williamjonathan

Today is the last day of 2009 it has been an amazing year. I have had moments of complete joy and then others that have well have not been so great. I have traveled more than most people do in a life time. I graduated college, lived in another country for a month and a half. Move to another state, I need to get a new drivers licens. I have experiance love in new ways, that I have never thought of.
I know that life has been crazy and at times I wanted to just crawl in a hole and hide, but the lessons that I have learns have proven that all the moments of brokeness were well worth it.

I am in so many ways not the same person I was a year ago from today.

Tonight I am in Ashville. I am standing in a crowd of about 3,000 right now at the Avett Brothers New Years Eve show. Thoughts of the past year are running through my head accompanied by thoughts of all those standing around me.

This next year I know Is going to amaze me in so many ways. This will be a great one. I am waiting like a child for christmas morning.

I am so thankful for my family and friends or being apart of this past year and to those who are going to stick it out with me in 2010.

I am praying that God will do amazing things for you this year.

Love.

This past week I got to fly home to Jacksonville, only for three days, but it was well worth the trip.

So to start the trip to Jacksonville. My day started rather early on Wednesday  of last week. I was up at 5 and then out the door and on my way with Ben to the airport. Once I got through the security, went to my gate and then boarded the plane. It seemed as though there were going to be no issues, wrong. Apparently  you “de-ice” a plane weather it has ice on it or not. So with that we had a additional 50 minutes in Charlotte. Then after we finally took off, I am guessing that due to that delay it messed up our gate location and arrival time in Atlanta. So once we landed, I had about 10 minutes to get from the end of  Gate E to the end of Gate B…. So as I reached the end of the boarding ramp I began to sprint, and honestly I did, to the tram to hope that it was there.

As I arrived to the tram area naturally it was just closing. I can only image what my face must have looked like at that moment. So I waited about 3 of my 10 minutes for the next one to arrive, focusing on the bring side this gave me a moment to catch my breath. When the next tram arrived I got on and was off to the B gate. As we arrived at the B terminal I ran out the door as soon as they opened and was running to my departing Gate. As I arrived panting for air I asked if they were still boarding my plane to Jacksonville.I was unsure due to the fact that I had just arrived and the exact time of my departure.

They were still boarding! I looked to the person that I had asked and the looked rather upset and thought to myself that I should talk to them, but I just didn’t want to miss my flight so I boarded. As I walk I thought to myself I really should have talked to them, I turned to look for them and  notice that they were getting on the same flight as I was. As I placing my bag in the over head the older woman that was shearing my row asked if I wanted to sit by the window. Which was her way of informing me that she wanted my isle seat…“No thats ok.” I know, I know I don’t have a heart, but I had just sprinted the length the Atlanta Airport, I did not want to sit next to the window! But as I was sitting down I noticed that the person that I knew that I was meant to talk to was sitting in-front of the old lady on my row. I laughed because I knew that this was God saying should have started the conversation earlier…

So I very politely turned and ask…“Would you rather sit on the isle ?” To which I receive a smug smile and a yes. So now that I had given up my seat I had to try and thing of away to connect to this person that I had never met that was obviously upset than was sitting in-front of me. I prayed and asked God to help me connect with this person and what the were facing. Eventually that conversation was started with the offer of a bag a skittles that was never received, but the conversation that was meant to happen took place.

I am praying for you.

I am also praying for everyone that reads this. I am praying that the Holy Spirit will awaken you  and I to more moments like this moments that you are meant to have conversation with other wether you know them or not. Wether it is as small as offering the a bag of skittles or giving them the shirt off you back or even your isle seat.

love.

One thing that so many shows, songs, books, and movies push is that there is this horrible innate evil that I lurking inside each and everyone of us.

“The monster that I truly am”, is something that I have heard before in a show and a movie. There is at times the since to the character that they are nothing but evil, even as they are trying to see the good in them self they come to a place of focusing on the evil.

This  is something that has project itself into the way we think and function as humans. We in some cases never truly take a person to be positive or kind, rather when they do something or when something happens that is not nice or even spiteful. We take that as to be who the person is. I have been thinking about it a lot lately and evaluating my personal feeling on how I will judge or classify a person based off of a single event or happing.

I have come to the conclusion that I like so many others do not assume the positive, rather at times I assume the negative. I focus on the “evil” that is at the heart of that person…

There is one major problem with this theory. It goes against what I know truth to be.

We are ALL created in the image of God, therefore making the core of who we are the complete opposite. We have to come to a place where we rocognize that at the core of every single person is not this black hole of evil, rather that there is a light.

Understanding that we are called to be the see and love everyone. One easy way to do that is to connect to the part that we share … the image of our creator.

Love.

The last few days I have been taking a break from writing, it is not because I have nothing to write, I have quite a lot.

I just knew that I needed to take a moment to breathe. I forget to do that at times.

I have many ideas floating in my little head and I assure you that this week there well be quite a pick up, in post.

But I also want to take a moment and encourage everyone to take a breath. There are some many times that we forget that it is important to life.

So if you are feeling the wait of the world just take a moment, take a breath.

I promise you, just take a moment to rest, and everything will be ok. This might be shocking but the world does not revolve around you, or me. I know I should have told you to sit down first, but I honestly doubt you are reading this standing.

I am praying for you all.

Love.

Here is the Center City Christmas Card!

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I am sitting at a local coffee shop. David and I have a few that we go to often to work on Center City stuff. One thing that have noticed as I am sitting in the coffee shops is the diversity of the people. For example there are families, students, and all types of people. God is the master of creation. He has made us all individuals, each a creation of Love from His heart,regardless what your beliefs are He is the One who made you, you.

Last night I went out with some new friends. I thought I knew what to expect of the place that we were going, yet once I got there I was very surprise to find that there was much more diversity that I was expecting. People from every, and I mean every walk of life where there.

As I was talking to my new friends and looking around. My heart was being with such intensity. It was beating with joy, love, praise, and prayer.

No matter how different everyone was in the room, we are all connected. No matter how different you and I are we are still connected.

We are made in His image, in His love.

It is moments like these that I am overwhelmed with amazement and woe. To How worthy God is. How worthy is our Creator.

My pray today and I hope will be yours is three simple words, 12 letters, a statement of praise…

You are worthy.

love.

Today I had several conversations. One thing that I noticed was that no matter who they were or what the conversation was bout or no matter how little we knew each other. We were pretty close. One thing that amazes me is the Heart of God. We are all apart of the same body, the same church.

Despite all the differences that we may have we need to come to the place where we understand that we are one.

When is the last time you connected with some one that was completely different than  you other than your faith in Christ? Are we pretty close? or do we even know each other?

love.

*warning:this is a serious message.*

So over the past few weeks I have come to the conclusion that life is hard for those who are willing to sell out to full time ministry. I have connect with several different people over the last little bit and also been able to just look over the lives of those who are impacting the world for the Kingdom. Not to say that you should hesitate to follow the call that God has placed on your heart. But looking at those who are my example I have been able to see the hardship that also comes with the anointing.

With great anointing comes amazing possibilities… There are times where thing will  be horribly amazing and then time where everything will seem amazingly horrible.

The one constant that I have seen no matter how amazing or horrible things may seem. These people have held true to who God is and their calling. They have and are trusting that no matter what the circumstances or the outcome.

“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord.” -Jeremiah 29.11                     “Even I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for YOU are with me.” -Psalm 23:4

Love.

Thoughts fo you run through my mind.

They pass at speeds fast and slow.

I am quite sure.

You are there.

In moments.

Not just a shadow.

Thoughts of you rule my mind.