Comments on: Just Wearing the Uniform? http://www.marvinlwilliams.org/discipleship/wearing-uniform/ the soul musings of a man living between two worlds Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:55:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christie http://www.marvinlwilliams.org/discipleship/wearing-uniform/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Christie Wed, 26 May 2010 00:06:18 +0000 http://marvinlwilliams.org/?p=941#comment-816 I grew up in a Christian home so I am very well versed in how to talk the talk. Walking the talk, however, has always been a struggle. When I am in tune with God, life is peaceful; and when I'm not in tune with God and I let the everyday hectic schedule over run the time I spend with God, peace dissipates in my heart and turmoil starts controlling my life -- all aspects of it. This is where I am right now. Sometimes I feel as if I'm drowning and its too late to get back on track -- luckily those breaths from Satan are temporary and its posts such as this that I hear God telling me it all starts with baby steps. I am a single mom of two kids with no help from the fathers. It is indeed a struggle to not only keep myself strengthened but to work to instill the best values and direction I can into my kids. I need prayer that I may remember that anything I've done can be, and has been forgiven by God, and that I need to get back on track with God by taking those baby steps which means I need to let the old self go, full clothe myself in the new self, and start walking the talk. I grew up in a Christian home so I am very well versed in how to talk the talk. Walking the talk, however, has always been a struggle. When I am in tune with God, life is peaceful; and when I’m not in tune with God and I let the everyday hectic schedule over run the time I spend with God, peace dissipates in my heart and turmoil starts controlling my life — all aspects of it. This is where I am right now. Sometimes I feel as if I’m drowning and its too late to get back on track — luckily those breaths from Satan are temporary and its posts such as this that I hear God telling me it all starts with baby steps.

I am a single mom of two kids with no help from the fathers. It is indeed a struggle to not only keep myself strengthened but to work to instill the best values and direction I can into my kids. I need prayer that I may remember that anything I’ve done can be, and has been forgiven by God, and that I need to get back on track with God by taking those baby steps which means I need to let the old self go, full clothe myself in the new self, and start walking the talk.

]]> By: MauricePogue http://www.marvinlwilliams.org/discipleship/wearing-uniform/comment-page-1/#comment-814 MauricePogue Tue, 25 May 2010 16:53:24 +0000 http://marvinlwilliams.org/?p=941#comment-814 As a 21 year-old man, being in and out of church, it was not until I was in college that someone with Campus Outreach (based in Montgomery, Al) explained that we go to church to praise and worship. It would take my future wife to explain the fellowship component. I still struggle with the latter, not being a fan of pretentious small-talk. But that's a personal problem of not being a "people person," trying to love everyone as myself. You might know the lyrics from Sho Baraka's "Good Day II Die": "Wake up in the morning gotta thank God / Next thing I do, Luke 9 (:23) / Gotta lose my life daily, bear my cross / Sow my soul years ago but still count the cost / When I walk in the Spirit, I have the mind of Christ / There's no doubt in my mind, the flesh gon' die tonight" Good stuff. Pray that I figure out a way to efficiently carve out a time for the Lord. My life is imbalanced in that way. As a 21 year-old man, being in and out of church, it was not until I was in college that someone with Campus Outreach (based in Montgomery, Al) explained that we go to church to praise and worship. It would take my future wife to explain the fellowship component. I still struggle with the latter, not being a fan of pretentious small-talk. But that's a personal problem of not being a "people person," trying to love everyone as myself.

You might know the lyrics from Sho Baraka's "Good Day II Die":

"Wake up in the morning gotta thank God / Next thing I do, Luke 9 (:23) / Gotta lose my life daily, bear my cross / Sow my soul years ago but still count the cost / When I walk in the Spirit, I have the mind of Christ / There's no doubt in my mind, the flesh gon' die tonight"

Good stuff. Pray that I figure out a way to efficiently carve out a time for the Lord. My life is imbalanced in that way.

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