GOSPEL

well it has been an adjustment moving back home for the summer. I am still getting used too it... I am sure it will be a great summer though :)

So I really don't like to read all that much but I have a lot of down time at the moment so, I decided I could catch up on reading all the books that I wanted to read during the school but didn't have time. So I began with one that John Schmidler and Dale Shaw recommended and even sent it too me. "The Gospel Primer" by Milton Vincent it is a very basic book just talking about the aspects and power of the gospel and every time that I pick the book up I am blown away. One of the things that really has been on my mind is that the gospel is not just what you hear when you get saved, but it is the basis of our faith and we should be rehearsing the gospel DAILY. I would recommend you all to read this book : )

don't push life it goes fast enough except for finals week.

here I sit again should probably be studying...

but writing in my blog is more fun :)

I am wishing to be home and at the same time be in Indy...

recently I have been reflecting on my first year at Crossroads... it has been amazing journey already and I know that there is much more too come.

one event that remains heavy on my mind... was an afternoon where two of my friends and I prayed with a student I will refer to as "Job". In class we were talking about ministry burnout... Job raised his hand and said, sometimes I just want to pull over my truck and give up. Earlier in the semester Job had told me a just a portion of his story... He said something like this..." finally something good came into my life I had received an associates pastor position, but then the world came crashing down one thing after the next, my first funeral was my head pastors... then my wife didn't want to be a pastor's wife so she left me... then the factory where I worked closed... I am now living with my son..." In the midst of all of this strife, Job is still following and obeying God, he is 60 years old and and still is planning on going to seminary in the future. That right there is a huge encouragement to me...

On our class break we asked if we could pray for him... he said I am almost afraid to pray... and that he didn't want any more misery...

We prayed the best that we could for him that day and I am trusting that God knows all of our hearts.

There was one thing that Job said that I will never forget and there are some days when I echo this simple prayer... "God, I miss you."

Sometimes being at Crossroads can be frustrating... but the time that I spent with Job reminds me of why I am at Crossroads and those times outweigh the frustrating day by far... Job ministered as much to me and my friends as we did to him.

I always thank God for bringing me to Crossroads and I pray that I will continue to seize every opportunity to serve and glorify Him.

psalm of repentance.

something I wrote while in my first semester of bible college... I learned a valuable lesson that I will never forget.

[PSALM OF REPENTANCE.]

I have sinned

I continue to sin

I live in sin

but YOU catch my attention

and you show me my sin

you convict me of my sin

I cry out to you

I ask you to forgive me

I turn away from sin

I repent of my sin

no matter how much

or how great my sin is

YOU forgive always

your grace overwhelms me

your angels rejoice

in heaven

where one day

I will be

because YOU died for me

and forgave all of my sin.

first day

well today is the day...

I did it...

I started a blog...

we will see how this journey goes, I started this blog so those of you can follow me while I am away at school.

I want to tell of how my journey is going, my journey of conforming to Christ's image and preparing for full time ministry while in ministry.