Decision Made

After belaboring through my old posts, I realized two things:

1) they ARE embarrassing and some are quite ridiculous

and

2) they're a testament of how "prodigal" I was and where I am now.

Can't say I've traveled back far enough, but surely I've been somewhere. If anything, I'm keeping these posts up because "He who began a good work in me(you) will be faithful to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus" (reworded it a bit, but it's from Philippians 1:6)

It's final then, theprodigalsaint is back to writing.

New Year

2012 is here, and this saint has been negligent of his writing duties for quite some time now.

But, that's going to change... NOW.

I've been doing a LOT of thinking lately, and a LOT of thinking and prayer leads to a lot of new insight that I would love to share. So I've finally decided to put them up. This platform doesn't seem to be adequate enough though. This blog has been mine for a few years now, and somethings here are not really uplifting nor encouraging. So yes, I promise to write weekly (praying I could keep that up) but as to where I'd be writing, I'd be figuring out a way to get that worked out -- either I clean this one up, or relocate.

Rest assured, I will be writing soon. I'll probably start on February (If I can start earlier, then all the better!)

Till then,

theprodigalsaint

Saintly Snippets

Celibacy and single-hood is a gift. It's given by Him, it requires a special grace to go through life celibate and single.

Married life on the other hand? Is ALSO a gift. It too requires a special grace to go through life of with that status "married."

That being said, it is not a choice. It is given :)

(It may be asked for though? Maybe? The Give of the gifts makes that decision.)

Source: 1 Corinthians 7

Are you an Idolater/Idolatress?

"God has made us to be worshipers, and we will always worship something" -Rev. Paul Baxendale

So, are you worshiping that which you think you should be?

The Saint Communes

I sort of have quite a lot on my mind lately, and coupled with (yes I'm VERY SORRY D:) a bit of laziness, I won't be writing this supposed Saint Communes post.

Instead, I'm leaving you with the passage, and let the Spirit talk to you :) Allow God to reveal Himself to you through His word.

Yes, I have a post planned for the passage I'm going to be giving, but since I myself have a LOT on my mind (being quite redundant) I've decided it will be a whole lot of blabber if I were to write it now.

And I realized, nothing is more powerful than His word, so why not try it firsthand? :)

So here are the passages:

Ecclesiastes 2: 1-11

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%202:%201-11&version=NIV

and

2 Corinthians 4: 16-18

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%204:%2016-18&version=NIV

They're written by two different people who lived two VERY different God-lead lives... Yet somehow, they speak of something similar. :)

Okay guys, God bless on your personal time communing with God :)

(P.S. I'm not really sure if there are people who read my blog, so I feel kind of silly writing to people I'm not sure are there... But nonetheless, I hope you guys are out there :) Leave me a comment to let me know you're there :>)

Saintly Notes

When life has lost its meaning, and you can't even decide what's what? It's probably time to go back to God... It's when only He will make sense.

The Saint Communes 5 (3.2)

Coincidentally, today's passage both for the Love Series and the Saint Commune is one and the same! (Talk about God knowing?! :D)

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John 13:33-35

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2013:33-35&version=NIV

In this passage, Jesus gave the disciples a NEW command:

LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

Why?

Well, firstly, of course, IT'S A COMMAND. We have to follow, we are servants after all!

Secondly? Well, let's see what Jesus has to say:

"By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another." (Jn. 13:35)

This is our mark, it's that which sets us apart. LOVE.

This world is very keen on love, yet it never really understood it. If you'd ask me? In this world, without God, there is no love. It's just a complex chain of Social Exchange taking place. It's when people do things JUST BECAUSE they benefit from it, and/or they're getting something equal to that which they spend/give out.

So if we only do such, what then sets us apart? We are after all, citizen's of Heaven, Bride of the Lamb!

The answer? Jesus Christ clearly said it: LOVE.

If we learn to love others, only then can the world see we truly are loving.

Thing is, love is not something our humanness can handle, so how can we love?

If, and only IF, we get to know His love for us. (1 Jn. 4:19) We cannot give what we don't have, and love is not something we humans are capable of.

So at the end of it all? It still is all about our relationship with Jesus. The more we know Him, the more we experience His love; and the more we experience that, the more we learn to love others; the more others we love, the more people will come to know Him; and the more people coming together in Him, the more love goes around!

So, LOVE ON! But be sure to get it from the right source!

Oh God, :')

Psalm 91:4-5 "He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. You will not fear the terror of the night, or the arrow that flies by day." ******* Saw this in my mail today, and well, a picture is worth a thousand words. :)