Cant see whats there

Perceptions... Bitter nonsense blinding me of the love God is desperately trying to show me through individuals and experiences.

Perceptions... Something that has hindered me and my ministry as i try so desperately to serve God.

What are your thoughts on perceptions?  Because i wanna know what you think because i am about to fill you in on my thoughts this ordeal.

I was having lunch with a good friend of mine named Rob McDowell.  What a stud. In having lunch with him last Wednesday we got to talk about perceptions.  As we were talking about it, i learned that my perceptions of people and of a certain church was blinding me from the love that they really were showing me.  I know this is an incredibly short version of the turn around but it was an amazing lunch, if you want the more full story i would love to tell you about it in person.   Any way, it really got me thinking about the destructive power of my perceptions was for me and my ministry.  Those perceptions kept me from being this man of love and service.  Because as i thought about it, i understood and realized that these perceptions were false and that i just needed to go into situations with love and service.  I needed to just talk to people and find out who they are instead of being blinded by the falsities of life.

Well i went down to old Dublin Georgia for a SWAT weekend and Jon invited this one guy, his name was Jordan to come and see how the SWAT weekends went.  He was from around that area so it was easy for him to just pop on in.  When i first met him, he just seemed so full of himself to me and that he really wouldn't open up.  But i dropped that perception and just goofed around with him and was myself.  And as the weekend progressed God opened my eyes to see the joy and love in this guys heart.  He was so much fun to hang out with and get to know.  So much fun that we clipped, (clothes pined) the youth pastor before he gave the morning announcements and introduced the video. Funny Funny stuff, if you don't get it, just ask.

Also, the band, Jeremy Curtis Band.  I thought that some of their peeps were all about being the band and just about themselves.  I didn't get much time to talk to them, but i dropped those perceptions and talked with them at lunch on Sunday and God opened my eyes to the truth.  They may have seemed a little standoffish at first, but in talking to them we were able to joke around and just have some mad fun.  I mean lunch was a stinkin blast.  I mean we had Seal and Bojangles there.  What a blast.

I want to live a life with no perceptions, just of truth and love.  There is no time for guessing games, ministry and relationships needs to be done and built.  Pray for me on this.