adam rodrigues
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Highschool
Oakland
College
Lee
Interests
Jesus, God, Jesus, God, Church, Friends, hanging out, and writing.
Favorite Music
Christian, I love Third Day and multiple other bands
Favorite Movies
Tommy Boy is the best movie of all time. I also love the Matrix.
Other Websites
www.xanga.com/portugesian
I said to the Lord...
May 27 2006
Psalm 16:2
I said to the Lord," You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."
. Do we believe that? I
mean really. In this context, the psalmist has probably lost
anything of natural value ( from material to like um, a significant
other )Can we say that to God? ( I say we because I definitely include
myself)
And please, don't just look at this as another one of those " Do you
really mean this" verses, where you think " ooo, mmmm, yeah, that's
good, we need to stop over looking that verse and really think about
that."
Don't do that.
I think we're too used to that thinking, of, you know, when someone gives a verse, we now know to look at it more closely.
But I think that's starting to become empty, because we've been pushed
to reconsider so many times, we don't REALLY reconsider any more.
It's more like a "motivating afterthought" than a deep life changing commitment.
BUT I'M SERIOUS GUYS. if everything was taken from us, Can we
really look at God and say " Apart from you, I HAVE NO GOOD THING." Can
we?
Can we do that? Is He that important to us? Because I'm saying THIS to myself:
HE NEEDS TO BE.
I hate how I can get so wrapped up in everything else, and not come to grips with this, because WHEN ALL THIS IS GONE, HE IS ALL I HAVE. And NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
I know I can let this pass me by, so I'm asking everyone else as well
as myself, to really stop and get God to where He needs to be:
You're absolute everything, your one care more than all things, so much
so, that in Him, you could be completely satisfied, if everything else
was taken from you.
I said to the Lord," You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."
. Do we believe that? I
mean really. In this context, the psalmist has probably lost
anything of natural value ( from material to like um, a significant
other )Can we say that to God? ( I say we because I definitely include
myself)
And please, don't just look at this as another one of those " Do you
really mean this" verses, where you think " ooo, mmmm, yeah, that's
good, we need to stop over looking that verse and really think about
that."
Don't do that.
I think we're too used to that thinking, of, you know, when someone gives a verse, we now know to look at it more closely.
But I think that's starting to become empty, because we've been pushed
to reconsider so many times, we don't REALLY reconsider any more.
It's more like a "motivating afterthought" than a deep life changing commitment.
BUT I'M SERIOUS GUYS. if everything was taken from us, Can we
really look at God and say " Apart from you, I HAVE NO GOOD THING." Can
we?
Can we do that? Is He that important to us? Because I'm saying THIS to myself:
HE NEEDS TO BE.
I hate how I can get so wrapped up in everything else, and not come to grips with this, because WHEN ALL THIS IS GONE, HE IS ALL I HAVE. And NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
I know I can let this pass me by, so I'm asking everyone else as well
as myself, to really stop and get God to where He needs to be:
You're absolute everything, your one care more than all things, so much
so, that in Him, you could be completely satisfied, if everything else
was taken from you.
