A Christ Follower: The Journey

Veteran's Day here in the good ole USA is rapidly coming on us.  This is a time when we honor our military personnel who have served our Nation wearing the uniform of this Nation with pride. This is a special day for me.  After all I have journeyed through many years of my life wearing uniforms worn by our military for the last 4 decades.  In other words I served in our military throughout a significant chunk of our nation's entire history. How old is the USA again???? Why?  Why would a man give up so much time and space to do such a thing?  I was not a combatant, but I experienced and saw some awfully horrific stuff.  AND no one knows really what I did besides the public persona. Well I will tell you why?  This nation has a document that says something like this.  "We are endowed by our Creator by certain unalienable rights.... Life... Liberty... AND the pursuit of happiness."  NO other nation has such a document.  Everything about this document smacks of s

David once ask of his soul, "Why are you cast down O my soul? And why are you so disquieted within me?"  Then he said, "Hope in the LORD who made the heavens and the earth." There are a few things that stand out for me.  Soul talk (talking to your self) does NOT make you crazy.  Second: Seeking answers through your soul is good... especially when a revelation like David shared comes to your mind.  Third it appears that our emotions (disquieted or otherwise) find their seat in your soul. Now I said all that to say this:  If we want to overcome some of the stresses... or I should say DIS-stresses of life, we would do well to focus on what is going on in our souls.  We would do well to center our selves on God (Put our hope in him) and find peace in the LORD and strength from within. David said this another way:  "Be still and experience God."  Yup! He is not saying "Don't just sit there... do something!" He is saying, "Don't just do