dan ryan

The Lord is my salvation. I have no other hope than that I have in the Lord. I beg for His forgiveness for all of my transgressions. I take refuge in you. Redeem this world. Bring justice to this world. Let us see the light of Your glory. I love your precense. Thank you O lord and will praise you to the end of my days.

I wish that I had more time to think and write about life and my relationship with Christ and with others. I feel that I have such a love for Christ and know that the unconditional love that He came to share with all of us is so unimaginable that words never do justice to the feelings that are conveyed. On the other side the image of God and therefore Christ, which is others and/or myself gives me alot more difficulty. I have difficulty, at times, giving that same unconditional love to myself. I often feel almost pharasical in my approach to myself. On the other hand, I feel that if I am not that critical than how serious am I really about following Christ. This is the paradox that I certainly have the most difficulty with. (Can someone explain the issue related to ending a sentence a preposition) I know that I am freed by Christ but on the other hand Christ said If you love Me, you will keep My commandmentsIf you love Me, you will keep My commandments. How can I truly do this? I often...

Grace and peace. I wanted to take just a short time to put together a few thoughts. This is not a continuation of the previous spot as I do not currently have the energy to do that as this time. I just wanted anyone who is out there that Christ loves you. I wanted to wish all of the mothers, a wonderful day and hope that you can spend with those whom you love and with Christ. Take joy in your children as I hope they take joy in you. I wish that my mother was able to be celebrate with me. I think of her often as it has been two years since she has passed. I love you mom. Well good night to all. My the joy of the Lord keep you.

Today I have started to think about the disconnected feeling that can creep up in our modern American (United States) society. We live in a society that lives in almost crushing duplicity. We have ideals that somehow God has 'blessed' this nation (or any nation, other than the tribe of Israel, however whether that 'blessing' continues today is for another entry) I have spent the last seven years trying to understand what is my purpose on this earth and with the society that I live in. I had the wonderful opportunity to meet this man Yeshua (Joshua, or Jesus, in Greek) That this has happened has much of the flavor of Saul's (later Paul) epihany on the road to Damascus. Prior to this re-birth I had persucuted the Church for as long as I could remember. Now I certainly was not violent or wished ill-will on those who were 'Christian' but I did think they were nieve and foolish. I was very clear in my understanding the there was likely something that may be in th...