Aaron Marcelli | March 19, 2010
A couple posts ago I wrote about how busy my life has been lately. I realized that with my busy schedule, one of the things I was making less time for was personal, alone time with God. Last week I took an entire morning alone with God. I prayed, I meditated of Scripture, I laid [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 17, 2010
I’ve always heard people who do great things talk about the importance of being prepared. It just seemed too simple and a little cliché but then I realized, maybe the reason it is great people who are talking about being prepared is because they know what has made them great. I’ve also experienced times when [...]
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 18, 2009
I recently found this entry in my journal dated February of this year. It is still my prayer today. I have dreamed of starting a church for years. Though some of the particulars and the desired location have changed, the overall desire remains. But is it a calling? I have spent much time in prayer [...]
Aaron Marcelli | August 19, 2009
I learned this principle, believe it or not, while watching a stand up routine from Chris Rock. Through his explicative-laced rant about race, religion, and politics, I picked up on a nugget of content that taught a deep truth. He said that you can either have or you can say. Now I have to admit [...]
Aaron Marcelli | July 1, 2009
Just weeks after being released from my first church ministry position in August of 2007, I sat outside the Art Institute in Atlanta and made this record of observations on how I would do that ministry differently knowing and seeing what I do now. Don’t be so organized! I planned to do so many things [...]
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 | 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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