Hi, My name is Wes (find me on Facebook here or on twitter here). Ultimately, I am a traveler, probably on the same road as you, trying to reach my destination. Perhaps I’m a few steps ahead of you, maybe we have been walking alongside each other the whole way, but our blinders have kept us from looking to the right or to the left. But most likely, you are way ahead of me. Either way, we all have learned lessons that would benefit us all to share. This blog is a place to share those experiences.
Yet, some of you might be wondering which way I’m going. I am following after the one who embodied love for me and had chosen to continue to love me even though I am a low down, dirty backstabber. I am following Jesus. Find out more about following Jesus here.
My Beautiful Kazakh Princess
Me and My Wife–Zhanara
My Children Odelia and Isaiah
You see, I am a sinner. And not just a small one, I am a really big sinner. I am a proud, gluttonous, perverted, lazy, hateful sinner. And yet, Jesus loves me. He doesn’t love me any less when I sin. If I have actually overcome any sin in my life, it is amazing the amount of love and patience he has showed me before when I was unaware of so many of my sins.
The beauty of it all is that I really don’t have to sin anymore. Sadly, I still choose to do it. But when I fail once more, I can take hope that I really am free from sin. Not because I am somebody, but Jesus has delivered me. With Him, I have been crucified.
If you are facing this same struggle, Welcome! If you would like to face it, ask me! I will tell you the struggle is worth it. The knowledge that God loves and cares for me is amazing. God is infinitely more gracious and patient than I am. Come and experience that grace!
As I am on this journey, I am studying “Applied Theology” so I can be an expert (really???). I am a Ph.D. student with a concentration in Christian Missions at what some would consider a sectarian, fundamentalist seminary. But I can assure you that though some of my colleagues may be close-minded, the majority of my friends here are open and loving, yet having a firm grasp on the Biblical truth. I see myself as one who believes wholeheartedly in the Truth of the Bible yet who fails miserably at obeying what I know. But I have hope–God has reminded me that ”I will understand more when I obey more.”
Let us encourage each other to obey! But remember, theology without obedience is mere religious opinion.
