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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

  • Help a brother out

    Hey guys,

    I know I haven't updated in awhile. A lot is going on, and I'll share some stuff soon.

    But in the mean time:

    Would you all please consider buying a copy of my book?

    http://www.authorhouse.com/Bookstore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=47454

    -Brandon

Saturday, 24 October 2009

  • Currently
    The Only Road North
    By Erik Mirandette
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    Words. Anxiety. Fear.

    Hello friends,

    I'm not sure that I have anything inspiring to say. I just wanted to give you all an update on my life. I'm writing again, (as of Thursday) it started with a memory from my childhood. So I did what any good writer does, write it down. But that's as far as it's gone so far.

    It feels like there is so much tention inside right now, like a war taking place on the inside. My greatest battle right now is that, I'm insecure as a writer. There's so many voices in my head right (I'm not crazy) voices of friends and other authors.

    I was so inspired by Donald Millers new book, that so much of it is what I want to say as well. But I don't want to be like him. Sure I'd love to hit the NY times Best Seller list, but in order to do that, a lot of effort has to come from me.

    Which in all honesty I am afraid to be honest, I'm afraid of loosing peoples attention. I never want to write a book, and some one come away with it Un-inspired. God I'm so scared right now.

    And I know.. As a Christian your not meant to be scared, but I think it means we will be. I just cannot describe what I'm feeling right now. But it just makes me want to scream and punch anything that won't break my hands

    It just feels like something is growing and moving inside... But I'm scared to fail. I guess I'm also scared of people on Amazon saying that my writing is worthless and borning. And it just makes me want to rip my hair out!

    I know I should probably take it easy on myself, but I don't know how.

    Pray and fight by my side if you will.

    -Brandon

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Monday, 05 October 2009

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    Hope That Lies in You
    By The Glorious Unseen
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    What about them?

    The body of Christ stretches far and wide, to the homeless, widow, orphan and addict. We are quick to scream about the injustice of such things. Which is nobel, and in the scripture we see that Jesus is also passionate about such things. We see that in James the writer speaks of not practicing favoritism, not letting a rich man sit in a high place and a poor man on the floor.

    Jesus loved to feed people, this is well documented through the Bible. All one must do is first read the Gospels. This then fuels something inside someone to do the same. But it then makes me wonder how Jesus felt the mentally and physhically challenged. Sure we see him healing people who couldn't walk, but what always bothered me was he never said anything beyond his own actions.

    For one who is mentally handicapped, what about them? I would hope that Jesus felt as strongly about a poor man, as he would a handiccaped person. This is why I cannot accept the doctrines of Calvinism, one of the five points of their docrtine is that for forknew all would accept faith and all who wouldn't. Which disturbs me because if a mentally handicaaped person is not capable of accepting the message of Christ, is God just going to send them to hell?

    I'd hope not. It just bothers me to know that so many people that walk by anyone in a wheel-chair in most Churches. They belong to God too. We get so consumed with our selves and our individual beliefs, that we actually have the guts to walk by a mentally handiccaped person, or worse then give them weird looks.

    what has happend to us? Enternity isn't just for those who have the ability to say "yes" on their own.

Sunday, 04 October 2009

  • Eternity?

    In response to my previous post, a reader left this comment:

    "If that was true, why didn't God obliterate us?"

    The phrase has been floating around my head lots, I've been thinking a lot about eternity... As it relates to everyone. In the scriptures it is written that eternity is written on our hearts. Now various doctrines like to argue out the details as to who the word "Our" actually refers to.

    Side A- leads us to the belief that God meant that for the elect.

    Side B - leads us to believe that eternity is for everyone, but in which reality you choose to believe. The reality that Jesus is divine and leads us into greater truth, or that we choose to continue resisting him.

    Sadly though this argument has lead to such a verbal war, that is sometimes so far from love, or anything that resembles truth. So people get upset, and then the body of Christ is even more spread apart. Now, I am not saying that this is always the exacte case, but most of the time, it's true at least in my eyes. If I'm wrong please correct me.

    However through much reflection. I've come to the conclusion that, indeed that eternity is in fact offered for everyone. If it were no so, why do so many people have so many questions... Or even anger towards God? Think about it, why would an agnostic or athiests be so fueled with so much passion for their beliefs?

    It's simply, because God himself planted a "seed" if you will, and that often brings fourth an anger that comes deep from within. This anger can represent God poking around in the human heart, poking at things that make us uncomfortable. Often times this leads to person snapping and saying: "Okay God, you win!"

    This doesn't always happen, but I am becoming more assured that God does all he can to draw us back to him. Everyone.
    peace be with you all.
    -Brandon

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