Author Archives: heather joy
i am a Christian.
what’s this?! four posts in a row this week? it’s like this site hit the jackpot of blogging! (ish) ;]
a friend of mine found this poem online and i stole it from her. i don’t know who the author is or when it was written or anything about it really… other than it’s really awesome and spot on.
when you tell people you’re a Christian, what is their reaction? do they slowly start to back away? do they look at you like you’ve gone mad? do they show concern on their face like they’re not good enough to be around you? are they interested in obtaining the grace you’ve found?
those we deem “worthy”…
I came across this on the internet a few weeks back and thought it would be interesting to share with you all…
The following is a confidential report on several candidates being considered for our church leader.
Noah: Former pastorate of 120 years with not even one convert. Prone to unrealistic building projects.
Joseph: A big thinker, but a braggart; believes in dream-interpreting and has a prison record.
Count me.
I actually had something else in mind to post today until I remembered it’s Valentines Day. or Singles Awareness Day. or the Hallmark Holiday. or whatever you choose to label it as.
So instead of what I was originally going to post, I decided to upload a new “music video” (ish) I made several months back. It’s rough, poor quality, terrible sound, amature singing and piano playing, and one very old picture of myself. ha.
Anywho, it’s the words of the song that really matter… everything else is secondary. The song is called “Count Me” — and I’m not sure who wrote it. So give it a listen and hopefully your ears won’t hurt too bad at the end. ;]
faithfulness.
This blog will be 2 years old in a few more months. Honestly, thats hard for me to imagine. the blog was born out of a want to do something for God while sharing what He was teaching me with others along the way. that, and it was an accountability tool for myself as well.
What I never imagined would happen is that it would attract such an audience as it has. people from all over the world, of all different ages and walks of life, of all different faiths have visited this humble little site.
In turn, my faithfulness as a writer has diminished. My promises as an author have dwindled away. My commitment as a daily host has basically vanished.
blind guides & hypocrites.
judgement. we all pass it. yet we all hate when it’s passed on us.
in the words of Pastor Mark Driscoll, “clean out your own lumber yard!” which is his fancy way of paraphrasing Luke 6:39-42.
anywho, give this video a watch then leave your thoughts…
how He loves.
because you know how much i love youtube.
i seriously think you’re going to love this video – especially if you like David Crowder, John Piper, and Matt Chandler.
give it a listen and leave your thoughts below afterwards.
when it comes to disappointing God…
so you think your sin disappoints God…?
so you think your spiritual failures break His heart…?
so you think you can’t share your testimony without being a hypocrite…?
so you think the guilt you feel is from God…?
the Jesus i wanted.
i started off the new year in the book of matthew, and that’s where i’ve continued to read in my devotions. i’m reading about Jesus, and as you all know, no other person that ever walked the face of this earth compares to Him.
i think i had Him figured all wrong though, to a point. see, i always pictured Jesus as merciful and gracious, but having a secret agenda. i always thought of Him as loving and kind, but expecting something in return. i always believed him to be wonderful and perfect, but demanding and legalistic. and, in my mind, he was allowed to be all of those things if He so chose to be, because He is, after all, God.
but i was wrong about Him. not that that will come as a surprise to you.
Question of the day: 2011 was the year…
I hope you haa a relaxing and enjoyable New Years this past weekend!
This week’s QOTD post is going to be a bit different. There are no right or wrong answers. I just want to hear from you and learn a little about what your past year contained, and what you hope your future year holds.
It doesn’t have to be a huge 25-point list or 4 paragraphs of information – it could be just one or two or five things. Whatever – as little or as much as – you want to share is completely fine.
