Faith+Hope+Love

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I've been in Kentucky for about a week now and strangely I feel at home. Now I've come to the great derby state many a time but never have a felt "called" to be here. When I arrived here in Falmouth, I went to a fair with my step dad where there was food and crafts and animals and people. Tons of people. Empty people. Seemingly void soulless people... and my heart was broken. Then we went to a restaurant with a very oxymoronic name. "Assembly Cafe" but no assembly. No community. No unity. No love. Just people disguised as families consuming food so that they could survive. But surviving is only half the fun. Living is essential, and by living, i mean LIVING. Having a joy when you wake up. An excitement. Our waitress' story was one that I've heard too many times here. She has three kids... 2 with one guy, and 1 with another whom just left her after 5 years. To top it off she was just evicted.

I've never been to a place where i felt so little amount of God. I know He's here... but where. Hide and go seek puts this place into perspective. God's not hiding, but these people are not seeking. Their surviving, but not living. I prayed that night asking God when He was going to do something about this... how noble of me. I put the blame of this town on God's shoulders. I felt Him ask back, "Where have you been". I got home and began reading and this is what I came across...

1 Chronicles 17 7:14 says:
7 "Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel. 8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men of the earth. 9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.
" 'I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you: 11 When your days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.' "

I've never really had God straight up speak to me through His word. It's pretty stinkin dope if you ask me. So I'm having faith in God that He's gunna use me here. I want these people to know love and what it really is. But not this bull crap love that the world is feeding us. This love of one night stands and fatherless children and homeless mothers. I want them to experience this "agape" love. Its a craving for. A "have to" have type love. The most passionate form of love ever. And its a love that I cant show them, but only God himself.

Hillsong has helped me make it through this week strong though. Their new CD is phenominal and I'm pretty sure God had a little Mozart type play in it.

On a side note... My friend Matt found the sickest shirts ever online. The clothing line is called... get this... "Agape Attire". Here's their myspace http://www.myspace.com/agapeattire

So I'm stepping out in faith with the above situation and I know that God will provide for me but more so for this community. I'm excited for the journey ahead. I have a meeting with the head pastor of a church out here next week about their youth ministry. They don't have a leader so why not pursue it. If I get it, then it's a definite in with the schools and clubs and stuff around here.

Change is good... but God is better. Random, I know... but i feel like that would be a sick slogan for a Presidential campaign against Obama :) Oh fun note... spell check doesn't like Obama either. HAHA.

Ok, so plan is to actually update this thing. But plans fail, just ask Obama. Oh dear... I'll end this post with a little joke I heard... Did you hear the "Cash for Clunkers" campaign actually hurt Obama. Why you may ask... we It's taken tons of his vote for me stickers off the road.

Love you all,
Jordan

PS- Remember these bodies are merely vessels. Our souls are the only things we get to take with us when we die. Love God, Love People, Change the World. We can!