They say when you pray to God, go to your alone place. So I went and this is what i saw.
This place was over an hour hike from my car. I put my bible in my pack along with some water. I went there for the sole purpose of spending time in prayer with God. I expected nothing but a view that might remind of the greatness of God. I was just sitting down when this site appeared. I wondered about what I was seeing. Is anyone else seeing this? I thought. The longer I remained in prayer the closer the sun came. After I had finished I stood to my feet and as I collected myself for the journey back the sun spot just disappeared. Maybe this was just a gift for me.
For a perspective, the pine tree next to the trail is 25 ft high. The hill I'm standing on is 165 ft above the water level. The sun spot stayed for over 25 minits coming closer to shore the longer it stayed.

LeadingSmart

EnterMission - Rob Wegner

Friday, May 28, 2010

There is a dark side.


What is it that makes up a good side and an evil side and how is it that we know the difference?
When I was 3 1/2 years old I lived in a place that had a safe environment that allowed me to go outside without the fear of anything ever happening to me. I stayed around the house and back then I was a pretty good boy by most parents standards. I pretty much did what I was told so then was trusted outside by myself I presume for short periods of time.
During one of those periods I got adventurous and crossed the street in front of my house which couldn’t have more than 100 feet away from the house. I went there because the grass was as tall as me. I couldn’t go more than 10 feet into it because the grass just got too thick plus there was a fence. But when I got into the grass I saw a toad and I think I freaked out just a little. So I went a little further up the street where previously I had seen a brick that I once turned over to find a worm. I picked up the brick and took it over where the toad was. When I located it, I threw the brick onto it. I don’t know what I thought would happen but, when I picked the brick up off from the toad and I felt distraught at what I saw. The toad was dying. And I felt something I wasn’t prepared for. I had never heard of death before, never seen it before, I had no concept of it whatsoever. But my heart knew what it meant. I threw the block back onto the toad to cover up what had just happened and went back into my house. I remember my mom asking me what was wrong. And I said; “nothing”. And I went to my room to wait for supper.
So I believed that I had done something wrong but I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t dare talk about it because I thought there might be a possible punishment involved. A lot for a three year old, but I swear these were my thoughts back then.
It was later on in life that I asked myself how did I know that there was something wrong in death? Death did not appear to be good and it looked like the end of something good. Is there an inherent good in us? Do we have a “God stamp in our lives”? Do we carry with us, the very nature of God? I believe we do and I believe God does speak to us. I also think that we shut God out. We live so much of our time in the noise of everyday life that we don’t give ourselves the opportunity let God have a voice in our lives.
Did you know that the gift of free will is from God? Do you know why he gave it to us? There is a reason and I know what it is. Do you?

2 Peter 1:3,4
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.