W.W.J.D., F.R.O.G.in It and Road Trips

So it's been an awfully long time. I feel like my adoring fan base, which I admit I may have made up, has been sorely disappointed until this very moment. Now they can breathe easy and smile with joy at a new post from me.

Okay, so now that I'm done boosting my self esteem, I think it's time to look at the reason I decided to write today.

I just got back from a road trip. I left Ohio and traveled to St. Louis, MO and enjoyed two days of sightseeing and almost no time of relaxing, just as vacation should be? But it's a 9 hour drive to St. Louis, which means a 10 hour drive back (thank you time zones), and 6 of those were by myself- inevitably I had a lot of time to think. So sit back, relax and enjoy this small road trip into my mind.

I see a lot of people wearing these W.W.J.D. bracelets. I see a lot of people, when noticing someone getting upset, say "What would Jesus do?" And I was thinking, how many people really follow this? How many people are speeding down the highway, look at their wrist and say, "You know, Jesus probably wouldn't be doing 90 and gave the bird to a guy who was doing 70 when the speed limit is 65." It was some brash realization in my life when I thought that and then thought "What would Jesus do?! Do I want to do this?" You see, asking what Jesus would do leaves us with a very difficult choice. Chances are what Christ would do is really difficult. And requires us to F.R.O.G., or fully rely on God, and we, as a whole, really suck at this.

See, it's really cute and fun to say, "Hey man, I'm F.R.O.G.in' it. That's right, me, I'm fully reliant on God." We're not. If we were, I don't think we would worry. I think we would give of ourselves more. I'm not perfect, I know, and I have a long way to go with this, but I think we should all try. How many times do we not do the right thing, or kind thing, or Christian thing, because it's tough. Because it takes time. Because it may be an inconvience. If we really F.R.O.G.ed it, none of that would matter. We would trust God in his promise that he would take care of us.

For me, a big thing is tithing. I have been making more money, but haven't really been use to giving back to God. And so I'm really starting to look at this. 10% is what is asked. 10% of our first fruits. The first check you write, should be a donation. Ten percent, in all reality, is not much. Yet sometimes, ten percent can seem like a huge donation. Like if we give that money up, we may not be able to make another payment. But when give God a portion back of what He has given us, He will bless us abundantly.

So I guess we all need to do a little better D.W.J.W.D. (that's Doing What Jesus Would Do) and F.R.O.G.in' it, because I can tell you that it's a struggle for me. But maybe if we did, just maybe, we could change this world, we could set it ablaze for Christ. I'll be praying for all of you and hope you can find some time to pray for me as well, as I am in need.

I'm hoping to update more often. Hopefully within the next week or two I can take a look at how being saved by faith is so very closely related to becoming a new creation.

I hope you found this mind opening, in that you are thinking more deeply about Christ.

God bless you all.