1 Peter 1:22-24 & 2:1-3

"Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands foerver.""

So man, how much does that verse rock. I've been learning a lot about meditation on his word and this verse is a verse about loving the word, so why not meditate on verses that tell you to meditate...deep.

things are going well these days and i'm being purified every day more and more. i learned yesterday that the struggles i'm having right now are all part of the growing process. Like recently i've really had a desire to spend more time w/God and mature in my walk with Him. So naturally when this journey began a few months ago I thought it would be like a spiritual high mountaintop experience thing ya know. But it wasnt really happening that way. I was joyful, but found myself being impatient and not always positive in my outlook. I only realized recently that i'm entering a territory over the last few months where i've never really been before. This refining, maturing is different somehow, more real, powerful, and hard. The hard part sucks but i think it is mandatory in such refinement. Fire has to burn ya know, and we must shed our old skins, keep moving forward. awesome.

"Therefore rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that Lord is good."

Thats my life verse right now, let's get it done. love you

oh and James is the greatest ever. seriously

vince