Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Ed. Note: Our movie selection for Sunday “@ the Movies” is The Book of Eli. I love these thoughts that Garrett (Stage Manager/Photography Ninja at actionchurch) shared on his blog. Great Stuff!
“For we walk by faith, not by sight”. 2 Corinthians 5:7
I came across this today in my readings and then it popped up again on a iPhone application I have, so I thought it would be suitable to write about tonight
This is such a tough lesson portrayed in the bible. God wants all our trust to be invested into him, to lead us and to guide our way.
We as a human race are emotional//hateful//loving//dominative. We must control everything, but in reality we control nothing, God lets us decide. If he wanted to stop the entire world from breathing, he would, if he wanted to take away our sight, he would, but he doesn’t. He wants only the finest in heaven along his side. He wants his children who carry his gospel here and far, who wont stray from a path he set before them.
People say we have a “destiny”, I have a hard time believing in that. Every time I’m given a path they’re always two choices. Every time I’m confronted with a issue theres always two choices. Before I’d act on a selfish idea or decision or act on my own faith rather then trusting in God to lead me toward the right doorway.
LET GO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOOSE
This Blog Was Inspired By
“THE BOOK OF ELI & CORINTHIANS 2/5:7″
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Ed. Note: Jerry, our Rock-n-Roll Czar, looked particularly tired this week at actionchurch. When I asked him about his gig the night before, this is the story he told me. Sometimes God “shows up” in even our most disappointing and trying times.
A few days ago I noticed the SERVICE ENGINE SOON light came on in the bus. Right at that point I should have taken it to the garage and had it checked out. I didn’t do that. Instead, I checked the oil and water, filled the levels and thought I had corrected the issue. Friday comes and I hop in the bus and head to Oak Orchard in Delaware for the weekend. The ride down seemed fine and I did not notice any different noises or problems. After the show on Sat night as we began to pack up for the trip home, I started the bus to cool it off for the ride and I could hear the belt starting to squeal. Right at that point I got a sick feeling in my stomach. I knew if the belt broke, I would be stranded. My only thought was to get back home to PA. So, off I went. I listened for the sound of the belt getting worse and hoped it wouldn’t. But as you might have guessed by now, it did. As each mile passed and the belt screeching got worse, I began to pray “God, please just get me some where that I can pull off safely. It was right about then that I felt the belt break and everything got eerily quiet. The battery light came on; the check engine light came on, the temp gauge started to move and in a few minutes had reached the RED zone. That’s when I saw the sign that said Chesapeake Service & Rest Center 4 miles. “God please let me get there,” I said. I kept rolling and kept praying. Even thought is was 2:30 in the morning on I-95 driving a bus that was in serious trouble, I didn’t feel alone. I was talking out loud and felt as if I had a passenger riding with me. Then I was at the entrance ramp to the truck center, I had made it. I also realized at that point I had NO BRAKES or STEERING. I got stopped and turned the bus off. The smoke and steam rolled out from under the hood and chassis like it was on fire. The attendant at the truck stop came out and said “are you on fire”. No just really overheated. The serpentine belt had broke. “Ah” he said, “you aren’t going anywhere now” I laughed and said, “you’re right”. He went on to say, “you seem to be taking this all pretty well” I thought about it for a second and said, “It could always be worse”
I called my wife Ruth and she seemed to be waiting for the call. She answered right away and said, “I’ll leave right now to come and get you”. After watching the sun come up, I lay down in my bed at 6:00 AM Sunday morning and was glad to be home. Later that day we would go back to the rest area and get the truck towed back to good ol’ PA. The tow truck driver said, “you know, it’s good you broke down when and where you did, cause if it had been somewhere else it could have been much worse” Right then it hit me! Our next trip was New York, 4-½ hrs. away. The entire band would have been with me. We would have missed the show, let people down, the band’s name would have been trashed and we would have lost a lot of time and money not to mention still having to tow it home and get fixed.
God was doing the planning. God got me to the rest area instead of breaking down on a back road in Delaware. God made it possible to get home. And God knew that even though breaking down at 2:30 in the morning is not much fun, it was better now than later! GOD KNEW!
As for me, I learned to pay attention the lights on the dash. I learned it can always be worse. I learned that we are never really alone. And most of all, I learned that if we “Let GO and Let GOD” things work out for the best even though we may not see it at first.
I’ll get ready for our next show, our trip to New York and “another story from the road”.
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Dear actionchurch,
Thank you so much for the housewarming / wedding gifts. It really means a lot to Rachel & I to have a community that loves and cares about us. I have had so much fun making actionchurch not look like Don put everything together using Microsoft Paint. And Rachel is looking forward to taking care of your kidos in actionkidz. We look forward to serving along side you and getting to know you better in the next year!
Love Rachel & Josiah
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