11.13.2007
So yeah, I knew it had been a while.....anyway....
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These pages contain the ruminations and life observations of a ragamuffin who is in need of and desires to be continually transforming as God would have it.
So yeah, I knew it had been a while.....anyway....
Posted by Michael "sinbad" Creighton at 7:39 PM 1 comments
I am leaving today for Hays State Prison in Trion, GA., for a KAIROS weekend. Please keep my family, the inmates at the prison and the Kairos team in your prayers. I will update most likely on Monday.
Go God!
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In my heart and my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out
Just like my cut will heal from the inside out, God desires to heal each of us from the inside out. Odd, though, how many times we often worry TONS about the outside first, while the inside is screwed up! Hmmmm...just a thought!Posted by Michael "sinbad" Creighton at 6:18 PM 1 comments
So REVOLUTION CHURCH pretty much rocks! We're in the middle of a series on how we can better manage money so that when we realize God's vision for our lives, the chains of financial burden won't hold us back from goin' for it. Joseph Sangl is gonna be there on Sunday, November 4 in the morning bringin' it about money and breaking out of the debt chains that come with it. Anyway, the reason I am telling you this is that I heard somethin' in church I never thought I would!!!! Our pastor, Gary Lamb, was talking about radical ways to save money and things we can cut out of our life to be better stewards. That's when I heard it! He said that he and his wife had bought a FREAKIN' COW!!!! Yep, a cow!!!! Sorry Chik-Fil-A! Why, you ask!!! He went on to say that their beef came out to around $2 a pound! Not super good for ground beef, but amazing for steaks and roast and all that jazz!
Save money....buy he WHOLE DANG COW!!!! I LOVE IT!
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So today started with some football.....at 9:00 AM! Yeah, some guys from Revolution Church play flag football most Saturday mornings. Check with Preston Porter if you're interested. I did not play. I learned a valuable lesson in life.... KNOW YOUR LIMITS! :) However, watching can be very entertaining!
Anyway, then it was off to a wedding of a guy that was in the first student ministry my wife and I volunteered in. He also was my worship leader for a while at the last student ministry I was a part of. It was good to see a lot of old friends I hadn't seen in a while and it was a great reminder of my most prized earthly gift....my God-sent wife!!! 12 years of marriage.....and I love her more today than the day we married...love still growin'....would do it all again in a split second... It always makes me crazy when dudes say, "I need a break from my wife." Are you FREAKIN' kiddin' me?!?! I may need a break from a lot of things, but my wife ain't one of 'em! Sheeesh!!!
So back to football... Most of you know that I am a GEORGIA TECH fan. My dad graduated from TECH and my brother graduated from UGA. So we have a lot of fun in our family. Anyway, TECH beat ARMY today, but in the process may have lost the ACC leading rusher, Tashard Choice. WHAT THE CRAP?!?! We'll have to wait and see tomorrow or the next day if Choice will be out and for how long.
Gotta go....fourth quarter of the LSU-AUBURN game. Gooooo.....Tigers!
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One person said they had checked out my blog and it sucked cuz it hadn't been updated in forever. Another person said that I should blog whether anyone reads it or not. So, I will try again.
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I ran across this song the other day on RELEVANT TV. Yet another powerful song by Johnny. I think Elvis did it originally, but I like Cash's best. I hope you like it.
HELP ME performed by Johnny Cash
Oh, lord, help me walk
Another mile, just one more mile;
I'm tired of walkin' all alone.
And lord, help me to smile
Another smile, just one more smile;
Don't think I can do things on my own.
I never thought I needed help before;
Thought that I could get by - by myself.
But now I know I just can't take it any more.
And with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
Oh come down from Your golden throne to me, to lowly me;
I need to feel the touch of Your tender hand.
Release these chains of darkness
Let me see, Lord let me see;
Just where I fit into your master plan.
I never thought I needed help before;
Thought that I could get by- by myself.
Now I know I just can't take it any more.
And with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
With a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
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I promise I will begin updating soon! Thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave a comment if you wish!
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Chapter 2....Irresistible Revolution....
Something happened to me this morning at church (the walled one).....
I choose not to divulge it here, but will outside of this medium if you ask me too.....
The result.... a broken and hurting heart.... mine.
I was reminded of a quote by the founder of World Vision.....Bob Pierce.....
"Let my heart be broken with the things that break God's heart."
I've prayed this prayer before..... only not wholeheartedly.
I'm also reminded of another revolutionist and his lyrics..... Derek Webb...I WANT A BROKEN HEART.
i've got faith in the bank and money in my heart
i've got a calloused place where your ring used to be, my love
i've traded naked and unashamed
for a better place to hide
for a righteous mask, a suit of fig leaves and lies
i thought the cattle on a thousand hills
was not enough to pay my bills
and i fell in love with those who proved me wrong
and now i want a broken heart
now there's a great pad lock
on the place where i was free
and i'm feeling bad from swallowing that key
now i work real hard but i mostly call in sick
of a broken back from the ground fighting back at me
i cannot look you in the eye
so i check the knots on my disguise
'cause i fell in love with fashion in the dark
and now i want a broken heart
i've got alibis for every crime
a substitute to do my time
'cause Your heart breaks enough on both our parts
so now i want a broken heart
now i want a broken heart
now i want a broken heart
I find it interesting to think how many times I've had a broken heart from girls or life or situations that didn't go the way I wanted them too. But the times my heart has been truly broken with the things that break God's heart has been far less. Not saying they haven't been there and been incredibly real, there's just fewer of them.
Hmmmmm....may I not be afraid to WHOLEHEARTEDLY ask God to break my heart with those things that break His. Amen and amen.....
May my broken heart allow more of YOU to shine through.
Reformanda....
M"s"C
Posted by Michael "sinbad" Creighton at 7:17 AM 2 comments
Scribed this morning. Been a while. Anyway......
I'm scribing in Luke. Currently in chapter 5. These were some of the verses I was journaling on today....
Luke 5.27-28
27-28 After this he went out and saw a man named Levi at his work collecting taxes. Jesus said, "Come along with me." And he did—walked away from everything and went with him.
Hmmmmm......here's what I think......
(from my scribing journal)
No doubt a tax collector in those days was not only not liked, but rather despised by society. BUT, he certainly would have had a lot of "everything" to walk away from, especially in a material sense. Certainly people must have thought he had lost his mind. What is my "everything" and am I willing to leave it all for The Way? God, help me to loosen my grip on my "everything" and turn it loose so that in it's place I can better grasp YOU and YOUR everything! Amen....
I'm reminded of the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer when he said.....
"When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die."
I'm also reminded of the words of LIFEHOUSE in the song EVERYTHING.
Complete "EVERYTHING" by Lifehouse Lyrics
Find Me Here
Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again.
You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose...you're everything.
How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
I especially like the line "Your are my purpose.....You're everything."
May I never lose sight of the fact that all else is "rubbish" compared to HIM.
Striving to let go of my everything,
semper reformanda,
M"s"C
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