hey everyone

hey everyone hows it going. im doing pretty good- still trying to get in the jist of school and the whole routine jazz- soon enough ill be done with this year, and then my senior year, and then ill be off too college, then ill be done with college, and then ill dive into the ministry and get married and have kids and everything else mani cant wait. anyways im taking my baby step towards that plan tomorow by going to school. fun fun. there is a junior high game and then a jv game so im perty exited for that.

anywya si wanna share a verse with everyone that has been so bluntly on my mind lately i just cant get it out-
Luke 14:26 (NIV)-If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters-yes, even his own life- he cannot be my disciple.

thats a POWERFUL verse, i have been stuck on it for so long. now i know were not supposed to go off and hate our moms and dads and what not- but he uses that word doesnt he? look again he uses the word hate. now i know i know "in comparison to our walk with God thats what it would be like" that true- but thin kabout this for a second- he uses the word hate. that means that we should love GOd SO much that when you put our walk with God up against our relationship with our moms and dads, spouces and children (you married kids out there), our brothers and sisters- it should seem like we hate them compard to how much we love God. wow. and heres that hard part, ever God realizes it in the verse- yes, even our own life. we should love God SO much that everything else seems like nothing. thats hard. i cant say that about myself at all. whcih is sad cuz in the verse he says "if anyone comes to me" not if "i go to you" no it says if anyone comes to me- I WANT TO GO TO GOD! I WANT TO BE A DISCIPLE FOR GOD! i hear people say that all the time- even me. but do we really know what it costs?

thats just been laying heavily on my mind lately.
here it is in the message

"ANyone who comes ot Me but refuses to let go of his father, mother, spouce, children, brother, sister-yes, even one's OWN SELF-can't be my disciple."

i wonder what it would have been like ot be there when he said that.

thats about it for me id love to hear from you so leave a not

brady joel