God Is My Director

D.R.I.V.E #vscocam #RadBeard #vsco #guy

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:56:35 -0500

D.R.I.V.E #vscocam #RadBeard #vsco #guy

My first visual print #workinprogress #vscocam #vsco #vscogood...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:24:33 -0500

My first visual print #workinprogress #vscocam #vsco #vscogood #dark

Caesars palace #vscocam #vsco #vscogood #popular

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:24:16 -0500

Caesars palace #vscocam #vsco #vscogood #popular

Went on a bike ride today- can I say #picturesque #vscocam #vsco...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:23:53 -0500

Went on a bike ride today- can I say #picturesque #vscocam #vsco #popular

11 O’clock and she is still wanting to be at the...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:20:41 -0500

11 O’clock and she is still wanting to be at the office with me :) #awesomewoman #babe #vsco #vscocam @jmiss

@iamriles tweaking content in the video room #vscocam #vsco...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:11:37 -0500

@iamriles tweaking content in the video room #vscocam #vsco #vscogood #boys #central

Free #dream #big #rad #vscocam #hot #madewithover #bestday...

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:14:13 -0400

Free #dream #big #rad #vscocam #hot #madewithover #bestday #bestofover #skill #font @jmiss @madewithover (Taken with Instagram)

So at chic FiL a. And a guy said I look really good. Like David...

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:56:48 -0400

So at chic FiL a. And a guy said I look really good. Like David Beckmann. Then asked if he could grab a picture with ‘David beckham’ I said yes… So funny #davidbeckham #celebritystatus #goodlooks #fashion (Taken with Instagram)

#little things #big #impact #qoute #instagood #sweet #cool #font...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:38:19 -0400

#little things #big #impact #qoute #instagood #sweet #cool #font #typography #madewithover #typography #bestofover (Taken with Instagram at Faith United Methodist Church)

Where’s your forest #madewithover #bestofover #forest...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:01:33 -0400

Where’s your forest #madewithover #bestofover #forest #wall #decor #jamice #cool #instagood (Taken with Instagram)

New Showreel!

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:54:00 -0400

After 3 years I finally had some time and resources to create my Showreel.

Take a look and enjoy this short little piece. Im very excited about this!

How (Not) to Correct Another Xian

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:39:14 -0400

When I was a young Christian in my late teens, I was “rebuke-happy.” I had no problem confronting and correcting the faults of others. The people I looked up to modeled this to me, and I benightedly followed their example.I knew the Scriptures well; so I was cocked and loaded for bear with my Bible verses in hand. Some of my favorite texts at the time were those in Proverbs that say wise people love reproof and fools hate it (Proverbs 9:8; 12:1; 13:1, etc.)

As I grew in the Lord, I came to some painful discoveries. One of them was that I had no idea how to correct another believer in the spirit of Jesus Christ. And I did more damage than good with my “corrections.”Another was that God didn’t want me correcting everyone else, even when I spotted faults and flaws in others (which, by the way, is no great gift or something to boast about).

Adjusting the behavior of my brothers and sisters in Christ wasn’t my job or duty. And I needed to pay more attention to my own spiritual walk than that of others (James 4:11).

(In my early years as a believer, I was part of a Christian tradition that was trigger-happy to straighten everyone else out. It was bad teaching that bred legalism and self-righteousness. And I was guilty of embracing it.)

Still another lesson I learned was that in those times when the Lord actually wanted me to correct another person, if I didn’t deliver that correction in Christ, I would end up losing a friend.

An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars. (Proverbs 18:19)

I wish back then that someone taught me what correction looks like when done in Christ.

Hence this post.

While this article is by no means an exhaustive treatment of the subject (it’s a blog post, not a book), here are 14 things that I learned about correcting another child of God.

Note that I’m not talking about reviewing someone’s writings or analyzing their teaching. Though this, too, should always been done in a spirit of grace and first offered to the authors in question directly and privately before publishing a critique publicly. Intellectual integrity demands this to ensure that misrepresentations aren’t published and spread.

In this post, I’m rather focusing my attention narrowly on correcting a person’s flaws or actions.

Here are 14 things to consider before you correct another Christian:

1. Never base your correction on secondhand information.

That is what a person allegedly said or did. Always go to the person you are concerned about directly. Hearing one side of a story is a horrible basis upon which to correct someone.

2. Just because you see someone else’s faults doesn’t give you the right to point them out and correct them.

The ability to spot the flaws of others is no gift. If you begin riding that horse hard, your card will eventually be pulled. Fault-finding is something that Scripture condemns (Jude 1:16).

3. There have been many Christians damaged because someone corrected them in a way that was contrary to Jesus Christ.

4. If you correct someone outside of grace, you will surely lose their friendship (Proverbs 18:19).

5. Your spiritual instincts will lead you on how to deal with an offense.

One way is to bear the cross, be wronged, and forebear (Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 6:7; Matthew 5:39). Another is to talk to the person privately and correct them in a spirit of meekness (Galatians 6:1; Matthew 18:16). Still another is to find a mediator to help you resolve the conflict (1 Corinthians 6:1-6).

6. Sometimes, Christians correct others when they shouldn’t; other times, they let serious problems go unchecked without bringing needed correction.

Both mistakes can end up destroying others (1 Corinthians 5:1ff). For instance, if someone is hurting, oppressing, harassing, or misrepresenting another person(s), ignoring it is virtually always wrong.

7. If your brother or sister is doing something that just makes you feel uncomfortable (instead of actually hurting you or someone else), then you should think thrice about correcting them.

8. When correcting someone, go to them privately as Jesus taught us to do…“between you and him/her alone.” (Matthew 18:15)

This fulfills what Jesus taught us in Matthew 7:12. “Treat others the same way you want to be treated if you were standing in their shoes.” Going to others (beyond the person you are correcting) about the problem is only warranted if the person has rejected the correction and keeps on sinning (Matthew 18:16ff.) Or if they are sinning against others in a public way. For instance, if someone is misrepresenting another person in a public forum, then the person who is spreading the misinformation should be corrected in that public forum.

9. Ask yourself these questions before you correct another believer:

Is it my place to correct this person? Do I have a personal relationship with them? Or am I being a busybody in another person’s affairs? (1 Peter 4:15; 1 Timothy 5:13).

Have I forborne this problem for a long time? Has longsuffering and patience run its course?

Am I reacting out of pride, anger, or some other dark motive?

Have I agonized before the Lord, asking Him to remove the dark parts out of me before I talk to my sister or brother?

Has the spirit of self-righteousness and cruelty been extracted from my heart?

Have I prayed for this person, asking God to correct them Himself?

Have I gone to the cross before I pulled the trigger of correction?

And perhaps the most important of all: How would I want to be corrected if it were me who needed the correction?

If you cannot answer these questions with a “yes,” then you’re not yet qualified to correct your brother or sister.

10. Be keenly aware that you are just as fallen and deserving of judgment as the person you are correcting.

The sin of self-righteousness is the result of regarding some sins (that of others) as being more serious than other sins (those of our own). Jesus equated anger with murder and lust with adultery (Matthew 5:21-22, 27-28), and James said that if you break one point of the Law, you’re guilty of breaking every Law (James 2:10). That puts all of us on the same needy level. Be careful not to fall into what Philip Yancey painfully observed: “Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.”

11. If you aren’t broken by the cross of Jesus Christ, the Bible can be an instrument of death in your hands.

“The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life,” said Paul. Wielding the Bible with unbroken flesh is a dangerous thing.

12. If your correction of your brother or sister hurts them more than it hurts you, you probably haven’t corrected in Christ.

13. If you do not correct someone in gentleness and utter humility, there’s an excellent chance that you will fall into the same temptation or worse.

Many years ago, I remember reading a book by Watchman Nee where he said that in his experience, anytime a believer corrected another believer with a judgmental self-righteous attitude, that same believer who did the correcting later fell into something equally serious or worse. Paul said so much (1 Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 6:1), and I’ve watched it myself over the years.

14. In everything, be swift to hear the whole matter, slow to speak, slow to draw a conclusion, and slow to anger (James 1:19; Proverbs 18:13).

Again, an entire book can be written on this subject. These are just some lessons I’ve learned over the years. And I hope they encourage you.

May we as God’s people take higher ground when it comes to correcting the faults of our brothers and sisters in Christ.

* Great stuff about this and more here http://www.churchleaders.com/ check that site out, its extremely Rad!

flyingmind: My Heart is Steadfast (Psalm 103) | Ellie Holcomb

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:31:47 -0400

flyingmind:

My Heart is Steadfast (Psalm 103) | Ellie Holcomb

Such a great example of creativity and the TIME needed to bring...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:24:11 -0400

Such a great example of creativity and the TIME needed to bring it out of the artists. Watch how they are fostering it.

... Gravity and the Effects on the Huma Brain

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:42 -0400

Let me start out by setting the record straight.real fast.

Im not going to talk about the human ‘Brain’ nor am I going to be adding equations of ‘Gravity’ into my post. I’ll save us all from Fg=G number confusion that I barely know. Its a good title. That connects with the overall note.

Gravity is a representation as well as is the brain. Unpacking: Gravity is the Laws and rules that bind us creatives. that keep us landed. and the Brain is the thing that liberates and frees us to be creative. Without Gravity, in place on earth blood flow would operate differently and oxygen to brain. It would still work but gravity certainly helps. In the same way as being a creative and adventurous is great, without rules and guidelines we would bounce around randomly and without clear goals. Ive Been noticing being a freelance creative’ is hard with all the rules We must abide by. reports, taxes, LLC, contracts, insurance, Emails etc. Takes up a good portion of time and money. Though without these systems in place what would we be? Our mind is easily set to the side and easier still to forget about projects and clients.Its simple to just be a creative type A person and not follow through. Thats when Gravity, Kicks in. Theres something awesome about being a rogue and just going from project to project nonchalantly. I know, Cause I was there a while ago. now I am trying to build a name and learning all these business ethics and protocols- that I never learned in my film school career. The further i go in my Business and the larger my name gets- the more laws of gravity I begin to recognize is in place.

Having Goals and ambitions are things that almost a necessity if you want to have a career in this industry. Last year I set out a goal, and prayed my mind crazy hoping to accomplish it. after 8 months- this goal has been accomplished every month and then some. It took hard work and little sleep- but the reward is great. the weight of now owning a business and dealing with multiple accounts and contracts gets overwhelming some times. sure, but I love what I get to do and who i get to meet. While my brain Loves being fun spontaneous and learning new things, my mind also enjoys going over papers. Mostly because I recognize the value in covering myself as best I know how and learning new things in this field. The logistics are just as much part of the process as is being creative and letting your mind fly freely. Like a kite in the wind would not fly if it were not for the string attaching it to the ground. The better you get and logistics and gravity- the further I think you can let the string go and you can float higher.

Ive lately had to double my prices on all freelance work. Thinking that would hurt my self- but it didnt. it helped. even thgough 45% of all of it goes to taxes, filings, payments and junk. It helped with my overall quality as well as peace of mind. to up your Price.

Some awesome links that has helped me *Chase Jarvis start up convo

As well as a ton of good stuff from Startup nation

This has been on my mind. -Jamice

Photo

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:16:21 -0400

recent days shooting in #atlanta and Charlotte NC. Took some fun...

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:42:43 -0400

recent days shooting in #atlanta and Charlotte NC. Took some fun pics of Atlanta’s skylight on the plane trip back.

Super Excited about the First Week on ‘Called’

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:18:47 -0400

Super Excited about the First Week on ‘Called’

Things I get to do, #Job #freelance projects are rad

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:21:12 -0400

Things I get to do, #Job #freelance projects are rad

New Aston Martin… Its in the details. I am attempting to...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:13:02 -0500

New Aston Martin… Its in the details.

I am attempting to find the best examples of what makes things great related to- the attention to details that they are given.