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In practice…
01 year ago
by TravisM
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Just a quickie today… so all the things I spewed out in my previous entry are all good and dandy, but don’t really mean much if I can’t put it into practice. A lot of my “stances” on things can seem to big to really make a difference, yeah they are big but we all know a lot of little things makes a big thing, otherwise we wouldn’t be talking about the crazy debts we find ourselves in.
So walking life iuby values and with conviction isn’t easy nor is it particularly “nice” but whn your’e able to finally see the big picture the rewards are huge!
In the Bible, particularly from Paul the idea of running life like a race is brought to our attention. For some that may sound exhausting and to some extent it is, but only during the race, and aborted attempts. When I ran 5k races I send to always have at least one thought per race of giving up, and the times where I did I during practice never felt good, both physically and emotionally. But on race days and good practice days — it was fantastic, to know I finished and finished well!
I say all this because life takes intention and direction. And most of all we can’t take our eyes off the goal, when we do that we feel the exhaustion and become prone to fainting.
And th counter balance? Don’t burnout! Oh man, that’s another entry for another day. This MAX ride is complete.
Ultimate love
01 year ago
by TravisM
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Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. This is something I’m learning all to well, and it’s not about me waiting but rather for some others. I’ve finally come to peace on the fact no matter how “at peace” and “reconciled” I am about something, I sometimes need everyone else to reach that point on their own.
I tend to regain trust and forgive people quickly, sometimes at a fault, and many times within God’s boundary. However, there are times where as much as I feel things need to move faster, it simply can’t be rushed, my convictions cannot be used to convince others to trust.
Rather my role is to pray, listen, and speak truth of God’s kingdom. Patient endurance is both ugly and beautiful. My heart longs for both reconciliation and healing and sometimes the healing piece takes time to grow so that reconciliation and love can thrive.
The ultimate love is free will without interference.
Gotta start talking
11 year ago
by TravisM
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Yesterday we took two truck loads to the dump, felt really good.!
OK, apologies for the 1000th time for neglecting this blog. I wonder if anyone else actually reads this thing anymore. It’s kind of tricky to write anything on here these days because the things I would like to talk about I can’t, just isn’t the right time.
Our life right now is completely fluid, not many answers to anything, but we’re surrounded by amazing people. A church family that cares, and a God who loves. There is a lot to say, but I’ll leave it for future content. Consider this post as a primer for more. I just wanna start talking more and see where it goes. But I hate small talk.
Doing a little technical testing…
02 years ago
by TravisM
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So, the last week has been a huge test of different things across our “web world”, I’m attempting to integrate all of our websites together, and each of them with Facebook – hopefully this works out… We’ll see – and if you haven’t guessed – this post is a test of the emergency social network!
The boy now…
19 years ago
by TravisM
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The boy now…
He stands at the fragile edge of a new life.
Before him, a few doors to oppurtunity.
But for now he continues down the same dusty path.
This path has been the same for four years now.
Coming soon, a break in the path.
At the break he finds two doors,
one to adventure and obedience,
the other to cowardness and comfort.
He takes the steps to the door of adventure,
but he must wait and sit at it’s steps.
Until the resources are in, and the time is right.
For now his heart is to serve,
but at the same time he is too tired of the current path.
He has no motivation to continue down this path,
he would rather sit at the door of adventure and do nothing but ponder what is to come.
When he worships the creator,that is the only state of complete satisfaction for him.
He wants to stand at the edge of his throne and fall to his knees before the king.
He is frustrated that he has not taken the oppurtunities to teach others of Christ.
The boy wants to move on with his life, but life is not moving that fast.
The boy prays to God for peace, and wisdom in his decisions.
How much, how far, how fast, how will he do it.
God has called him to these things.
God has provided him with skills which produce the resources.
How can he use his skills to teach others of Christ.
When he returns from his adventure, what doors will be waiting to be knocked on.
Which ones will open?
Which one will he choose?
What school will he go to?
Who will he work for?
Who will be his friends?
What people will be in his life?
So many questions he has.
So many unanswered.
But he feels God’s spirit in him,
guiding him.
He knows what will happen,
the anxiety is strong,
but the will must be done.
