Reaction, being blind

I originally started this a few weeks ago but time got away from me with the holidays so this isn't extremely current but I'm still going to go with it!

It's been quite a while since I cracked open the old macbook to spout my thoughts on here. A main reason why I had such a prolonged absence was that I was without a computer for several months, since like may, actually. I probably could have used public use computers but I didn't have much that I wanted to say over that time either. I'm not saying that I'm back to writing often, but for at least one more night I have somethings to say, so check it out!

being the witness, being the light

I was at sunday service yesterday, the message was about the 2 witnesses in the end times, from Revelation 11. The preacher was talking about being the city on the hill, God's representative light to the world. The way he phrased it though made it an optional thing. The main thing....the only real thing that I have to say is regarding that.

strength

A few days ago one of my favorite songs came on the radio, "strong enough" by Matthew West. It got me thinking about being weak, being strong & being consider each way by others. Definitions for strong & weak are not easy to pin down & because of biblical reality that contradicts normal view I'm going to avoid explicit definition.
What I've been thinking about though is that people always want to be strong. Try to find strength in position or money or fame or self, relationships, successes, etc. Problem is, all those things fade. I've done some great things in my young life but if I drew my strength from any of them I'd be as weak & frail as anything that's....well dead.
Maybe that it, the dead want to find strength wherever they can so that can feel alive. Life is only available through Jesus. There's a lot of division about what a Christian actually is & even within the realm of the legitimate Church there is a lot of division over minor doctrines but Jesus is the same in each fracture. Unfortunately He doesn't serve to be enough for complete unity to happen. HE IS. But we don't allow it to happen. But I'm sidetracking, one of the aspects of a true believer is that they draw strength from HIM. Find comfort FROM & IN HIM. REFUGE. HOPE. LIFE.
JESUS is EVERYTHING WE NEED.

Rearview year end

This has been the most odd December I can remember. I've spent an odd quantity of time thinking about things that happened this year, both globally & in my bubble. I guess it's just the latest example of how my life has been this year, full of analysis & reflection.
12 months ago I went to Florida
11 months ago my second niece was born
6 months ago I got irritatingly close to dying in a car wreck
5 months ago I moved to Minneapolis
4 months ago I went to Turkey
2 weeks ago I moved back to North Dakota