Souled_Out's Revelife

Follow the crumbs .... it will lead you back to the good life

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:53:10 GMT

After alot of thought and self realization. I let it all go and looked for the signs that God left for me to follow...so I thought things out and felt that my soul would not be at piece if my wallet would be. I will not sacrifice peace and calm for having financial total independence. I believe my call is for what my talents and skills lend it self to. I know that's what and why God gave them to me, not to let it lay waste because of my own selfish desires. So I said I believe You will lead me to the right one and so. I am now a contract worker for one of the So Cal's largest health care providers doing graphics. Am I happy?...YES I am, the people are very nice, the work load is just right and I don't get forced into being over worked. I work a 40 hour week and that is all, no more and maybe less if I need to leave to do something, but that is sacrificed at no PTO.

Anyways blessed thanks is long over due to Jesus for providing more than what I had hoped and prayed for in a job. IT pays alright till I get hired on as permanent staff, but it's still work currently and it pays the bills =)

So the dust shall fall and the polish comes out....

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:13:53 GMT

I joined a new cell (small) group at my church with my family and they asked if someone would mind leading the worship session next week. After the worship set we had that day (yesterday, singing to a cd). I felt that the need was there to dust off old Taylor and build the fingers back up. Not certain if this is all leading up to anything, but wondering if I can just help encourage people with music that I use to play. The leader of the group seemed very happy...I said hold on, it's been years since I've played and I need to practice still, but I'll try to lead a song or two. God if this is where I'm going for my next portion of service, so be it. I'm going for it...all souled out. I miss playing, it's been such a blessing to have such talented people to be lead by, but very uncertain if the call is to support the team in the congregation as the worship pastor is leaving our church to start a new plant in Lebanon....TN, that is =) It's going to be a bit of a tough time of transition for the church, but not certain what will when he moves. Keep worshipping Jesus of course but not certain of the leadership role and I'm not going to go for it....I'm very very very way under qualified...hahaha I guess that's what some people in the bible said as well, but seriously I am...not saying it out of humility, but out of realism. Who knows, but I'm just a little guitar player from the valley holdin up my 6 string hackin away. I miss the old days...good memories and some sad memories that come of it as well, but God's blessed me with this gift and I prayed about playing a good while back and even my worship pastor/close friend said "why don't you lead in cell group" I guess I was waiting for the right moment and I guess the call was sort of clear yesterday. Live by faith and not by site for if I did I would freak out at the craziness that is happening around me, stay focused looking up and not see how far God is helping me to sore up in the sky.

Why the fork? Why not a spoon?

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:07:05 GMT

There seems to be a fork in my road, it's no longer a straight of a line as I would like. The 1 month project is over now and I'm working on a freelance project and also attempting to change careers, I'm checking out sales...pharma sales to be exact. I've gotten a second interview but it seems that I don't have the eye of the tiger hunger effect. I'm supposed too laxed/layed back. I don't think I am, otherwise I would own my own business and be able to negotiate. All said and done I need to jump through hoops if I want this job, but do I change who I am to become something I don't feel like? Do I sell out my personality to do a new line of work? I'm praying hard about it and trying to see where God really leads here. I'm going for a ride along, but where does my faith fit into this line of work? I still wonder...

So who's right?

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:25:51 GMT

what do you say about being an open minded Christian who accepts people for who they are? Being green and open to being environmental? Is it wrong to be environmental and be Christian? Go does say to take care of stuff that is given to us unless it goes against him. IS it right to be a gas hog as well and demand it? Where do you draw the line? We live in a society that is driven by gas (no pun intended). We need oil to make thing and fuel things, but yet it doesn't help the environment. God did give us this earth to take command of so to say, but he did entrust us with it and not to destroy it, but we do need to live. Where to we draw the line?

People say smoking is a choice. But if you’re addicted to something, doesn’t that rule o

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:00:12 GMT

I just answered this Featured Question, you can answer it too!

Yes but what if we're addicted to Jesus? is that a Choice? the answer is YES! =)

What in the World are we doing? Are we greater than He?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:15:11 GMT

Reading the Sunday paper today and saw and article that was quite disturbing. I know my views of homosexuality and it's associations with the church. It made me sad to see a certain denomination even consider passing the allowance of ordaining ministers who are openly gay to be pastors. I'm sorry but I think my bible says that homosexuality is wrong. Straight up. I know we should love all and but doesn't mean we accept the sin that they are in. God will change them but watering down the gospel to me so that certain people can fit in is not right. God has black and white standards, no gray areas. He is specific about it. I am by no means the perfect person, nor do I say claim or say that I am any where near being the holiest and purest person either, I'm a W.I.P. (work in progress). This doesn't mean I can't be saved, I am, I believe that Christ is my Lord and savior, but I've gone slowly through the process of physical, mental and spiritual change that has lasted till this day. I was a sinner going to church in the beginning and still am a sinner now, but the difference is that I acknowledge what I was doing was wrong and made an effort to allow the Holy spirit to help me to change. It was painful changing bad habits and the sinful parts, but as they slowly were cut away, I've grown more and have an even happier life that I had back when I was deep in sin and just a new believer. Now regarding homosexuality, I think that by allowing them to live the lifestyle is not helping to accept the gay community, but condoning it. God did strike down certain cities in the bible that were sexually immoral, not going to mention what since to some people it's a sore point. It's the same here, if we put our standards and allowances over the bible then, we ourselves become the false god of our time and basically cheapen grace. I wonder what everyone else thinks of this. I myself have quite a few friends who are gay and have had a lot of co-workers who are gay. I love them to death, they are great people, but do I condone their life style and agree with it?...NO, do they like me any less? No they know me as an open out of the box Christian who preaches it like it is and shares, but respects people's decisions in life, but doesn't pass judgement directly and say your are going to hell, even though I know they will if they don't accept Christ. I wish they would see the light and accept the truth.

I wonder what people out there think of ordaining openly gay individuals into the pulpit, is it right or not? Now that you know how I feel I wonder what others have to say. Please sound off and don't hold back, even if you don't agree with me.

Can you hear me now?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:28:55 GMT

So it's been a fast 2 weeks since I've seriously blogged and have really almost fallen off the face of the earth.

The sermon this morning dealt with how we know if we're mature Christians...I know that I'm very immature and even if I thought I was mature as a believer there will be something else to always prove me wrong. But to know that you are not as wise as you may think is a good indicator that you are some what wise and mature. Reason for thinking this is humility. Not making yourself appear greater than others, but knowing and showing that there are others who are greater and the greatest of these is still not as great as God on a bad day.

So in a sense we are all immature, but if we just be humble about it we can be mature.

Off topic here, remember how I was talking about food and restrictions of that...how nuts is it that we covered part of that in today's sermon. Also we covered another thing that I've blogged about as welll, it's just like whoa....totally mind blowing!!! God takes his time and sends the perfect answer to the question even thought I thought I has known the answer.

Even if I thought it was fine to eat the food that was sacrificed to idols ect, it may not be fine to other believers in my presence, and to eat that stuff in front of them may cause them to stumble which is totally bad and sinful so there is the answer to the question even though I thought I knew it. :P Humbled yet again. :) God is good.

Oh and the scripture for the answer is 1Cor...somewhere sorry need to look it up in my notes from the sermon, I was totally blown away by that answer wow!!!

Sorry if I offended or gave wrong teachings to anyone out there with my opinion...again it was my interpretation of the scripture and my short sightedness.

And Soul it begins......

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Lord help me this day...I start a new place in life and am going into nothing too new but am starting at a new place for the next project and it's scary since I haven't used this program for over a year.

Any ways people...I'm off to a new project/site/client...see you guys soon.

Now back to the food channel programming

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:28:56 GMT

THanks for all the responses regarding the to eat or not to eat blog. I do eat everything including sacrificed foods, God can sanctify and bless the anything enough to give it purity if you just thank Him for the food and ask for His blessings upon it. THink about it, his Grace is enough for anything including us who have sin so bad that we should die but have not since we believe =)

Question to ponder for the weekend all....

To drink a lot or drink a little or not at all....

I know where I stand on this and some of you have already talked about where you stand but want to really know where you draw the line. Need some black and white here all. I drink alot and don't get drunk but is that wrong? I drink very little and get plastered is that really bad? I don't drink because I don't want to cross that line is that wrong?

As for me, I can drink, genetically I can drink like a fish under water and not get drunk, I can walk and talk straight and hand my keys over to someone so I don't get a DUI off a breathalyzer test (I've done this by passing my keys after 3 drinks) the law is the law, I don't drive drunk. But the laws of the land says a certain amount into a machine is considered drunk, but what if it doesn't affect me physically, is that still drunk?

Chime in all!

Wow.....

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:28:03 GMT

Dude, when the tide turns from one direction of bad to good, the good really comes pouring in. Keep the faith and when it comes it won't stop....

As some of you may have known, I've been out of work for a while and have been freelancing and things slowed there as well....fast forward to a few days ago....I get a bunch of potential projects and work calls and all of a sudden I'm like looking at 1 project that I start this coming monday that may last 2-4 weeks and I have another project for an old client that would take about that much time as well on top of helping a friend out with his video business where I do some videography and alot of photography. When God turns the tides against the cruel and crushing (but not destroying) blows of satan, Jesus really blows my mind away each time!