What Goes In Eventually Comes Out
So... this week I was meeting with my friend Bubba (Spencer) who I mentor each Tuesday when I'm in town.. and this is the lesson that was learned - hope you enjoy haha!
I was talking to Bubba about watching what "goes in" to him. I was telling him that was goes in eventually comes out. As I was growing up, all I would watch and listen to was movies, music videos, and shows that glorified a lifestyle of drugs, partying, getting drunk, having sex outside of marriage, cursing, making fun of God or Christians, etc. Eventually - I acted out on these things and wanted to experience them for myself. Eventually what I fed my soul with came into play in my own life. Since the people were on TV or on the radio I looked up to them and thought - "if they are doing it and it's cool, then I want to too." I did have a decision and a choice - I realize that. But I'm saying this to back up what I was talking about. I fed my soul with junk, and junk came out. Here's the opposite. I write a lot of songs... a lot a lot. These songs pour out of the overflow of my relationship with Jesus. In other words, the more I spend time with Jesus and feed my soul with His Word, the more songs and lyrics come out. The very idea for doing the album Intimately Consumed came to me out of the place of spending time with Jesus. Listen to the songs and see what came out! It's the same concept if you are a believer - what do you feed yourself with spiritually? So... I'm explaining this to Bubba, who is a 6th grade student at Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis Indiana. After talking to him about these things - he says so it's kind of like taking a POOP. You eat food and then eventually, it comes out. What you eat eventually will come out haha.. GENIOUS! hahaha I lost it. So....watch what you let come into you - watch what you feed your soul with! Watch what you feast upon in this life! The things that I use to feed my soul with promised satisfaction and immediate gratification... in the end they left me empty and broken. What goes in... eventually comes out...
