propituation is "the situation"

if anyone has seen the jersey shore you know "the situation." I am not going to talk about him but i want to talk about propituation. I have not heard that word alot in my life but this past sunday my pastor was using it. I also was listening to one of mark driscoll sermons this past week and he aswell used the word. I was thinking about both this past week and i really do not deserve it. My pastor used propituation as though God will never ever ever ever ever etc........... forgive my sins. I think about that and i know i am guilty but i know one that day when i stand before God it will not be about what i have done, what kind of house i had, car i drove, name on a building, how much money i had in the bank. It will be about what kind of servant i was. Jesus will be the on who will stand in for me cause he is perfect in everway. I don't even deserve any blessing. Propituation is where everything bad I have done and will ever do. My sins were placed on the cross where Jesus died like a tattoo. Jesus took my sins and took them away. My understanding of my friend Mark sermon was that Jesus lived a sinless life but had the sins of humanity on him on the cross. my friend was talking about Jesus being tempted by the devil in the wilderness. he was tempted by turning rocks into bread cause he was hungry then by the devil taken him up on the mount and the devil saying if you fall down before me i will give you all of these nations. I have heard this story before but i really did not understand really what that was saying. That has got to be the prosperity gospel saying Jesus your hungry, turn those rocks into bread. I feel like that is how our culture is today. if your hungry eat. If you donate so much money to this or that (church) God will bless eat you. That is a load of shit. I cannot believe that has crept into our culture. I know i have been guilty of that to but enough is enough. Or even if i just get this house of date this girl i will be happy. we should already be happy becuase what Jesus had done for us. I understand that people may read this of all faiths and thats great. I do want to say i respect all faiths whether you believe in Jesus or not. i know that all people i think struggle with life sometimes like if someone gets sick or if plans dont go the way we expect them to go. As a real christian which it seems like there are not that many of us around. We need to be staying in the word and on our knees so whenever our friends that are not believers come to us or ask us for an answer we have to be compasionate to them & love on them.

In my past 15 months in knoxville i really feel too blessed to be here i know it was Gods plan for me. I have been struggling about what to do next. Some of my friends from work have not been as fortunate as me to still be there. I understand I don't put my trust in people or my job even though i really like my job. I try to do everything i can that makes our light there. I know i don't need to put my trust in anyone cause people will let you down. but while i am in knoxville i have been praying and seeking what to do next whether its to transfer with my company or move on. I have a good friend that told me the other day about i think sometimes since we both have a degree it can be real easy just to settle down and be content with our situation where we are at. I know thats not me. I like to push and look for future and better opportunities. I feel that i can slip into that i am just ok where i am. I am getting alot of good experience where i am at now. I want to make sure i keep up the good work and we shall see what happens next. I don't understand everything that goes on all the time but I want to be sure whatever i do i do it for the glory of God. My friends just put out a cd this past fri jan22. i have to say its quiet done well. you can check them out at myspace.com/dividthesea. They are my friends from school and i have not saw them in a couple of years but i went to greenville sc the see them and saw a few of my friends from school to. I love south carolina so much I really do miss it but i know where i am thats where God wants me. While i was listening to them you could tell they were legit and still wanted there music to be about Jesus. They will tell you straight up they don't care what you believe in they just wants you to know that Jesus loves you no matter what. if you have another way thats cool to. i really miss those guys, they are definatly some good guys. i want to leave this blog with a bible verse 2corinthians 5:17 which is talking about as christian the old life is gone and new life has begun. I want that to be my prayer each day as i run into problems people and whatnot.