Mainstream Believer...

I am baffled. I am perplexed. Over the last several years I have been researching my inner faith and belief in the beyond. My real interests can be found in the spiritual realm more then any thing else. Angels, Demons, Heaven and Hell, Ancient mysticism, the paranormal, I guess really anything that one can't put a real finger on.
Of course in order to believe in a higher power one has to belief in what they cannot see. But how far does your faith in what you cannot see go? What do you actually believe in?
Are you are mainstream believer or are you making your stand on what your believe in? What are you studying? What is making you come the conclusions on your own faith?
If you didn't know: I believe that there is a God. I believe that he sent His Son to our world to die on a cross for our sins. I believe that Christ did indeed die, but while in this state called "death" he went to Hell and let Satan, the fallen angel, know that he is the Conqueror. Then on his third day of death, he came back to our world, to show everyone and prove that he is the Son of God and he is the Conqueror over all.
With that being said, I believe in angels and demons. I believe in Heaven and Hell. I believe in Magic and Ghosts. How can that be? Right?
Well, you see, my belief, and you can take it for what it is, angels and demons and heaven and hell exist in our world, but on a spiritual plane. I believe that there are people out there, and no I don't believe I am one of them, that can see what exists on this plane. I believe that people can experience what lies on that plane and I believe what exists on that plane can transfer into our world, our existence.
I know, crazy right? Why does this sound so crazy? We believe in a God we can't see, so why is this so hard to believe? We watch shows like Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State, and who knows what, and these are supposed to be reality tv shows, and we are in awe of what they find. It makes believers out of us, only because we see the proof. So if we can see things that we didn't see before, what' the difference? In these shows we can see the proof that ghosts exists with the aid of scientific instruments. So, what if our inner awareness was enlightened, like a scientific instrument, I believe we could see things in that spiritual plane.
Think about it? It truly is about what lies beyond.

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Sacrifice and Giving,


So, if you don't know me, I am a very emotional person, and I am a very sympathetic emotional person. For example, I was watching Extreme Home Make Over, and there was this older black gentleman that runs an educational program for the inner city kids. Well, they built him and his group a brand new school/outreach, and when he saw it for the first time, he cried out of joy.
I couldn't help it, but I cried with him. I was overwhelmed with joy for him. The best part of all of this was that he was sacrificing his time and helping build things for the original couple that the show was for. Paul, one of the designers, saw his sacrifice and wanted to help him. How awesome is that?!
That man unselfishly gave of his time, to help another. How many of us do that? How many of us give of our selves freely and openly with no expectation to get anything back in return? Unfortunately, not many at all.
I think we all have good intentions about helping others. Then we get so determined on getting the job accomplished that we forget to actually help. We forget the real reason that we were there to help in the first place.
I have never been able to give of myself freely. I have never been able to just give. There was always an alternative motive behind my giving.
I want to be able to give all of me freely. With anything. When I come home, I want to be able to let my girls jump all over me and not think about all the things I want to do. I want to be able to sit down and talk to my wife and not think about whether or not she is going to nag me about something. I just want to give and be free. I want to be able to give of my time freely and teach my son the true fundamentals of baseball.
My prayer today is that I can give of my self and give my self freely.

Identity,

What defines a person? Who are we and how do we know who we are? A better question is who do we want to be? I have been searching for who I am for quite some time. I recently stumbled on a book that is slowly but surely teaching me that it's not about me and who I am and who I want to be.
My life was not for me to do with want I want. It is to exalt my God and let people know who he is through me. Does that mean that I am going to shove my faith and my beliefs down your throat? Not at all. If you so chose to read my blog, or enjoy my books, or art, so be it. And if you take something away from those things that might bring some insight into your own faith, so be it.
God gave me gifts so that I might share His glory and grace to others. Am I perfect for the job he requires me to do, not hardly. But I have got to try. I have got to try to be the best example I can be, especially for my wife, and my children.
Every day my family looks at me and analyzes my every move. They may not pinpoint my faults and hold my shortcomings over my head, but I guarantee they know and will start to hesitate the more I let them down.
So, even though I fail, and fall short, more often then I would like to admit, I do know who I am and what my true purpose is on this Earth. I may take a few detours here and there, but God knows I that I will eventually make the correct turn back on to the proverbial path.
Who am I, I am an advocate. I am a book. I am a light on the darkened path. I am a voice. I am a servant. I am a man who has been called...
If you are reading this, and I hope that you are, I only have one thing to ask of you...who are you?

When I close my eyes there are, about a thousand thoughts that implode upon me. My children, death, photography, God, art, school, my wife, work, my car, or the lack there of, my mother, father, dad, sister, my family, television, my friends, my pets, my house, and more.
So, all of this just comes together at one time. And I have to open my eyes so that I don't flip out. I trying to read a few books right now, that refocus your mind, back on to where it needs to be. The question you have to first ask your self, where do you want your focus to be?
I ask myself that question every day. Maybe one day, and hopefully one day soon I will be able to answer that.

Well hey there...did you notice I added some page options? Awesome right? Okay, so, I thought I would share more about what I do with you and I so I created more pages.
The first page is going to be my true blog. The next page is my current photography project. The third page is some my own personal art work, some of it I have "drawn", get it? The last page is for my books. The plan is to post some art work, maybe some hints at the title of the books, and some snippets of what's actually in the book.
Isn't that exciting? I think so.

My brother,

Compassion and love. If you ever want to see or meet a man that is full of compassion and love, let me introduce you to my brother. Now, don't get me wrong, everyone has flaws, and he has his, but when I sit and talk with him, or I see him with total strangers, or even homeless people, he is nothing but compassion and love.
I thank God everyday for him. It's quite ironic, because I always thought I would or should for that matter be the example for him. And here we are, he is the example for me.
Thankyou Jason, for you example!

Love,

I had the opportunity to meet with some clients yesterday about their upcoming wedding. One question I typically ask is, "What is Love to you?" They answer that I received was an awesome one that I had never thought of:
When God created the heavens and the earth, what ever way you want to think of it, the big explosion or whether he spoke it into existence, the fact is, is that he gave out his love. He spread it out. He created life out of love for us. He created all things so that every living thing could share in what love is, and our existence is a continuation of that love.
Now we have the opportunity to realize the existence of that level of love and share it with one another. So, I ask you, have you taken the time to really think about the last time you showed the ones you do love, how much you really love them.
God gave of himself, freely and openly, he made a sacrifice by giving his soul to man, and that "man" sacrificed himself out of love for us.
What have you done in the name of love lately?
Just wondering....