Well, I held up to my word. I released some music for you peoples. I laid down the vocals and guitar this weekend in Sam's dorm studio deal, and then he mixed it. I think it came out great, so check it out: http://youtu.be/iJVB4cSqSXo
No seriously.
Paste the link in and listen to the song.
Oh, I haven't done a church update in a while. I am pretty settled on Solid Rock. It's about a half an hour away, but the pastor is really good, the music is incredible, the Sunday meeting is a large congregation, but they stress mission minded small groups, or house churches, which we could easily form out of some people at Fox. So that has been pretty awesome, and I'm excited to get more involved.
They say that you don't really know a person til you have seen them at all emotions. I would tend to agree, but I would say you really get to know people when they are angry. Face it, there are not many people who aren't reasonably nice in a
normal situation. No one is going to cuss you out when talking about the
weather. This is common knowledge, but filters come off when people are angry, and you are given a clear glimpse at their real personality. What are they getting angry at? To whom is their anger pointed? Are they mad at themselves for a lack of perfection, angry at a heresy against Christianity, or did someone just do something they didn't like so they turned to constant insults? These all say very different things about people and I think it is important to consider the implications of others' anger, and your own anger.
Dang it, I was going in a different direction with these points. I was going to warn in depth about associating with people who are defined by anger. Which I still think is a good idea, but the more I tried to think of examples, the more I realized I had examples of when I was angry like that. My anger tends to be more passive agressive than others, who will get angry in your face, but I still use anger for unrighteous reasons. Yet I still think that I am someone worth associating with, so what is up with that? I guess the real root is the word defined. When I am angry, I need to get out my frustration so I can calm down. Once I have had time to sort out my frustration, usually through some sort of rant, I can move on. Or write a blog...
I'm not actually sure what I think about this anger of mine, because I often learn things through my sorting, but it would be nice if I could keep myself to contemplation instead of turning my anger to sin. Oh snap that just reminded me of the Bible verse that says in your anger do not sin(Eph 4:26), which brings me to the point that you can be angry without sinning, it is what you do with that anger that makes it a sin.
I love it when I start writing and I end up coming up with things I hadn't considered beforehand. So I guess my goal would be to decrease how much my anger turns to sin. Thank God it is by grace I am saved.
That is all for tonight.
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