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When someone hurts you or cuts you down to your face or in front of others how do you deal with it? I see there being 3 options:

Option 1 is to ignore it and move on.

Option 2 is to deal with it and talk directly to the person who hurt you.

Option 3 is to rip that person a new one by talking about him/her to others so that you can vent your hurts and feelings out loud, but not really deal with the situation.

Sadly, have seen more people take option 3 than option 1 or 2. It is hard to take option 1, so I don’t see many people taking that, including myself. Option 2 is also hard as it is vulnerable and faces the situation head on so I don’t see many people taking that option either. Sadly option 3, although it is the cowardly way to go many people take it cause it makes them feel better and gives them room to vent.

I see option 3 as being cowardly, sinful, wimpy and in no way loving to anyone. If you have a problem with someone (and I am speaking to myself here too) talk to them about it. I get so furious when I see someone being nice to a persons face and then cutting them down as soon as they leave the room. Who has the problem here? I believe it is the coward who doesn’t have the courage or integrity to tell the person they have problems with exactly how they feel.

If you have a problem with someone just tell them, and if you are to scared to tell them then just forgive them, walk away from the situation and love them. I am a follower of Jesus. All throughout Jesus life I see him directly dealing with the people who he had problems with. Do you know why? Because He loved them and because it was the loving thing to do. He wasn’t into gossip, He was into redemption. When we talk about people behind their backs it doesn’t lead to redemption, it leads to pride and bitterness. There is no healing or love that comes out of pride and bitterness, just ugliness and hate.

My challenge to you and to me is to seek healing and redemption in your relationships by talking. Not by talking about the person who hurt you, but by talking to the person who hurt you. I can almost guarantee you that healing will happen, and if not then I will give you a dollar.

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A picture of my big/little sister and I when we were kids back in Ireland. Hey sis, I love ya mucho and am praying for you lots and lots, as are many other people. Thanks for all the love for my sister everyone. Check out her story here and show some Facebook love here.

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For those of you who have been following my sister Julie Prentice story with her cancer here is an update.
Today they removed her picc line because the interferon (chemo) has damaged her liver so badly. She will need regular liver tests now (2wce a week). What we need now is healing as she is off treatment. They have removed all the cancer in her arm, but are unsure if it is still in her lymph nodes.
I think this is the first time it has really hit me that she is going through this. Talking to my sister on the phone today and hearing her broken spirit and listening to her tears broke me. I don’t want to lose her, she is an amazing woman, a great sister, a caring and loving wife and mom and a friend to all. Please stand with our family in this through your prayers. We need a massive solid from Jesus in this.

She is very broken over this, please pray for her and show her some Facebook love.

Thanks so much (Please share this, like this and RT)

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20111218-090049.jpgUnreal to think that I am 40 today. It just seems like a crazy age to be, I have been 30 for so long and now those years are done. I wonder if I felt the same when I got out of my 20′s? Well, I am excited about today and this next year to come. I am sitting alone in a cafe before the chaos of the day hits thinking about the past year and being thankful to Jesus for the good gifts he has given. I want to start the day being thankful, not just got the past, but for the future. Here are a few good memories from my last year of 39.

1. Eliza, our 11 month old born on Dec. 31. She is a true gift to our lives.
2. My family. I feel closer and more connected to them now than I ever have.
3. Amy, this year I fell in love with this amazing woman again. I am seeing her like I have never seen her before, I am truly thankful for you my Amy.
4. I graduated from college this year after 21 years.
5. Friends. God has put some amazing friends in my life this year. Ones that have carried me through hard times and laughed with me though the good ones.
6. Reading through the bible, this has been great for me.
7. Steps Of Justice, I am truly humbled that we have been able to start this ministry.
8. The Justice and Worship tour. It has. Been life changing to to tour up and down the west coast with friends and my family of 5 teaching and facilitating people in justice issues.
9. Family. There have been some ups and down with my family, but I am thankful for my mom, dad sister and family.
10. My faith. This year it has grown, has been stretched, has been tested and has become this beautiful part of my life and who I am. Without my faith in Jesus the top 9 on this list would have no value.

Now for some things I want to see happen during year 40.

1. Run and finish the spring tour with Steps of Justice
2. Start a justice focused ministry that is directly working with and serving the poorest of the poor.
3. Do more and teach more.
4. Fight against normality with all my strength.
5. Mentor/disciple someone in their faith and life.
6. Read more
7. Exercise regularly, eat good food always, brew good beer and skip the decaf
8. Have regular family time with my wife and kids.
9. Date my wife.
10. Read through the bible again.

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On September 28 our family of 5 moved out of our 3 bedroom house in Chula Vista and into a 31 foot travel trailer. We have moved many times in the last few years, but those few days of moving were the most difficult for me. It wasn’t because we were moving from 1200 square feet to 124 square feet, nor was it because I was sad that we sold a bunch of stuff and put the rest in storage. I think it was mainly because God started to show me my heart (something that would continue to happen for the next 3 months).

Eventually we were able to get out of our house. We put our stuff in two different storage places, gave a bunch away to others, sold some and thrift stored all the rest. It was freeing, yet a bit surreal. The night we moved over to the Sweetwater RV park to begin our time on the road I remember looking down the 31 foot hallway to the other side of the trailer and thinking “how in the H am I going to drive this thing down the road?” I was still feeling a bit insecure about driving a 1/2 ton truck, but now I had to tow my house behind it. To this day I am still surprised that we haven’t crashed or that I haven’t killed anyone in the process.

A part of me was excited for this new season of life, yet another part of me was pretty freaked out. I was excited because I had seen Jesus provide for out needs (truck, travel trailer, daily needs and tour dates) yet I was freaked out as we were venturing into something completely new. Even now I am looking back and wondering why I ever was freaked out. This tour was a gift to our family and to the Wilson family. It is an adventure and in some ways an answer to my prayer of “whats next God?”

On Tuesday October 4 we packed up our trailer, hitched er up to the truck and headed  to LA for our first event outside of San Diego County. This tour was going to be filled with travel, seing old friends, making new friends and journeying with people down the road of ‘doing justice.’ In some ways we were still trying to figure out how this was going to look, making changes all along the way. Yet within the freshness and excitement of touring there lay this unrest in my heart. A fear of something I couldn’t quite identify continuing to raise it’s head, and mostly at the most inconvenient times. A fear that I will continue to touch on during these posts, not only so that you can learn from it, but so that I can learn and grow from it too.

 

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