Silence???

 I am using this platform to try to help just one person who may be struggling.  My hope is that maybe I can show one person a better path and then it snowballs into something amazing.  Now it's time for some truth about myself.  I am going through a storm right now.  I am talking with God multiple times a day, but I have had no response.  Radio Silence is how I would describe it.  I know that God will never abandon me, and I will never stop talking to Him, but hearing nothing back is hard.  I am doing my best to stay on a path that He has put me on, but in all honesty that path is getting a little hazardous at times.  I have Faith that this is happening to prepare me for something else coming.  I also know that my time is not Gods, He does things on His schedule.  I just wish that I had an idea of where I am suppose to be headed, some clarity, and removal of obstacles on this path.  I suppose it doesn't work that way.  I will continue to let Jesus take the wheel, and just trust that things will be revealed to me when they are supposed to be.  Have you ever heard someone say "your silence is deafening?"  Not hearing anything back reminds me of when I put on my noise cancelling headphones.  It's a weird kind of silence, unnatural.  I hope that He decides to talk back soon, without Him I feel lost, and confused.  I will also say that no I have never heard actual spoken words from God, but it's hard to describe when you feel that response in other ways.  When I found the necklace with the Believe pendant on it, Walking away from a car crash that should have killed me and my wife, things like that.  How about something a little more uplifting.  Amy and I have felt this calling to help this community for awhile now.  There are so many people struggling in this world.  Homelessness  is rising daily, kids going hungry, veterans need assistance but being forgotten, this is just the tip of this iceberg.  Darkness is trying to take over this world.  We are going to be a light in this darkness, however we can't do it alone.  We need help not only from God but others as well.  We started a Go Fund Me to try to achieve this.  All funds raised will be applied to helping someone struggling.  Donations would be amazing, but if you know someone in need please reach out.  The greatest part of this is we have Bibles that will be distributed to all who want them.  I have an amazing Friend who has donated bibles and we have matched his order so we have several to give out.  Matt you are greatly appreciated for not only your advice, and friendship, but also unwavering Faith and willingness to help others.  Pinned at the top of my facebook page is the link to the Go Fund Me if you want to help.  Please even if you are feeling Radio Silence at this moment like I am, Don't lose Faith.  God will never abandon you, just be patient and prepare yourself for what is coming.  

In a World so Full of Darkness...

 Take a moment to look around and what do you see?  I know what I see.  Violence, Hatred, Persecution, Manipulation, Lies, Deception, and just inconceivable Darkness everywhere.  These things are happening worldwide not just in our little corner in the world.  Things look bleak at most times.  No way is it possible to find our way out of this Darkness.  I'm here to tell you that there is a way out, and a way to actually be a Light in this Darkness for others.  No I don't mean turning on your cell phone light.  It's actually more simple than that.  To be a light for this world in all this darkness it just takes Kindness, Humility, Mercy, Grace, Helping others, showing someone how Jesus can change their life.  The last one on that list is the most important and the easiest thing that you can do.  Accepting God into your life is as easy as 1.2.3.  Knowing in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God, and Died for all our Sins.  Letting Jesus take the wheel, giving up that need for control.  I was recently on a trip to Tennessee and the views I was able to see were breath taking.  I sat in a chair with a cup of coffee, btw I drink Black Coffee because that is the right way to enjoy it, back to my point, I would sit in the Darkness just waiting.  What I was waiting for was that Light to come up over those mountains, and make the Darkness disappear.  Guess what, just like clockwork that Light would creep over the Smokies and the Darkness would disappear.  A relationship with Jesus isn't that much different.  You can sit there in the Darkness, doing nothing, deserving nothing, cold and broken.  Then out of nowhere, like that sunrise, God will show you the light, and push that Darkness out of your life.  This is only possible because Jesus loved you so much that he took on all Sin for all of us.  He suffered so that we may have that chance to be in the Light.   Don't sit in that Darkness waiting for something to change.  God is there to show you that light, all you need to do is take it, then spread it to others.  Imagine what this world could be if we all took that light and spread it to others.  Before you know it that Darkness is gone.