The Music Has Stopped and You're Still Dancing, Part II

This is the most profound thing I will ever write for the rest of the day... so I hope you read it. And when you read it. I hope you get it. And if you get it, I hope you live it. And if you live it, I hope you love it. And if you love it.... you will know LOVE.

(RED IS FOR STOP!)

First read these lyrics; if they interest you then read on, if they don't, read off:

The Fleecing - David Bazan

(As sung on his 'Achilles Heel' album under the guise PEDRO THE LION)

Deep green hills whose shoulders fade into thick, grey,

tall wet grass. Whose flesh makes fools of grazing sheep!Whose fleecing makes a fool of me! Who shall i blame for this sweet and heavy trouble? For every stupid struggle!? I don't know. I could buy you a drink. I could tell you all about it. I could tell you why i doubt it and why i still believe. But i can't say it like i sing it, and i can't sing it like i think it, and i can't think like i feel it.... and i don't feel a thing...oh no, not anymore. Like why i still believe it. Or why i need it. And what the pharisees can't see. We'd have more drinks and speak of so many things.

But i don't know you and you don't know me.

I will try my hardest to make this as brief as possible. Does anybody realize that God has his best interest for you regardless of your interest in Him? Did you know that? I mean, I hear ya. You say, "Ya, I know that!" But seriously, do you know it? Do you comprehend it? Do you live it?

Human being.... you have been fleeced. That's right, fleeced!

WEBSTER: Fleeced = 6.) to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: fool: hide: decieve: "He fleeced the stranger of several dollars."

You didn't realize it, but it's true!

I don't know who did it to you. Maybe your pastor, maybe your parents... god dang.... Maybe even yourself?!?!?! Regardless of who did the fleecing, I am here to offer hope. (In reality I am offering myself hope, because my friend M. Unruh clearly made his mark on what "truth" is and by golly I believe what he wrote. But how can I hide this revelation!!!) Hope because you feel like you never do right. Hope because, even what you want to believe is truth is so hard to believe as truth. Hope because your pastor is so concerned for your well being that he/she has used his/her abilities as a figure of trust to scare you into staying on course, and yet you can't stay on that course.

Mira----

Ephesians 1:3-14 (New Living Translation)

3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. 7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. 8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.
9 God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. 10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.
12 God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God. 13 And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. 14 The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

I can't explain all of this scripture to you. I mean, I could give you my understanding. But believe me, it would be greater for the benefit of your life if you read this over and over until it clicked for you. But allow me to elaborate on it just in the slightest. (for me of course!)

The apostle Paul is writing this letter to a church in Ephesia, Asia. (This area is now known as Turkey by the way) He is literally revealing God's greatest secret. Read intently and realize that Paul writes in past tense a lot so as to make the reader understand the greatness of God. God is not bound by time. This life we lead is bound by time. God, who is the author of time sits outside of time watching the story he wrote eons ago slowly unfold.

Everything that is happening to us right this instance already happened. To understand that, understand a book. You are reading the book in regards to the page you are currently on. But the author of the book already has ended the story the way he desires no matter where you are at in the book. No matter what page you are on, no matter where in the plot of the story you are at, the end of the story and the whole story line is already written. All of your hopes and desires of how the story should go are literally only hopes and desires. The author's true purpose of that story has already been decided. And HIS intent of the story will be fulfilled whether you like it or not.

So chew on this scripture and understand at least this line; "...who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ." v.3

Blessed. As in, this has already been completed! Not "will bless", "may bless", "could bless", "should bless", "might bless", "will bless under these circumstances".... but literally blessed. Already done. Past tense. Happened. Cannot revert!

Do you get it yet? Are you starting to get it? Read and reread. PLEASE!!!!!

I heard this just tonight:

"If you are waiting on God, you are gonna be waiting a looooooong time."

Even Jay-Z said, "If ya waiting for the end of the dynasty sign. It would seem like forever is a mighty long time!" (Jay-Z is a bad @$$!)

Really though. So true. You are waiting for God to come through for you.... lol!!!!!!!!!! He already came baby! Hop on the train!

Oh geez kids.... there is so much to write about, but so little time.

PLEASE!!!!!! Read and read. (not what I wrote, read the scripture silly!)

More on the way!

Next entry: "Jesus Christ! I don't see any diving board!!!!!"