Thursday, May 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Hurt
When I heard this song a few days ago, I knew that I would somehow have to include it into my blog. Now to just learn how to have it viewed here instead of just linked.
It has been a pleasure to see how Johnny Cash has used the trials of his life, to share them with us in song, and as a testimony to the real purpose of this life. Real men, of all kinds, are those who come to realize that all they are is found in who God created them to be, and not merely the current culture, or the world's definition of manhood.
I'm really enjoying our men's group at FAC, it's become a real ministry vs. a study time, where men share the application of Scripture as it meets them in their present state and circumstance of life. Not that we don't share things of the past that have defined us, or of the dreams that we might desire for, but in reality we have only today, and to reflect upon it and our actions before the One who lets no moment pass without purpose.
9Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. Proverbs 10:9 (ESV)
One of the things we discussed last night was Integrity, and what that meant for us, for integrity is not merely what we do in front of people, it is more rightly what we do when there's no one watching. To walk with real integrity before a holy God is not an easy thing, it is both humbling, and one of submission to His desires and expectations, not the things of mere men.
And finally, men who desire to live with integrity, also desire to leave a legacy, which reminded me of the video Hurt by Johnny Cash... so that those who follow are inspired themselves to live lives of integrity as part of our legacy is to be men who are founded in Jesus Christ.
It has been a pleasure to see how Johnny Cash has used the trials of his life, to share them with us in song, and as a testimony to the real purpose of this life. Real men, of all kinds, are those who come to realize that all they are is found in who God created them to be, and not merely the current culture, or the world's definition of manhood.
I'm really enjoying our men's group at FAC, it's become a real ministry vs. a study time, where men share the application of Scripture as it meets them in their present state and circumstance of life. Not that we don't share things of the past that have defined us, or of the dreams that we might desire for, but in reality we have only today, and to reflect upon it and our actions before the One who lets no moment pass without purpose.
9Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. Proverbs 10:9 (ESV)
One of the things we discussed last night was Integrity, and what that meant for us, for integrity is not merely what we do in front of people, it is more rightly what we do when there's no one watching. To walk with real integrity before a holy God is not an easy thing, it is both humbling, and one of submission to His desires and expectations, not the things of mere men.
And finally, men who desire to live with integrity, also desire to leave a legacy, which reminded me of the video Hurt by Johnny Cash... so that those who follow are inspired themselves to live lives of integrity as part of our legacy is to be men who are founded in Jesus Christ.
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