could have been switched here or there?
• Is the miracle so much that the words on the page are absolutely 100% correct or that the Word in our hearts remains genuine throughout our time here on earth?

So, I was just thinking…
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(closing disclaimer… I study the Bible regularly and consider the wisdom on it’s pages words to live by. I love the Bible and am in no way discrediting the validity of it. I compare anything I read from the bookstore to the Bible to discern it’s validity. I have barely proofed this post, nor has anyone from The ROCK. These are my random thoughts alone. I have not labored over it - I just wanted to write something today without obsessing over it. So comment away - and be gentle…  )

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