Stand Out

"How you gonna be the praise leader? But you listen to R & B?
And hip-hop is on your ringtone. I'm trynna tell you God ain't pleased.
And since when did it become cool for you to live together unmarried?
Men with men?
Women with women?
I'm tellin you God ain't gon' have it."
- Tye Tribbett & G.A. "Stand Out"

^{2 Corinthians 5:16-20}Because of this decision we don't evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don't look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We're Christ's representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God's work of making things right between them. We're speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he's already a friend with you.

The Second Time Around

This blog has been set up as a continuation of my blogs from round3333.blogspot.com. The concept of Round 3 was that "life has three rounds - Round 1, you're born. Round 2, you live with(for) others. Round 3, you live for yourself".

Round 3 blogs were a reflection of the third time around - doing things for me and discovering who I am.

The Second Time Around is another reset of my life - a reflection of my desire to do to live honestly and for myself but in a way that is pleasing to God even when it's not pleasing for me.