Manipulation & Manifestation - follow up to yesterday’s post. Http://DennisGable.com #blog #writer #christian #speak #truth (Taken with instagram)
Call it what you will, disbelieve if you choose, but Jesus wants you to LIVE the life you dream of. #hope #truth #love #grace (Taken with instagram)
It somehow lies in our hands. #grace #love #forgiveness #truth #hope #POTSC (Taken with instagram)
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Poker Face
P. P. P. Poker Face. P. P. P. Poker Face.
I don’t have one.
I have never had one.
I hope to never have one.
If you want to know how I feel, look at my eyes… they tell you more than my mouth possibly could. Whether this is right, wrong, or indifferent, it’s true.
The twist to this is my ability to be wildly manipulative, however, even in the moments of my life where I have been manipulative, there are ounces of truth that I grasp on to in the midst of those moments.
I have recently stared people in the face, our eyes in an old western showdown and said things like, “you can trust me” and “I will protect you”… and I mean them. It is not an ounce of truth that I am holding on to in order to say these words, they are true words… and the receiver[s] of these words know they’re true because my eyes say so.
If you ever want to know what I am thinking, either ask me, or let my eyes tell you… because they will.
There are few words that are able to describe my life, but if I had to choose a couple they would be: FREE[DOM]. LIBERATION. INTEGRITY.
I am the best version of me there has ever been, but I am not the best version of me there will ever be.
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Pardon the Profanity!
This morning in class, we were lifting up people and situations in prayer, to God, the creator, savior and king. Specific people have flashed through my mind that I can’t seem to escape and these people all share the same story; we all share the same story.
Our world is full of “I am…” statements, however, they rarely include words like, beautiful, alive, pure, gorgeous, precious, handsome, fulfilled…
My heart is burning for you to know that you are NOT all of the negative, hurtful things that you call yourself, the things your parents have called you, “friends” have called you and others have called you. The truest thing about you is what God says about you and He says the following:
- You are not an asshole
- You are not a bitch
- You are not a piece of shit
- You are not worthless
- You are not a cunt
- You are not dirty
- You are not a whore
- You are not a motherfucker
- You are not a douche-bag
- You are not meaningless
- You are not alone
- You are not a bastard
- You are not an accident
- You are not weak
- You are not ugly
- You are not depression
- You are not alcoholism
- You are not promiscuity
- You are not an addict
You ARE created in the image of a pure, righteous, perfect, holy God.
Here is a stanza from a poem written by King David, the man known as “a man after God’s own heart”. David wrote this poem in a conscious recognition of the fact that God created him and how precious life is because it is purposefully pieced together, bit by bit.
“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, the days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.” [found in Psalm 139]
Amongst other purposes behind your creation, you were created to experience the LOVE of God.
Get Out Of YOUR Way!
You have the potential to be incredible, successful, fulfilled and know that your life has a purpose… but you won’t get the hell out of the way!!
I know so many people who are brilliant, charismatic, fun-loving, compassionate and talented beyond belief, but they are living only a fraction of what is possible.
You, you are a wonderful musician, passionate about being around and sharing life with people, however you are mostly too depressed and insecure to enjoy all that life has to offer.
You, you are beautiful and draw the ear of people in a way that only greatness can explain, but you’ll never know how powerful your voice is because you spend your nights with new bottles and boys and your days recovering from the heartbreak that you’re too ashamed to share.
You, you are one of the most tender hearted men that I have ever met, and you let the pains that have made you a man break you down to boyish pursuits.
These three direct statements, are specific yet general. I have people in mind that I am thinking about, however, I know that you will wonder if I am talking about you when you read this…
There is nothing more true than what the creator says about you, and belief in Him or denial of Him does not change the fact that you were created in His image. He intended for you to have the skills and traits that you have, because He knit together the balance of genes that you were supposed to have. Stop fighting and get out of your way, experience a life more incredible than you can even imagine!
w/ massive amounts of love, DG
I was asked to preach on Sunday night, and here it is… enjoy :)
This song is SO powerful. soften you heart, open you ears and experience this beautiful expression of truth.
2.12.10 - Spinning
I really like one word titles… I realized tonight that as this project progresses I am going to have to step up my game and really challenge my creativity or else we’ll all get bored. For tonight… we will stay on my general path of writing and I hope you enjoy it.
The world is spinning and whether we choose to stand still or join the chaos, movement happens. Some would say, “life happens” and I would agree. In the midst of sovereignty and chance is “life”. That isn’t as theological of a statement as it sounds, and really I’m not even sure how to mesh the two ideas of sovereignty and chance, or if they mesh at all. What I do know is no matter what we choose to call the chaotic whirlwind, we can not call it to stop or slow down for that matter. My life has been somewhat chaotic, especially over the last couple of years and just today I was thinking, “when will I get to rest?” The likely answer to my question is, never and although I try to accept that fact, I think it sucks.
Emotional freedom is one of my most desperate pursuits, typically I am able to encounter this through the most incredible gift of communication but am I alone in this journey? I seem to be one of the few crazies walking around who think that it is a good idea to express every painful thing that happens. Just today I was driving and saw a girl with a little shorter than shoulder length hair, a gray hoodie and a demeanor to match her heather sweatshirt. I couldn’t help but wonder what could be troubling this young, average looking girl? Will she ever talk about it? Does anyone know? Will she ever feel safe enough to share what is happening inside of her heart? The common answer to these questions is no. The troubling reality to these questions is, even if she finds someone who she could trust, she probably won’t. It is possible that the wounds are just too deep and the pain that would come from the re-opening of them would probably more intense than the initial cut. And so she sits, lonely and held captive to her past even though freedom is just an arms length away.
Because life continues to spin out of control and we go through life feeling caught up in a tornado of hellish experience and pain, many of us will remain held captive. Let me encourage you that life will never give you a break, in my experiences it is much more beneficial to accept that and begin ripping the skeletons out of the closet during the calm between the storms. This is how I live. It is not perfect but it is free and I feel healthy most of the time. If there is anything that you would like to talk about and get off your heart, I am here, please feel free to contact me by email or phone or we can even grab some coffee if you live in AZ. I love you and I’ll be waiting.
L!VELOVE
2.10.10 - Cold
The icey cold wall of stone that previously resided around my heart has been chizled away over the last couple years, slowly but surely. Although I enjoy my life of vulnerability, freedom and warmth, but there are times that I miss the comfort of the cold. There are times that I really know and believe that the way I live is the only way that I can and will remain healthy both emotionally and physically. I have never been diagnosed or put a ton of thought into this but, the reason that speaking about and being honest with everything is healthy for me is because I am drawn towards depression. Naturally, I am an emotional rollercoaster and while I love being up and fun and the life of the party, I could just as easily recluse into the pitch black. Often times my life is frustrating, not only to myself but to everyone around me. It is frustrating to me because I want the comfort of silence and the justification of withdrawl, really the comfort is what I seek… This is the worst game of hide-n-go seek ever.
I am who I am and I have to be this man that I am or I would cease to exist as the man that you have known me to be.
The warmth is freedom and the cold is comfort… today I am neither free nor comfortable.
