Creative Counterpart

So as far as the dramatic post about my feeling so bad again.. I’m beginning to feel much better. It seems as quickly as it comes it goes. The pain is mostly gone.. I have a little more energy and things are looking up again. I’m debating whether to cancel my appt with the doctor again. I really don’t like going to the doctor when I’m not sick anymore.

Sometimes i get so overwhelmed with the housework there is to do with two young children. So yesterday I took my sister’s advice and organized a “5-minute cleanup” for My husband, my son, and I. My husband tackled the desk, I tackled the kitchen, and my son tackled some toys on the living room floor. I think we’re going to use this more often and I’ll probably even use it more for just myself. It seems an easier task when you know you get to rest in 5-15 minutes. When the timer goes off, you’re done and you walk away. It helped to tackle some clutter on top of the everyday chores. It even seemed to motivate my family to do just a little bit more and pumped us up to work as a team and get some things done around the house.

My husband has been working on editing and putting together a big DVD of picture slideshows and video of the Kid’s lives so far. It’s really amazing and he’s finally finished. It’s his late Christmas present to all of our family, and I know they’re going to love it. I don’t have much online to show you but I do have some clips to share..

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Hopefully he’s here to stay, lol. Visit him at The Christian Husband.

Some of his latest post…

First off I would like to apologize to all those who have faithfully read my blog and have wondered where I have been these last few months and what I’ve been doing.

I took a break from the blog to deal with some issues that have arisen. God has been working in my life on certain issues. One of these issues has been what to believe in regarding the Calvinist viewpoint versus the Arminianist view and where do my beliefs fit in the spectrum. I have been struggling with this issue for the last 6 months to a year. Just a few months ago however after much study, meditation and discussion with my wife, I decided that I cannot let my pride, or self-centered nature prohibit me from knowing God’s true nature and His will. I could no longer deny the truth about God’s grace and my depravity, nor could I deny His electon of me into The Kingdom of Heaven.

This has been the hardest thing to come to terms with that I have encountered since being changed forever by Christ. For the longest time I held fast to the belief that somehow my “free will” either stood on equal grounds with God’s will or that somehow I could choose God. I had to come to a realization that we do have a will of our own however that will was tainted when Adam fell into sin. I also had to come to a realization that God foreknew me and predestined me to be one of His children, not based upon anything I did or didn’t do. Since then I have had an amazingly clear perspective on my life, on God, and His word, and His sovereign will in my life and the world in general. I’ve also had an even more amazing sense of gratitude since this realization than when I first believed. Everyday I wake up feeling so blessed that He chose me.

Lordship Salvation is misrepresented or misunderstood by many. It is often seen as a way to determine the salvation of others. This article from Grace to You should clear a few things up. You can read the rest of the article HERE.

The gospel that Jesus proclaimed was a call
to discipleship, a call to follow him in submissive
obedience, not just a plea to make a
decision or pray a prayer. Jesus’ message liberated
people from the bondage of their sin while it
confronted and condemned hypocrisy. It was an
offer of eternal life and forgiveness for repentant
sinners, but at the same time it was a
rebuke to outwardly religious people whose
lives were devoid of true righteousness. It put
sinners on notice that they must turn from sin
and embrace God’s righteousness.
Our Lord’s words about eternal life were invariably
accompanied by warnings to those who
might be tempted to take salvation lightly. He
taught that the cost of following him is high,
that the way is narrow and few find it. He said
many who call him Lord will be forbidden from
entering the kingdom of heaven (cf. Matt.
7:13-23).
Present-day evangelicalism, by and large,
ignores these warnings. The prevailing view of
what constitutes saving faith continues to grow
broader and more shallow, while the portrayal
of Christ in preaching and witnessing becomes
fuzzy. Anyone who claims to be a Christian can
find evangelicals willing to accept a profession
of faith, whether or not the person’s behavior
shows any evidence of commitment to Christ.
In this way, faith has become merely an
intellectual exercise. Instead of calling men
and women to surrender to Christ, modern
Lordship Salvation

The Distinctives series articulates key bibilical and
theological convictions of Grace Community Church.
evangelism asks them only to accept some basic
facts about Him.
This shallow understanding of salvation and the
gospel, known as “easy-believism,” stands in
stark contrast to what the Bible teaches. To put
it simply, the gospel call to faith presupposes
that sinners must repent of their sin and yield to
Christ’s authority. This, in a nutshell, is what is
commonly referred to as lordship salvation.