"Have Things Gotten a Little Blurry?"

My mom had cataract surgery a few years back.

What was most astounding to her was how bright and crisp everything became 
after the cataracts were removed.

She could see, she could really see!!

She was amazed at how increasingly cloudy and dull everything had become.

She was equally as shocked that she had forgotten how much she had missed 
and that....she hadn't truly noticed...
The progression was slow and steady.

Sin is like that too..

It starts out small with a vague thought here,
or a word or two there..

..ideas so subtle that wrong becomes right in the blink of a memory...

Had my mom realized how far her condition had progressed,
she said she would have changed it much sooner.

But darkness and fog are designed to set in slowly.

And just like the cataracts...nothing was truly clear, until the issue was addressed.

First of all,no one likes the word "sin".

Sin conjures up something ugly, distorted,....wasted.

A word that we would much rather not associate ourselves with.

But I'm here to say...that sin comes in bright colors too, 
sprinkled with busy glitter of quick movement designed to make us forget.. 

Designed to pull us slowly...insidiously...
into a state of entertained apathy.

The Grammy awards were like that, the other night...

And many fell for it...
An anticipated event originally designed to recognize achievement and excellence, became a sordid display attempting to shock and awe its' viewers.

I wonder how many of us watched this display of debauchery 
set up as a 'church' setting,
for the purpose of mindless entertainment...

I'm here to say, what God's Word really says..

"God will not be mocked.(Galatians 6:7)..
('a man will reap what he sows')
I don't know about you, but I do NOT want to be part of His mocking!!

History is clear...

He will not be mocked, nor will He ever be mocked...

So it begins with one.
It begins with you and it begins with me.

One by one by one....
we take a stand..
Will you take a stand with me..?
Will you likewise stand with a Grammy nominee who was willing to forgo the accolades?

Are you living with cataracts?
Sadly, I think I have been..

Have you become apathetically and increasingly blind?
Have things gotten a little blurry??

Are you ready to remember??
If you have gotten this far, it is not too late...

Fall before Him with weeping, His arms are open wide...
And after you have fallen, rise yet again, stand with the One true God, 
who will NEVER tickle your ears with half truths...
designed for those are willing to be entertained 
by cataract drenched, muddy waters...

Please, please..listen to this and feel the weight being lifted, 
you will see, 
maybe for the first time you will really see...
  http://youtu.be/ClaLmVwe7PU

But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created you, Jacob,
    he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
    I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
 When you pass through the waters,
    I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.
 For I am the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
(Isaiah 43:1-3a)


Can you see Him?....... You are His.

 

We left the Grammy’s early. I’ve many thoughts about the show tonight, most of which are probably better left inside my head. But I’ll say this: I’ve never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I’ve never been more sure of the path I’ve chosen
Read more at http://theblacksphere.net/2014/01/christian-grammy-nominee-natalie-grant-walks-grammys/#0cAyAgytvx67uI4b.99

" I’ll say this: I’ve never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I’ve never been more sure of the path I’ve chosen"
-Natalie Grant
Read more at http://theblacksphere.net/2014/01/christian-grammy-nominee-natalie-grant-walks-grammys/#0cAyAgytvx67uI4b.99

We left the Grammy’s early. I’ve many thoughts about the show tonight, most of which are probably better left inside my head. But I’ll say this: I’ve never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I’ve never been more sure of the path I’ve chosen.
Read more at http://theblacksphere.net/2014/01/christian-grammy-nominee-natalie-grant-walks-grammys/#0cAyAgytvx67uI4b.99

e left the Grammy’s early. I’ve many thoughts about the show tonight, most of which are probably better left inside my head. But I’ll say this: I’ve never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I’ve never been more sure of the path I’ve chosen.
Read more at http://theblacksphere.net/2014/01/christian-grammy-nominee-natalie-grant-walks-grammys/#0cAyAgytvx67uI4b.99

We left the Grammy’s early. I’ve many thoughts about the show tonight, most of which are probably better left inside my head. But I’ll say this: I’ve never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I’ve never been more sure of the path I’ve chosen.
Read more at http://theblacksphere.net/2014/01/christian-grammy-nominee-natalie-grant-walks-grammys/#0cAyAgytvx67uI4b.99