Posted by Addis Andy on Mar 8, 2010 in
Nonsensical Junk ere’s the process…
1. God plants a dream in you
2. Hope is you believing in what is yet unseen, and you go public with the dream
3. Faith gets you through the hard times as you trust the arm of the Lord is not too short
4. Reality comes when the dream arrives
Don’t bailout in any part of this process! Its too important to give up.
Numbers 11:23 The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you.”
Isaiah 59:1 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
Isaiah 50:2 When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to ransom you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
Tags: Bible, dream, faith, growth, Isaiah, numbers, risk, Spiritual Growth
Posted by Addis Andy on Sep 15, 2009 in
Leadership Journals,
Spiritual Growth For those who are not geographically aware of this bloggers location, the following statement won’t mean much:
It’s State Fair time!
Living three blocks from the fairgrounds is a good or bad thing depending upon what you think of the fair.
The Addis from high atop the Weenie Wheel.
The Addis from high atop the Weenie Wheel.
I get most of my fair jollies just sitting on the front porch. Watching the parade of happy people walking to the fair early in the day as they park somewhere beyond my house.
And, then, I am blessed with the occasional treasure of seeing the exact same people coming back later that night… transformed.
Tired, broke, sun burnt or freezing (it’s Kansas, you know) and almost always “less happy.”
This people watching is a little thing I have learned to enjoy in the last seven years of living here in Hutch. I do it every year as I listen to the concerts from the comfort of my porch swing.
You know what else doesn’t change? The Fair!
That’s amazing to me.
Tags: Air Supply, Bible, change, fear, growth, Mark 2:21-22, maturity, obedience, Phil 1:6, Spiritual Growth, State Fair
Posted by Addis Andy on Aug 26, 2009 in
Uncategorized Exactly 15 days after brain surgery… it’s time to blog. Thanks God for answered prayers, His love and compassion and my faith community’s support.
I decided to write this blog for three reasons:
Many people have been asking for an update on the physical well-being of this blogger
God has given me some new insight into a familiar passage through this experience, and personally I feel that being productive is healing
My medical authorities have given me permission to write despite the fact that I am well inside the “DO NOT WORK” time parameters, or more simply put Kathy said it was OK
Tags: Bible, Chiari Malformation, fear, growth, Matthew 6:25-34, maturity, obedience, responsibility, Spiritual Growth, surgery, worry
Posted by Addis Andy on May 18, 2009 in
Philosophical Ramblings I’ve spent this past Monday afternoon with a couple hundred grade schoolers here at Venue 302… yeah, day off!
Actually, it’s been fun. They are being rewarded for making their end of the year reading goals by getting the afternoon free from class and kicking back to watch a movie here at our facilities. So, with popcorn and cookies in hand these kiddos sat down to watch The Tale of Despereaux.
I had never seen it, kinda cute.
As the movie was getting underway and the plot was setting up, the ’stinger’ line is given: “A hero never appears until the world needs one”.
Enter title character Despereaux.
A great little movie about bravery, hope and the little guy making it big. But, I started thinking about the premise.
Is it true? Do heros wait to appear when they are needed? Do circumstance create our saviors?
At first, there seems to be some Biblical support for this. Galatians chapter four says:
4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
Just looking at this verse it appears that God waited to send Jesus until we needed Him, but that can’t be right…
If that logic were correct then it would mean humans hadn’t pegged out the sin meter unil 2,000 years ago, and there was no need for a Savior until Jesus actually made the scene at the BC/AD split.
Tags: Bible, Galatians, growth, heroes, history, Jesus, movies, Tale of Despereaux, theology
