When Faith and Doubt Collide.

Posted 12 Jul 2010 — by Cassidy Robinson
Category Life

I am going to go ahead and apologize for anything that doesn’t make sense, is unreadable or misspelled in this note. It’s pretty late, I’m up with a sinus headache and tons of random thoughts going on in my head. But, I truly believe the Lord has laid some burdens on my heart for a reason and I’m pretty sure He wants me to share. Although, I can’t be certain if it’s He that wants me to share, or just myself. I’m trusting that it’s Him.

If you know anything about me (and you must know a little bit if you are reading this note since we are “Facebook friends”) then you know that I am totally and unashamedly a follower of Christ. I hope that I haven’t hidden that well. I have put my entire mustard seed of faith in the authority of Scripture. I believe that what the Bible says is Truth. In that, I guess you could say, I have no doubt.

Ironically, I only begin to notice doubt creep in – when I struggle to share my faith.

I know that makes me sound like I’m completely contradicting myself. But, if I’m being honest… sharing Jesus is easy, if I’m inside a church or talking with someone who understands the words “salvation, grace, redemption, repentance, atonement, and everlasting life.” But, it’s not so easy when they don’t.

I never want the message of Christ to become so redundant to the point where I don’t even believe myself when I speak it! And unfortunately, I’ve felt that way at times. So, I’m determined to change this pattern of speaking and teaching and sharing Christ with others. I want to lead them to Truth – not with flattering speech, but with an authentically, changed life that could have only taken place through the power of something greater.

And just like John the Baptist in Matthew 11:3, when my faith and doubt collide, I’ll be holding on to the words of Jesus to remind me…

“The blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.”

…it’s always been about changed lives, anyway.

Heaven Stands…

Posted 30 May 2010 — by Cassidy Robinson
Category Life

Thanks to my lovely sister, Courtney, I have a new favorite song. I just love the melody, lyrics and most of all the singer is amazing! Beautiful vocals by JJ Heller. It’s the type of song that gives you a feeling of peace all over when you listen to it. Beautiful. Take a listen to “Your Hands” below. :)

p.s. that’s her husband on the guitar. how cute is that? :)

Color Scheming

Posted 21 May 2010 — by Cassidy Robinson
Category Life

I just found the neatest thing! I came across it while reading one of my favorite blogs. It’s a cool program by Flickr that allows you to choose as many colors that you would like, and then it finds a bunch of random, interesting pictures that match that color scheme! How cool is this?

I have been searching for paintings/photos of a certain color scheme to go on a bare wall in my kitchen/dining room for months now. I think this tool may come in handy in finding some neat photographs to frame! Try it for yourself.

Weddings, Weddings… and more Weddings!

Posted 21 May 2010 — by Cassidy Robinson
Category Life

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So, all of our friends decided to get married this summer.

Ok, well, not ALL of them… but a lot. Of course we do have a lot of friends that got married last summer and the summer before that (which was when we got married!), but this month there is a wedding every weekend. And Josh or I are in 3/4 of them. And then there’s all the weddings that we can’t attend, because they take place on the same day as the ones we are in.

Whew. Oh love… it’s such an exciting thing. This photo was from one of the recent Bachelor parties Josh went to. They made him this shirt and he had to wear it all over Panama City Beach. Bahaha.