You have to be broken before, God can build you up.

Hello to all my readers out there,
     I know I said that I would do a study on Wild at Heart by John Eldredge and, in due time I will, I promise. However, since then A LOT of things have happened in my life since then that shook, turned, and flipped my life and, it has left me totally broken.  I'm not perfect, neither do I want to be, however I strive for it. I know the Jesus was, is, and will always be the only perfect human to have, is, and will ever walk this wonderful place called Earth. I have made mistakes, just like everyone has. I crossed lines I never should have crossed. I have stray away from the path.
    Lets just start with it.....For those who do not know I moved back to Music City USA, good ol' Nashville,TN. I'll be truly honest here, I moved down to Florida for the wrong reasons. I moved down there for a girl......Yes, I moved for love and, moved in with her. Well, through the months I was down there, I paid for pretty much everything. I paid for all the times we went out for dinner, she wanted to attend a friends wedding in Mississippi, I paid for the plane ticket. She needed new tires, so guess what else I paid for.....You guessed it. Since, I was living with her, I paid for half of the utilities, on top of my own bills. So, needless to say, the money eventually ran dry, and once that happen,  I was blindsided when she became upset, broke up with me and kicked me out. So, thats how I found my way back to Nashville.
    Well, this experience of mine, has left me heart broken and literally broke financially, emotionally, and spiritually. Through my long trip home, I thought to myself, "How did I wind up like this?". I always thought I had a good head on my shoulders and, I did not think that anything of this sorts will ever come close to me. God, in all of his grace and glory, has his way in the end. I try to look at it in the positive light, even though the negative keeps showing its ugly head. For God to truly work in your life, you must be broken, and when I say broken, I'm not talking about chips in the armor, I'm talking about completely broken. On the floor, face down, just asking him to build you back up to what he has planned in your life. Because only a maker knows the true aspect of his creation.
   Its a struggle everyday, cause I was so comfortable with her, I can truly say I was in love with her but, now I have nothing, literally nothing to show for it. However, God has his ways to comfort me enough to get over it. My community group, Stretch, had a series of services a while back, dealing with being a Christian and, single. Our group leader Wes, said, and this is a paraphrase, Our relationship with God should be so sufficient that, we really do not need any other. God, being so loving, and kind, created a man-woman relationship to show us a small picture of how his great his love is for all of us. That is something I truly struggle with, everyday, allowing God to be that sufficient. I bought into society's view of relationships. How the Guy and Girl fall in love and they complete each other. Please do not get me wrong, thats great, and one day I hope to find a godly woman that would eventually become my wife, but she will not complete me. God completes me, she will just complement me and, I her.
    I just realized how long this is, and I will hopefully add some more insight to you guys later. I would like to thank you guys for reading, and allowing me to get some weight off my heart. I appreciate your time. I just hope that you guys take something from this. Be sure to comment, and what not........And as always may God bless......

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." 1 Cor 10:13

Authentic Masculinity

      Today, I started reading Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. Who, recently, has become one of my favorite writers, if not my favorite writer period. I have read Wild at Heart  before but, not under these circumstance. Before, I read this book because the group I was a part of was reading it, or my friend wanted to teach the class, or etc...
       However, I reading it this time under my own power. I wanted to read it for me, and fully grasp the lessons Mr. Eldredge is teaching through the book. I'm going to divide the book into 12 weeks. 1 week of each chapter, to fully breakdown and think about what is being presented.
      As a side study to Wild at Heart, I am going to begin a study on King David, which I believe is a total encompassing view of a true Godly man. King David, as the Bible stated was "...a man after His [God] own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people" 1 Samuel 13:14. He was also a man who killed thousand of men, but yet weeped when he displeased God. This is a man I would love to take valuable lessons from, for a long time now.
     Through this lesson, that I am titling Authentic Masculinity, I hope that God opens my heart and mind of what a true image of what a Christian man is suppose be. I believe it is not the image that most churches give off as just a NICE GUY. As well as showing my why he put this sense of adventure, and war in me as well as every other man on this planet.
     Well, thats the intro to this series. I'm sorry I do not have a fancy video advertisement, but I hope you come, follow, and learn something from this. If you want to study along with me, just give me a shout, and we can play email tag and just shoot ideas back and forth, to truly fully understand this great book written by Mr. Eldredge.
                                                                                                  Thank you all, and may God bless
                                                                                                             -The Displaced Nashvillian

Just another day......

Hey everyone,

     Sorry again for the week long hiatus. Nothing has really been going on in my life. So, there is nothing really to write about. Especially, since I have not been keeping up in the political world since the move. I've been putting in applications and no bites yet.....Grrrrrr. Good think, Dave suggest a emergency fund of 3-6 months, so I'm still in a good spot financially. I'll keep yall up-to-date on the job situation. Well, thats it for now. I told you nothing really going on.....Just been enjoying the weather and the free time I'm getting to catch up on my gaming. And on a final note.....Go Lakers!!!!!!! Granted I am a strong advocate of blowing the whole state of California from the map or at least blow it off the contiguous United States,or just selling back to Mexico. But, I'm still a Lakers fan, I was brought up a Lakers fan, my bad.

Well, Yall have a good one and God bless

     

The Next Thing......

Hello everyone,
     Sorry, to have left you hanging the last two days......You would not believe how many emails I received because of those two days. Always, On Tuesday I moved to Davenport,FL. The move went great, and now I'm just settling in, and trying to find a J-O-B. I'm hoping I can find a mechanic job, but who knows. Hopefully the Lord grants me with a job soon. As well as a new church home.......
     Next ,Last night was the CMT's Music Awards were last night. I thought it was a interesting choice to have Kid Rock as the host, but it was still awkward. It wasn't just Kid Rock that was awkward, they had Jada Pinkett-Smith, Kenan Thompson, and Richard Petty just to name a few. Seriously, CMT? Richard Petty is a stretch to see on a country music award cermony, but Mrs. Smith and Mr. Thompson had no reason to be there. It seemed to me that CMT had them on just for the sake of being politically correct.In addition another thing I really have to say against the CMT's was that I thought it was very unorganized. Several times during the awards, people complained about the teleprompter, and when they had Trisha Yearwood on the air, talking about the Great Flood of 2010 in Nashville,TN, she paused not knowing she was on the air, like they told her just to wait a min.......Oh dang we are on the air 30 seconds ago.......GO!!!!! TRISHA TALK!!!!!!..........plus she threw out a thanks for the 101st soldiers that helped with the flood. I personally help with the clean-up and, not once did I even see a 101st soldier help clean up or do anything to help with the flood, but hey, I don't really know.
       Well, enough ranting.....I'm headed to bed. Y'all have a great night, and just for the sake of it. GO LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!

God Bless,
The Lost Nashvillian   

Day 1

Well, I'm new to the whole blogging world, and hopefully I will not become just another faceless blogger that trash talks on-line, but in all reality does not have the courage to confront someone face to face. Henceforth being faceless.
As this is my first blog, I would like for you to know my purpose for this blog. One, I hope that through my interaction with my followers, if any, I can fully understand God's purpose for me, and through those same relationships, show the love, and radical grace of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has placed in me. Secondly, as I am away from home, Nashville,TN, for really the first time by myself, for my friends and family to keep in touch with me, and know how my life is going. Thirdly, and finally, I hope that you will just enjoy a true person. In a world full of lies and truth benders, I hope,God willingly, that I become a voice for those of you that are sick and tired of being sick and tired.
I leave you with a saying, that Michael DelGiorno, a Nashville talk radio host, says all the time on his show, "The only shocking thing in the world today is the truth"
Hope you enjoyed and as always God Bless, and talk to y'all later.