stepping out of mediocrity

I think all of us have that thorn in our flesh (2 Cor 7). We have those struggles that really keep us down and behind in full pursuit of God. How many times do we struggle with that thorn before we know that God's strength is made perfect in our weakness? 5, 10, 20 times? You find His strength when the desire for righteousness outweighs the slide of sinful nature.

I hate falling down on my face at times but it really wakes us up to what we need to do and where we need to go. for me I feel like the past 5 months I have been sitting comfortable in a very mediocre form of Christianity. When we are in a very comfortable form of living for Christ we make Christ seem like a mediocre God...and He is by NO means mediocre. I need to truly see and savor Jesus Christ with all that I am to show this world who He really is.

So today I am really stepping out. I am going to step up my time spent with Him, my prayer life, my devotion to guarding the Gospel with all that I am and really knowing it with all of my inmost being. I need to not be afraid to eliminate all distractions to living for those causes either. I have done enough justifying to friends, accountability partners, pastors. Its time to step out of the boat and step it up to a new level of relationship with Jesus.

go Hoos!

in honor of the UVA - Johns Hopkins game tomorrow at noon on ESPNU I am putting up the highlights I shot in Baltimore from the first meeting of the year. Go get em boys...one more till Foxboro!