Monthly Archives: November 2016

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You Are A Part of God’s Glory

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   The picture shows a log that has been turned upside down so that you can see where I’ve measured,scribed, cut ,carved, sawed, whittled, measured, notched, sanded, shaped, chiseled, and measured some more.  There are also stains on the logs from the blood, sweat, and tears that have been added to this log home.  I’m now close to getting to the top of the nine foot walls of the log home that I’m building.  It’s time to take a break….. and BE THANKFUL!!

 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15

Every log that is part of my home is either crooked, bent, scarred, blemished, ……..in other words, none of them are perfect.  But, BUT…., after I take hold of them and they get measured, scribed, cut, carved, sawed, whittled, measured, notched, sanded, shaped, chiseled, and measured some more……….. They fit.  They fit perfectly!!!  Just like me and you!!  Seriously, you fit into your own home filled with God’s Love.

Just like this log, I’m betting you had your life turned upside down at some point in time.  Didn’t know why did ya?  Didn’t understand did ya?

But God got a hold of you.  You may think of your life as just everyday living,…….. work, play, and any everyday activities.  But my friend, what if in God’s Eyes and His Love for you He saw it as time to be with Him.

God’s Love.  God’s Love, there is none better.  In spite of what some churchy religions seems to tell us, you can’t be “gooder” to get more love from God.  And in spite of what the world tries to tell you, you can’t be too “bad” to experience God’s Love.

That one thing right there is what I’m so thankful for this Thanksgiving.  God sent His son Jesus, because of His love, to save you through Him, not condemn you.

Jesus wants a loving relationship.  You can not be too “bad” to receive this love.  You will waste your (and His) time by trying to be good like you want to do it.  Instead, just seek the peace of Christ in your heart.  Let Him be the one who “pulls” you into doing good.  Let Him be the one that “carves out” the bad.  You need to Love on Jesus, cause He wants to Love on you.

Somehow, somewhere, you won’t understand it, and you won’t know just why, but God is gonna turn your life upside down.  He will then measure, scribe, cut, carve, saw, whittle, measure, notch, sand, shape, chisel, and measure some more.  That imperfect person you are will now fit perfectly.  Not because of you, but because of Him.  Because of His Love.

“Lord, I’m thankful that you love me.  Lord, I’m thankful that you take control and with your loving eyes, you measure, scribe, cut, carve,  saw, whittle, measure, notch, sand, shape, chisel, and measure me every day.  Most of all, I’m thankful for the Blood, Sweat, and Tears you have given for my life.  My glory is for you.  To God be the glory.

See Ya!    Dan Ainsworth wilderness preacher, being thankful.

 

 

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Life In The Fast Lane

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You’re kiddin’ me right?  The only way that I can cross this road is to make a U Turn?  Seriously?

In the middle of nowhere, rural south Mississippi, with very little traffic, there has been a major change.  Where is the stop sign? What’s happening here?  I mean, is there a legitimate reason for doing this?

To cross this highway involved stopping at the stop sign, looking both ways, crossing to the median, looking both ways, then driving on past.  You would leave the 4-lane behind and continue on your drive.  Not now buddy!  You can’t drive across anymore.  They (who is they?) have put a barrier up where the road intersection used to be.  NOW, you must turn right and merge into traffic.  Just a little ways down the 4-lane they give you a U-Turn lane.  To get to where you’re going, you take the U-Turn, then merge into traffic, then get in the right turn lane.  Then you’re back on track.

You got this?  Does it make sense?  Before it was this……… Stop at the stop sign.  Look both ways for any traffic on the 4-lane. (Never was hardly any.)  Then proceed with caution on your journey.  Now, now it’s like………. slow down at intersection, turn right, merge into U-Turn lane, go forward, get into right turn lane, turn right, go forward, now move ahead. (Now whip it!)

It’s all done without stopping.  It just doesn’t make any sense to me.  Was the intersection redone because of a safety issue?  Do the log trucks in this area create a problem with the (used to be there) intersection?  Has the Highway commission and public transportation seen a better way of doing things? I don’t know!  It’s confusing to me.  I don’t understand.  All I know now is that to get to where I’m going, I’ve got to turn right,make a U-Turn, turn right again and then I’ll be……….. uh….. then….. well I’ll be!!

I see a spiritual lesson here as plain as day, as plain as the new asphalt on this new intersection.  When we choose to become Christians, what directions do we take?  First, we come to God. (in a car we would turn to the RIGHT!)  Then we ask for forgiveness and change our ways. (We make a U-Turn).  Next, we turn right again (We follow God’s Will and Direction for our lives) and then……. we get to where we’re goin’.

I can make no acknowledgement that I understand this process. (either  the actual road intersection or the spiritual “intersection”)  I feel inferior sometimes when I can’t explain this process to others. (either one).  But what causes me to live my spiritual life as a Christian is the same reasoning that is used to cross this highway.  What is this reasoning?  Believe.   By believing, I choose to take a new and different path to get to where I’m goin’.  Whether I choose a new path to cross the highway, or whether I choose to follow Christ to get me where I’m goin’, it’s based on what I believe.  Not what I understand.

Isaiah 55:8-9New International Version (NIV)8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,    so are my ways higher than your ways    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

See Ya!  Dan Ainsworth wilderness preacher part time highway inspector, full time believing in a Holy Spirit filled journey

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The Day After I Vote This Will Happen….

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A cowboy poem by Dan Ainsworth wildernesspreacher

The day after I vote this will happen,  the sun will come up once again.

and hopefully all nasty bad mouthin, will FINALLY have come to an end.

Who won? you will ask.  Who lost? You will say.  Well, why did it turn out this way?

Move on with our lives, quit wasting time.  Stop hating each other, OK?

Americans we were, and Americans we are.  Dear God, bless the U S of A.

 

Politicians to me are a whole different breed, they don’t think as do me and you.

Their wrongs can be rights, their ways to be followed.  Lies are told as if they are true.

They all seek the power, the fortune and fame.  What’s a country boy like me supposed to do?

After watching these two debate one another, and watching ’em every day in the news,

It’s given this cowboy, a nervous stomach, and a bad case of “get this over ” blues.

If I disagree, then,  they give me a name.  Call me things that hurt deep in my heart.

If I choose to agree, then that’s when they want money,.  My money, yet they want their part.

 

Well, pardner, here’s my thinkin’, my two bits of advice, here’s how I’ll continue to live.

I’ll give one my vote because it’s my right.  But my trust to neither will I give.

I’ll trust not in man, the proud or the lying.  My trust is in God you should know.

Call me names if you want, but that’s how I live.  I follow Christ.  Where He leads, I will go.

How blessed is the man that makes the Lord his trust. And has not turned to the proud, nor such as turned aside to lies. Psalm 40:4 (KJV)

See Ya!