Jomul7

trying to learn to say ah to things. trying to learn how to spell my name. For now, I'm just another wordsmith.
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August 19th 2012

Man’s Maker was made man

that He, Ruler of the stars,

might nurse at His mother’s breast;

that the Bread might hunger,

that the Fountain thirst,

the Light sleep,

the Way be tired on its journey;

that the Truth might be accused of false witness,

the Teacher be beaten with whips,

the Foundation be suspended on wood;

that Strength might grow weak;

that the Healer might be wounded;

that Life might die.

By St. Augustine

Posted at 7:53pm and tagged with: Jesus Christ, I am the Life the Way and the Truth, St Augustin, Christian poem,.

July 6th 2012

Reblogged from storyofalioness|2,122 notes

Francis Chan (via nonelikejesus)

“La gang c’est comme famille et famille c’est protection” - Sans Pression

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wow

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Posted at 3:18am and tagged with: church, Jesus Christ, love, family,.

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A while back a former gang member came to our church. He was heavily tattooed and rough around the edges, but he was curious to see what church was like. He had a relationship with Jesus and seemed to get fairly involved with the church. After a few months, I found out the guy was no longer coming to the church. When asked why he didn’t come anymore, he gave the following explanation: “I had the wrong idea of what church was going to be like. When I joined the church, I thought it was going to be like joining a gang. You see, in the gangs we weren’t just nice to each other once a week—we were family.” That killed me because I knew that what he expected is what the church is intended to be. It saddened me to think that a gang could paint a better picture of commitment, loyalty, and family than the local church body. The church is intended to be a beautiful place of community. A place where wealth is shared and when one suffers, everyone suffers. A place where when one rejoices, everyone rejoices. A place where everyone experiences real love and acceptance in the midst of great honesty about our brokenness. Yet most of the time this is not even close to how we would describe our churches.
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July 1st 2012

The one question that has always tripped people about God starts withWHY. Why is God who is so good can let evil happen to me, around me and to those I love?


I’m not the most religious or holier than thou person you would ever meet. In fact, I’m a failure in lots of areas, but I have read the Bible and asked myselfWhy did Abraham want to sacrifice Isaac to obey God?

Why didn’t God answer Jesus, His son on the cross when he asked Him: Why did you forsake me?

The one answer isLove.

I know, too simple right?

I wish it was. People respect power. Israel wanted an army king to come deliver them from the Romans’ hands and Jesus, son of God and Son of Man, showed up with a background in carpentry from a nothing town.

God could have and still can eradicate all evil and He will at one point.

With all the power He’s got, He couldn’t bring men to love Him so He gave up the one thing He loved the most to bring men to love Him like He always wanted to.

This is just a little bit of what I believe in, it has helped me and millions others. I wouldn’t kill anyone over it, but I hope one day to seize the extent of such love.

Posted at 10:33pm and tagged with: God, Jesus Christ, belief, personal, Just because it's sunday,.