Aaron Marcelli | September 29, 2009
It wasn’t until just last week, when I was talking to my pastor and he mentioned it, that I heard about Gary Lamb’s resignation. Gary was a church planter in Canton, Georgia who started a church in that community just five years ago. The church was purposeful in creating a casual atmosphere of grace, love, [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 25, 2009
A couple of months ago my girlfriend and I went through a pretty rough time in our relationship in which I honestly questioned if we were going to make it. As it turned out there was simply a communication problem that existed as well as some self-created issues based on past experiences and unspoken expectations. [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 22, 2009
An old devotional I have in my journal: God fulfills His promises and His plans. The Old Testament prophesies must have been confusing when they spoke of Jesus being born in one city, yet to live in a different one, and be titled by yet another. This could have been taken as contradictions or confusing [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 3, 2009
I have always been into self-denial as in depriving myself of food, television, spending, or sleep somehow I thought made me more spiritual. So anytime I’m feeling distant from God or really desire to be blessed in a certain way my mind immediately goes to what can I give up in order to impress God [...]
Aaron Marcelli | June 18, 2009
Here are some random journal entries I made about the subject of confidence. Whatever you do, do it with confidence. Be sure of who you are and what you are doing. The moment you begin to doubt yourself you loose who you really are. The only two things a person needs to succeed in this [...]
Aaron Marcelli | June 6, 2009
It was around a camp fire in Dalton, Ohio on a mid-summer Friday night that after an incredible week of church camp I felt God calling me to ministry. I don’t think I had ever experienced God speaking to me before and though it wasn’t audible, it was definite and I knew it was going [...]
Aaron Marcelli | May 26, 2009
The following is a revision of a personal journal entry from a little less than a year ago. For those of you who are out of state or have not had consistent contact with me and have asked about my story, it may help fill in some of the holes. Frustration is both a word [...]
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