Ipods...

Generally I like to think when I exercise, verses listening to music.

There is just something awesome about running or "pumping" iron...okay its the endorphins my body releases but at the very core it really is God. He did design our bodies you know! Often the only alone time I get is when I drive and when I run, so I use it to think. Maybe some of ya'll hit up the weed and get into deep thinking... haha I dont guess I blame you but I do think it's wiser to seek truth when sober.

Anyway! What is it with our generation? Why do we always need to have music barricading our thoughts? Often poisoning our minds... Quick example. If you're listening to sad music, angry music, you will stay angry. If you listen to music that displays sex I can bet you what you'll be thinking about! Not all music is bad, in fact i'm all for so much of it! Music definitely has it's place in God's kingdom, on earth for fun and romance and worship...but too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
 I believe it has become a god to much of our world's and church's youth, and the latter are probably earnest in their desire to please our King!

And if you take away music from ppl they freak out!! Its such a huge deal!

Story time..

When I was 13 I listened to Alternative Rock constantly. I had to have it to sleep (and I really never went to sleep I just laid there singing songs in my head.). And I never really stocked up on CD's or Itunes so I listened to the music channel on the TV. I remember coming home from school one day and my parents had switched from dish to cable or something like that. I immediately ran to my room and checked to see if I could still listen to the music.. nope! I cried and got so angry...(I know.. melodramatic). Went on for everrr. Pretty much till I started making my own music actually.

 you see? We need to check our hearts for even the most ridiculous gods.

But we can't forget to pray, to be us in our thoughts. I am some what of a.. crazy.. in that I believe in some conspiracies. The devil has monopolized the world...believe it or not.. so it is up to you and me to keep God's delicate balance of life. (Which is not very delicate.)

Obedience in Worship

Those of you who read this... ive been feeling very strongly about some issues that i know it is not me who instilled the thoughts pertaining worship.

3 Main Points: Worship= Obedience, Posture=Obedience, Togetherness=Obedience. 

It all started towards the end of my senior year, being a busy semi-fashionable girl I felt the need to get all prettied up for church and also felt the need to sleep in as much as possible. That combination resulted in being late to church...every single sunday, but I would make sure I was there for the sermon. Then one sunday our music minister Robby talked about how singing is not the intro to the church service. It is a form of worship, the making of music, singing songs of praise to our King! The music is PART of the service, not a pre-service deal.

((((and sometimes, I do believe if the church is so lead, to keep singing the whole time! It is definitely important to be organized, but the Holy Spirit is not bound by time, you see, so neither should we...Anyway..)))))

Robby got me to thinking. 

Worship is obedience...!!! Yeah yeah we've all heard this...maybe... but you know when you know something but all the sudden it has intensely increased in importance? Thats what happened. Like when you know Chickfila has awesome milkshakes but its not that important to you until you have a coupon for those milkshakes.. that feeling except way more urgent. 

So if worship is obedience, then that includes everything involved in the service. Im not talking about the speaker or tithes. just worship. Specifically about posture. God is a big.. BIG God. The songs we sing often say, "we lift our hands" "Bow to our knees" or anything like.." I love you" "I give you all my life"...

Do we really sing these songs with our hands by our sides? Yes there is a time to be still, but we are FREE from our death chains and God has taken our shackles off of our feet so we can DANCE!Yes You.. to dance. To lift your hands, to clap, to get out of your "uncomfort zone" cause I promise that your comfort zone with God is more important than any self image you can come up with. 

Okay so what about the songs we sing that are about us as the church, like.. How Great Is Our God for example.

We stand, some raise hands, some clap, lots close eyes, no one touches another. But WE are singing TOGETHER about how great our God is! Shouldn't we acknowledge this TOGETHER? Why dont we make eye contact and rejoice together? We worship so distantly from each other trying to get closer to our God but cant we see that there IS a place for this? To hold hands together, as the church, the Bride of Christ, in awh of Him? to not be afraid of moving about and touching another person in fear of distracting... that is where the church needs to be. 

But hey... thats not from me. 

Regrets

"I dont have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way He loves me.."

I know I'm not the only one who is inspired by the artists words here.

Everyone can look back in their life and think about all the decisions they made and cannot take back. Permanent damage...or so it seems. Of course our mistakes, our sinful past cant be taken back.. whats done is done. BUT for me, because God has redeemed my soul and I now can experience His love because my life is His, my sins are as far away from God's infinite mind as possible. If God doesn't worry about my insecure, lust-filled, murderous, damaging past then what makes me think I need to?

Its a lie from the devil for us to think to get over something we need to keep focus on not doing it...we become what we focus on. We need to move  on.. we know we are sinners! Right now.. present day we are sinners. But if we do not press on and continue in our growth verses dwelling on our past, be it yesterday or an 5 minutes ago or 10 years ago, WE WONT GET ANYWHERE!

So we really do have to have a steady mindset.. if you are one to struggle with regrets like i have.. of giving it to God and not having time for them! We DONT have time for worries... God's plans take time and devotion so our devotion cannot be put towards our past. plain and simple.

And by the way, if you read that first paragraph and dont have the redemption that I do, you can have it too. Its free and yours for the taking. I guess I should mention what it is. It is Jesus' love for you!! Can I just say it's the most intense love ever, it surpasses emotions into a deeper knowledge, and then goes right past understanding. Which leads to faith! And Jesus is the Son of God, I like to say he was whole Arabic and whole God. But He died on the cross for your sins, because He loved you so much. Just saying... wow!

And heads up, if it's comfortable, you betcha He will move your butt where it aint so cushioned. It is hard to run towards Him when you're so comfortable sittin down... so it makes sense.

A Hearts Adventure

    I have been writing in my journal and on 'Notes' on Facebook for a while but I really want to express my heart and mind to as many people who will listen, so thanks!

 I titled my blog "A Hearts Adventure"because I believe the most important, the most exciting, and the most dangerous adventure is of the Heart. (I do not know of anyone that would argue with me on this point, then again half of the things I dissect I have yet to discuss.) But the reason why I believe the heart's adventure is the most epic is because nothing is or can be as 'deep' as we were created to be. except God of course..(heart vs. an actual nature loving adventure..) I guess the only adventure we take part in IS of the heart anyway.

Somethings I should mention are I don't make a lot of sense a lot of the time; I often find truth because I was first wrong (thats all of us I just put my realization into words), when I write I often come to a different point towards the end of what I say, and my favorite desire is to explore more of God and more of you and in turn knowing more of myself.