{"id":573,"date":"2009-09-17T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2009-09-17T02:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T02:22:00","slug":"all-the-angry-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"All The Angry Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SrGj6iz7AQI\/AAAAAAAAFLs\/UXvQe1QgnUY\/s1600-h\/IMG_9201.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/SrGj6iz7AQI\/AAAAAAAAFLs\/UXvQe1QgnUY\/s320\/IMG_9201.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382263255856775426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Galatians 5<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><sup><\/sup> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic; text-align: center;\"> <sup>22<\/sup>But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, <sup>23<\/sup>gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. <sup>24<\/sup>Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. <sup>25<\/sup>Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. <sup>26<\/sup>Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.<\/p>\n<p>So much noise around me, coming from members of The Body, and I am left feeling raw&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So many messages demanding I listen and agree&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">You find fault in all that I believe&#8230;<\/div>\n<p>So many perceptions and views slapping me down&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">You find pleasure in making me doubt&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">So many angry voices telling me who I am&#8230;<\/div>\n<p>All I want to do is love Jesus and live by his Spirit&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I need to get a grip&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">A few weeks ago I felt like Christ was calling me to really focus on the basics&#8230;<br \/>to work out my salvation with fear and trembling (to take it seriously)&#8230;<br \/>to quiet my mind and spirit and focus on where it all began&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians+2:12&#038;version=NIV\">Philippians 2:12<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The week following this call I was hit with many aggressive mixed &#8216;messages&#8217;!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I boiled all the crazy noise down&#8230;<br \/>and my heart went from being stormy to calm&#8230;<br \/>and all that was left was love&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">A couple days later I felt him speak out of the love that remained&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">out of the love grew selflessness&#8230;<br \/>a gentle spirit full of faith, mercy, peace, patience, joy, thankfulness, praise, worship and truth&#8230;<br \/>and I felt assured that no amount of noise can take that away from me.<\/div>\n<p>The noise likes to make you doubt&#8230;<br \/>likes to block out your rock solid beliefs&#8230;<br \/>and try to blur truth&#8230;<br \/>muddy the waters of your faith and hope in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Is nothing sacred?  Would the noise attack even LOVE?  NO MATTER!  My God is bigger then the noise and does not need to defend himself to the noise!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I will remember love (Jesus), TRUE LOVE (JESUS)!<\/div>\n<p>TTFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galatians 5 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. 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