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Clay Balls

A man was exploring caves by the Seashore.  In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.  It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn’t look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him.  As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.

He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock .  Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!

Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls.  Each contained a similar treasure.  He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.

Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves.  Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!

It’s like that with people.  We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel.  It doesn’t look like much from the outside.  It isn’t always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it.

We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy.  But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.

There is a treasure in each and every one of us.  If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.

May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.

I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with you.  Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel.

APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE

THING YOU HAVE, ESPECIALLY YOUR FRIENDS!

LIFE IS TOO SHORT AND FRIENDS ARE TOO FEW!

Pass this on to another Clay Ball!!!

Do not ask the Lord to Guide your Footsteps if you are not willing to MOVE your Feet’

So I normally don’t do this kind of stupid thing, but this was funny.

1. Google “[your name] needs”:
Drew needs some luck.

2. Google “[your name] looks like”:
Drew looks exactly like Woddy Harrelson from White Men Can’t Jump.

3. Google “[your name] likes”:
Drew likes to pound men.

4. Google “[your name] says”:
Drew says he’s ready to play.

5. Google “[your name] wants”:
Drew wants his play to do the talking.

6. Google “[your name] does”:
Drew does Unforgiven.

7. Google “[your name] hates”:
Drew Hates the Net.

8. Google “[your name] can”:
Drew can’t wage war on salaries.

9. Google “[your name] goes”:
Drew goes naked for Gucci.

10. Google “[your name] is”:
Drew is given back injection.

11. Google “[your name] loves”:
Drew Loves Sarah.

So woot woot!! We launched our new website.

http://www.localfairy.com/

You have to check it out. It’s free email but with a gay twist. You can get your email address at portlandfairy.com, londonfairy.com, etc… There’s actually a bunch of domains that you can pick from so go there and check it out!!

MercyMe – Word Of God Speak

Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You’re in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak

As I continue to think about the difference that Christ is supposed to have made in my life this song comes to mind. Tonight at Church we sang this song. I couldn’t help but think that this prayer is wrong. I shouldn’t be asking for God to speak to me. He’s already doing so. I should be asking for ears to hear the words. I should be asking for a heart that’s willing to listen and obey.

I’m ashamed to admit this, but I need to. I was in the elevator of my apartment building on my way to church tonight. A couple (probably in their 50’s) asked if I knew anyone that would like to earn a few quick bucks and help them move their couch. I didn’t. They asked if I would help them. I told them no.

Seriously!! WTF!?!

I want to say “how could I have done that.” But I know exactly how I could do that. I was being selfish. I didn’t want to get all hot and sweaty. I don’t like manual labor and I didn’t want to be uncomfortable. I didn’t want to be late to church. I didn’t want to be inconvenienced and do the right thing. How did I get to this point? How can I tune the voice of God so completely out of my life? Is this left over from the years where I walked away for God? When I actively tried to silence God in my heart and mind.

No, there’s more to it than that. I’m still silencing Him. I still tune the still quite voice in my heart out. I focus on my needs and brokeness and I choose not to hear. I choose to ignore the call. I am so hyper focused on my needs and brokeness that I don’t see what God is truely trying to speak to me or through me.

God help me listen.

In my last post I talked about the difference between us that the rest of the world. I can see a difference between the world and the main church. It’s deeds. The do’s and don’ts of Christianity are well known in the secular world. They (christians) can point to their actions and say there’s a difference. I’m wondering if perhaps they and I are missing the point of the difference?

I keep coming back to the love thing.

John 13:35 – By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 3:11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Anyone else remember the old worship song “We are one in the Spirit?” That song was great.

And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love

I feel ashamed to admit it, but I don’t think there’s a difference in me. People obviously don’t know that I’m a Christian by my love. They can see that I’m gay by the way I act, but they can’t tell that I’m a Christian!?! Shouldn’t my faith be such a part of my life that I wear it on my sleeve just like my sexuality? Is it about comfort? Is it easier to tell people I’m gay than to tell them I have faith in Christ? Or is it that showing love is just hard because I’m basically a selfish person?

I don’t think I’m missing the point. I think I know what the difference is (Love). I think I know what I need to do (Love more). But love is hard. I need to get over myself and start loving like I was meant to. Where does this selfishness come from? Is it just “the sinful flesh” or is there more to it? Definitely need to meditate on this a bit.