What goes up must come down.
The old law of gravity can sometimes be our worst enemy.
Gravity will always take us to the lowest possible point it can, if I was to jump of the roof of my house I may hit obstacles on the way down, like trees, etc, but I wont stop falling until I hit solid ground, ouch!
In life I've noticed that gravity expands beyond the world around us. Our souls have a gravitational pull. The ground we hit will be the lowest points we can go to. The lowest thoughts, moods, emotions, mind sets...And so on...We as humans will always gravitate to something. The power those low points have will make up part of who we are.
If the ground we hit is negative we will always gravitate to the negative no matter how hard we try, even if we have a parachute, we are still going to hit the ground, its not an issue of how but when...
There comes a point in our lives where we all will say I cant be bothered getting up anymore...Because I always end up here anyway, and we begin to accept the ground we hit as normal.
I think the problem is we spend a lot of time trying to get off the ground, trying to escape our lowest points, only to find ourselves on the ground again.
Why not build up the low ground? Why not fill in the holes, level the field and start building yourself a mountain?
What are the real things that you think of yourself when your alone? What do you really think God thinks of you? What are your deepest most darkest thoughts. What are those hidden secrets down the dark no go zones of your soul...These things make up our low ground. We cant just try to escape them, because gravity can be very inconsiderate at times!
Build yourself up...Start with the lowest possible ground. If its there you'll hit it at some stage.
Build a mountain of Gods promises to you through the Bible. Here's one to start with: Ps 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
23 comments:
good word!
Good Post bro. Man that this is so true. God like the laws of physics is immutable. I would rather gravitate to God though instead of the negative stuff in my life :) This post was definitely a thinker for me...Bless Ya Ryno Dude! -Moose
Hey Ryan! I got the weirdest question for you. Since you are in Australia and in the southern hemisphere. When you flush the toilet does it really go counter-clockwise? Oh yeah, I dind't know if you knew but I'm a youth pastor also!
Yo P.C
I think our toilets are a little different to yours bro...you see my toilet kind of creates a big wave of water that sort goes all directions.
To tell you the truth I've never really taken any notice!!! My grandma has one of those swirly toilets, next time I go there i will watch which way it swirls, and let you know...ha ha, funny.
I saw your a youth Pastor. Thats awesome. I saw your other blog site. Looks like your doing an incredible job bro! How long you been doing that for??
Weird so many youth leaders / pastors I see on blogs, I am a youth leader at my church as well :) Cool...Didn't know you were a youth pastor too Ryno...Bless ya bro. -Moose
Hey Ryan,
wow good post.. i should write another post soon aswell!! lol i just came bak from year 10 camp.. man im tires.. we did an overnight hike (we camped out overnight), caneoing, mountain biking, rafting, rock-climbing! all those kind of crazy things, i made a few new friends it was kool.
anyways r we still having a youth 'leaders' break-up party thingo.. at ur house??
cya on sunday luv jess xx
love the post ~ as always.... thots of *gold*
glad you got the links workin' ~ good job!
:o)
I've been in youth ministry now for almost 7 years. 5 years have been in full time ministry. I'm 26 by the way, so I was able to get an early start in it. I love youth ministry! I couldn't imagine doing anything else with my life right now! How long have you been doing youth ministry?
Hey Moose,
we are taking over the world!!! Thats awesome you are youth leader. from reading your testimony you would be able to relate to some pretty hard core youth, awesome!!!
Hi jess, yes time for a new post I think...get busy sister!
Hey there Inspirator, thanks for droping by. That quote you left is a good one, very true! Also, glad you want to add a my blog, awesome!
hey Calli, thanks again...
Yo P.C., I have been involved in youth ministry for around the same time, been full time for around 3 years I think. Yep, this is a cool job for sure, couldnt see myself doing anything else...
Cool...enjoy your day yall.
Ryan
Hey Ryan,
oi man i just wanted 2 say ur an amazing youth pastor and friend and our youth ministy wouldnt be as good as it is if u werent in charge of it!! lol ur an awesome man of a God and i truely respect u.. and even tho we have our little misunderstandings sometimes, i honestly am 100% behind the vision u have 4 'Xplosiv'. yeh and i no u can b out in the world getting a lot more money, and i respect that u chose 2 lead an amazing and sometimes 'hard 2 manage' youth group!! ur the best!! lol hehe that was my encouragment 4 the day! lol oh and i posted a new post thingo.. check it out! luv jess xx
Hey Ryan!
cool entry me and matty are sitting here reading it and thinking bout how cool u are.
Gravity is weird i would hate to fall off the earth. kinda hurt ohwell
LOVE YOU LEAH
well I live in south India,
in the state of Kerala...
Good to read ur posts too..
thanks for ur prayers
I love that verse...
my friend who did Medecine always said this verse to me...soon after his first anatomy verse...
GOd bless you brother
thomas
LOL! WOW...lotsa replies!
Yeah Bro! We are taking over the World! LOL! The Kingdom of God is advancing through our Youth!
Hey PC...Relational Youth Min is where we are at. We do a lot of youth mentoring and one on ones, speaking into our youth's lives and discipling them. Grow them one at a time, as we get more youth, we get more leaders. Big events are cool, they charge up and encourage youth and get them saved, but if it doesn't grow 'em it is all bang and no gravy. It has nothing to do with programs, it has everything to do with "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength andn Love your neighbor as yourselves" We really love the youth of our city we come in contact with and we make sure they know it. Being Really Real. Gotta have a real top down vision and passion pastor on down to see youth grow and impacted into everything God wants for them, so that they can be empowered and released to do the same.
Hey Ryno...Yeah, in Saskatoon there are some pretty hardcore youth. Lots of gang activity here, We officially have the worse gang problem in Canada. I just don't minister to kids in the church I live in the hood and reach out from my home as well, a block of 20th...The native gangs, Indian Posse, Redd Alert etc. are growing every day. We got lots of troubled youth in our city. Programs don't reach them. Knowing that someone cares and loves them unconditionally does.
I would love to hear how you guys are doing youth min as well. Is there any other blogger youth min stuff out there where YP can share ideas etc.? Man a resource of other youth pastors and leaders would be invaluable to see how others do youth min...mabey we should start a Youth Min blog? Post events for prayer, share different ways we do youth min...dunno..ideas?
Anywhoo..went way over here...gotta get a run on to church...
God Bless -Moose
P.S. Gravity -Two Words: Base Jumping LOL
Oh yeah one more thing...got your Aussie Christmas Tale poster from your sis' site on my desktop to remind me to pray...want you to know that I am in prayer for your guys there that a lot of invited guests would come to Jesus. Bless Yas! -Moose
Hey ryan..
meex showed me a pic of u and her at ur friends wedding in Sydney.. they photos looked heel good!! lol u look so cute 2gether! lol hehe
luv jess xx
Hey Ryno, how did the first night gig go? Still praying for yas! Blessings -Moose
omgosh ryan.. i got so flippin burnt from the beach yesterday!! it was a fun day tho.. lol i cant believe that seaweed covered my whole face!! hehe
matt (as in drama production matt) wats 2 hang out sometime this week!! hehe i might go 2 the movies with hima dn a couple of my friends.. im not going by myself.. lol cya on saturday!
luv jess xx
Ryan I hope you update soon...can't wait till Youth starts again...whenever that is...see you around
P.S - New Years was great!!
hey ryan..
where have u been al my life! lol just kidding omgosh when r u gonna look at my blogs already loL! anyways hope u write a new post soon!
luv jess xx
oh ps check out my myspace its looking pretty hott! www.myspace.com/jessmacca
I've tagged you so read my 5 Pet Peeves and then post yours!
nigel: of all the entries, this tugged at my heartcords the most. For i am now at a great crossroad in my life: i am torn between being for Him and against Him. Why? I think you can call it gravitational insecurity. I have hit too many low-downs that i'm at stage where you call it 'wanting to stay down.' Forces me to think of what im doing. Man. Hate thinking of myself like this.
Hey Nigel
thanks for coming over to my blog! Im glad you got something out of it!
Sounds as if you are doing some major soul searching right now.
I guess all I can say is God is in the low places as well, He is in the valleys and in the high ground.
The key is that we keep walking, Ps 23:4 "Even though I WALK through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Dont stop walking bro!!!
We can never really get away from who we really are, we spend alot of time trying to run away from ourselves...instead we should just take who we are, with all of our incapabilities, stuff ups and insecurities go to Jesus and sit and know that he still accepts us, loves us, and forgives us no matter what.
I would love to keep chatting with you about stuff, lets keep in touch!
Ryan
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