tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210775153142931752024-03-13T09:38:32.123-07:00The Hutch Tribune"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."-Proverbs 27:17Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-61263947175981217152011-08-01T13:06:00.000-07:002011-08-01T13:08:22.234-07:00"Get Started and Never Quit"“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”-Joshua 1:7-9<br /><br />In the above text, Moses has died and Joshua is put in charge to lead the people of Israel into the Promised Land. They have to go into Canaan, and there were 7 nations living there at the time that were bigger and stronger than Joshua and the people of Israel. Now if I was Joshua I would probably be peeing my pants or be doubtful. How do I “be strong and courageous” when I have to go into this land where we are outnumbered? But Joshua was faithful and believed that God would lead him. He didn’t hesitate for one minute; he took charge and moved out. <br /><br />Courage cannot be seen in someone when there life is all lollipops and rainbows. It can only be seen in times of trials and adversity. Look at David when he went into the Valley of Elah to attack Goliath. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego when they were tossed in a furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar for refusing to bow down to the golden image of Nebuchadnezzar. Or Elijah who went up on top of Mount Caramel to face off with the 450 priests of Baal. I’m pretty sure the pressure was on for these guys. <br /><br />Courage can only be seen in a person whose back is against the wall, the dragons are close and when the pressure is on. If and when you do slay your dragons, climb and conquer your mountains or whatever, you will become stronger and your self confidence will grow and grow. Perseverance in trials builds character (Romans 5:3-4), and character is the traits that define you as a person. I’m not saying do something crazy and stupid like robbing a bank to improve your character but if deals with walking with God, seize the opportunity.<br /><br />The law that Joshua was given was to be followed, to mediate on it, sleep with it and breathe it. It was expected of him. We don’t follow the same laws like Joshua did to be right with God in our salvation but the principles still apply to us. Jesus gave us two commands to follow He says in Luke 10:27, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and, Love your neighbor as yourself.” The point I’m trying to make is this, we have to put Jesus first in our lives. Yes I know, we have jobs and we have to make money to support our families and pay bills but if we neglect Jesus and His word we will not go far in life. If we are not going to God in prayer and not allowing Him to guide us, how will we know that we are making the right choices?<br /><br />Our walk with God is an interesting journey full of ups and downs; to me it’s a big mystery. Wherever and whatever your hands find something to do, give it 110% and don’t slack off. I don’t know where God is calling you; you have to find that out for yourself. Hopefully this series will edify and encourage you with your walk with the Maker of all things.<br /><br />Is there a place where we are being called to go but are afraid to go or doubt God’s leading you? Trust Him…go and see what happens, go with simple child like faith that God is in control. “If God is with us, who can be against us?”-Romans 8:31Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-4663978683103537612010-11-30T16:43:00.001-08:002010-11-30T16:45:10.004-08:00Heart Of A ServantBeing unemployed stinks, I don't like sitting around and doing nothing. Its hard to keep myself occupied. I have lost count on the resumes and the apps that I sent out to both companies and churches. Since I'm not doing full time ministry (hence finding a secular job to afford dating and find a wife to work for a church...I'm I bitter? Just a little) I might as well be useful and write a tribune for my service to the Kingdom. To have a heart of a servant doesn't mean one has to be preaching behind a pulpit 247 to serve Jesus. One doesn't have to be a deacon (though the Greek means “servant or “minister”) or an elder to serve Jesus. I mean do titles make us super-Christians? Or make us better than other Christians? One doesn't have to be a lawyer from Harvard to serve Jesus ( no offense to lawyers and Harvard). Jesus picked ordinary dudes to be his disciples. One was a tax collector, one was a zealot who despised tax collectors. Others were fishermen. <br /><br />“For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.”-Luke 5:9-11 <br /><br />Jesus chose men who weren't the sharpest tool in the shed, but He taught them. We don’t need them fancy degrees and education to serve Jesus but we have to immerse ourselves in the Word. Women can also serve Jesus.<br /><br />“After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.”- Luke 8:1-3<br /><br />Why does Luke mention women who followed and served Jesus? Because in that day, Rabbis refused to teach women and sometimes treated them like second class, but not Jesus. Isn’t it interesting that all of Jesus’ enemies were men? Women are mentioned a lot in the gospels as being active in ministry as Jesus traveled everywhere. They were the first ones to the tomb...It was a woman who anointed the feet of Jesus. During times of transition when everything seems like chaos instead of walking around like chickens with our heads cut off we need to put some elbow grease to maintain the spirit of unity in the bond of peace. We have to serve one another in love to be more efficient to serve Jesus. He is the one who is running the Church. <br /><br />"not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, )serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality”- Romans 12:11-13<br /><br />Christians have a responsibility to all people but especially to other Christians (Gal 6:10). We serve God by rejoicing in Him, not rejoicing in results. Hard times do not give us an excuse to lack in love for the body of Christ or a lack of determination to do God's work. The Greek word for hospitality means glove for strangersh. Make every effort to maintain the spirit.<br /><br />HutchEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-14643021382806845842010-04-15T15:09:00.001-07:002010-04-15T15:09:53.115-07:00What Is Time?Thursday, April 15, 2010<br />Austin Chase<br /><br />“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”-Ecclesiastes 3:1-8<br /><br />We humans are all under the Makers hands. We are subject to times and change over which we have little or no control. God easily predetermines all of life's activities.<br /><br />I'm a month away from graduation, when I started Sunset I had “no job” and I was broke, now I'm graduating and I “still have no Job” ...or do I? Who says I need to lead a congregation in order to be called a minister. Or that I need to be called to a certain location to show Jesus to the lost and edify the Saints. Most of my classmates already landed jobs in congregations or going off into missions into foreign lands. And these past couple of months I have been forcing time to work in my favor. So far it hasn't worked. I might have a job for an intern in Portland but that doesn't start tell next year. I look at Timothy and Titus and every time I do, I'm uplifted. Because these guys were young and single. And Paul was there spiritual father to these guys. Paul relied on these guys a lot in his ministry. Paul tells Timothy to remain in Ephesus because Paul doesn't know if he is coming back. Paul tells Timothy to look over the affairs of the church, to fight off false doctrine, and to appoint qualified leaders. Paul tells Timothy <br /><br />“Command and teach these things. Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.”- 1 Timothy 4:11-13<br /><br />Because Timothy was young, he was a target of criticism's because how the youth are portrayed. So Paul calls him to live a life so that was so pure that no one could bring him down. This principle goes for all of us be an example by what you say, what you do, in love, in attitude, in faith and purity.<br /><br />So when I walk out of the halls of Sunset with my degree (God willing) I will walk with my head high, and keep looking for opportunities to help my brothers and sisters to do their best, and look for the lost and rejected and tell them about God's love. If I have to stick around here and be a tent maker like Paul to support my local ministry then God wills it. <br /><br />“In the presence of God, Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage with great patience and careful instruction. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.”- 2 Timothy 4:1-5<br /><br />So I charge you to suffer for the faith, fulfill your ministry, love the Saints, and glorify our King.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-12067186992761370482010-01-05T16:13:00.000-08:002010-01-05T16:14:19.034-08:00Content and humbleTuesday, January 5, 2010<br />3:20 pm @ Austin Chase <br /><br />“Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.”- Philippians 4:11-12<br /><br />So I”m at Austin Chase because my new coffee shop that I go to (Cafe Noir) is closed due to plumbing issues so I'm here chilling. The thing that is cool is that I'm spending no money on coffee because I have a gift that the St. Martin's gave me. So I'm sipping on my Chai-Tea, Joanne has me hooked on this. So I'm chilling on my computer looking for a preaching job and Shar walks in with the kids and say's hi. She gives me a card for Cold Stone!! So again I don't have to spend money on ice-cream. In fact I hardly spent any money on my 3 weeks off. I have gift cards for Applebee's and Subway. I crashed The Ormerod's New Years party and Dan gave me a ton of left overs! I have 2 movie tickets also from the St. Martin's. They even bought me a shirt and tie! <br /><br />I'm not trying to rub this in and gloat. My point is that God is taking care of me through the body of Christ. I'm living on humble means. And I return the favor, tonight I'm bringing dinner to Ben and Becky's place. I try to return favors as best I can, like putting in a water pump with St. Martin that takes 3 days and Marie shows up and just rips it out :) How do we learn to be content? Contentment as used in this passage is an attitude of the heart that comes from another spiritual practice called simplicity. Simplicity is an inward reality that comes from the security of our relationship with Jesus. We sometimes seem to have the desire of more. More possessions, more money. Odd that it seems the more we have, the more we want, and the less satisfied we are with what we have. Christians have the best thing going for them because Jesus meets the desire of our hearts. God wants us to be content with Him, and not to set our hearts on material objects that vanish in a blink of an eye. There are going to be times of pain and disappointment, but that should not be our focus on life. Instead of looking at a rosebush and wondering why it must have thorns, we should see a thornbush and be thankful that it has roses. Instead of going to bed at night and complaining about the next morning, we should get up and thank God for another day of life and service for the Kingdom of God. <br /><br />Shalom<br /><br />HutchEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-35732645790294857822010-01-02T20:59:00.001-08:002010-01-02T20:59:31.547-08:00FocusSaturday, January 2, 2010<br />8:10 pm @ The Hutch Hotel<br /><br />It is a start of a new year. And every year 1000s of Americans pack the gyms to get in shape, then 2 weeks later they quit going. A ton of people decide to quit smoking or make decisions to better their life-style. I looked up the word New Years resolution to make this tribune sound professional. “A New Year's resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. ...”. Then I had to look up advantageous because I had no clue what that meant. Advantageous means favorable or for the best. So basically for redneck talk, New Year's Resolution is setting goals. 2 years ago in the beginning of January I decided to quit drinking. I had a few beers since then. But in 08 I was going strong. But now it has been a month since I touched a beer and smokes. And awhile back I decided to join a gym in Puyallup so I workout during lunch break. But there is one goal I haven't completed yet and that is to become a more stronger mature Christian...Which will take a life-time to reach.<br /><br />“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”-Philippians 3:12-14<br /><br />See if we reflect on our past mistakes, our sins then we will never move forward with success, we just stay back for the fear of falling again. Paul saw that he wasn't perfect, but he was not satisfied to cause him to sit and have a pity party. Too many people will get discouraged with the lives they are living and will just quit on God. Don't let your failures cause you to drop out of the race for Jesus! If you stumble, pick yourself up, clean up your wounds and run to the finish line. For most Christians our walk is a hit or miss proposition. Let me explain, we just kind of take it as it comes. If we succeed for Jesus, then praise His name! If we happen to stumble, we often say "Oh well, I'll try and do better tomorrow!" Not Paul! He wasn't content to sit around and wait for life to happen. He was busy making things happen. He was out there doing the best he could to be more like Jesus. He was trying to reach his fullest potential for the glory of God. Paul knew that God called him for a reason. He called him to carry out his duty before God. He also knew that successful completion of this goal would allow him to enjoy the rewards of God. By the way, things are still the same. Jesus saved us to do a job for Him and for the Kingdom When we do what God wants and we live our lives in the chase of the prize, then we too will receive the prize which is eternal paradise. <br /><br />ShalomEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-40577376698378364652009-12-23T13:39:00.001-08:002009-12-23T13:39:49.954-08:00Oh MyWednesday December 23, 2009 @ 12:50 pm<br />@ the Cafe Noir, Silverdale WA<br /><br />So I'm chilling next to the window at Cafe Noir, my new coffee shop (Austin Chase and Global Bean don't even compare to this place) watching the hustle and bustle of crazy holiday shoppers who will shoot you if you get in there way. I'm reading my daily Bible reading that Mark passed to us at church and I'm reading Nahum, one of the Minor Prophets. I have studied this man in school but it was so fast that I couldn't grasp the awesomeness of God in the first chapter. What I like about the Minor Prophets is they're not afraid to preach the truth and that God is angry and He will waste people. <br /><br />“The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither and the blossoms of Lebanon fade. Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his fierce anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him. ”- Nahum 1:3-4;6<br /><br />The Nation of Nineveh is the focus of Nahum but there is application here as well. Bashan, Carmel and Lebanon were known for there pretty fluffy vineyards and trees. But at Gods word they wither...wither is redneck for they die. God is more patient than us. Though there is a time and place where He does display His anger, it doesn’t come quick...thats an eye opener. Knowing God’s power should make us trust in Him because He helps us and to fear His judgment because God judges with power. God’s power is so big that it controls the biggest forces known to human kind. A big huge freaking storm is nothing to God, because His way is the highway jack. When God holds long enough and rejected enough, sooner or later payday is coming like a Tokyo freight train when His judgment comes. God is slow to anger, but when it does come to judgment His fury is poured out like fire. Understanding this should make us quick to repent and wary of presuming on God’s patience. But being the children of God we have nothing to fear because we have been bought with the blood of Jesus. Those who love God and trust God see the goodness of God, and find protection in His stronghold. And God knows those who trust Him. God knows us. He knows our prayers and tears, He knows our wishes, He knows what we do desire to be.<br /><br />ShalomEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-31735651734432144432009-06-18T16:03:00.001-07:002009-06-18T16:03:46.261-07:00LightThursday 4:00 pm.. Global Bean<br /><br />“I have finally found a way to live just like I never could before.<br />I have finally found a place to live in the presence of the Lord.”- Eric Clapton<br /><br />The presence of God is all round us. When we enter our homes His presence is there, when we enter our car His presence is there. When I cuss someone out for cutting me off in traffic, His presence is there. He is always watching us. Finding a way to live in the presence of the Lord is hard but it is better than living in the darkness. I rather suffer in God's presence than go back into the dark. The darkness is a dungeon of the soul. <br /><br />“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”- 1 John 1:5-7<br /><br />The presence of the Lord is light. Light is holy, true, and love. Darkness is evil, it is false, full of wickedness. Therefore, if there is a problem with our fellowship with God, it is our fault. It is not God's because He is perfect. John speaks of a walk in darkness, this is a pattern of living, it does not speak of an occasional bump in the road but a lifestyle of darkness. We all run into bumps on the road I have ran into many, I spent 300 dollars at a strip club in Vegas and touched cocaine and been a bilgerent drunk but God reached his hand down and picked me out of the gutter and gave me another chance to do good. To walk in the light is to live a obedient life without trying to commit sin. The Christian life is described as walking, which implies action. Walking implies progress. Since God is active and walking, if we have fellowship with Him we will also be active and walking. When both us walk in the Light we have fellowship. Two Christians who are in right relationship with God will also naturally be in right relationship with each other. We can be cleansed, by the blood of Jesus, from all sin. The sin we got from Adam, the sin we committed as kids. Sins against our father, against our mother, against our brother and sister. Sins against our husbands or wives, against our children. Sins against our employers, sins against our friends and our enemies. Lying, stealing, cheating, adultery, cussing like a sailor, drugs, booze, murder. Sins that haunt me every day, sins I didn’t even know I did... all sin can be cleansed by the blood of Jesus! <br /><br />Shalom,<br /><br />HutchEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-66556088945433882302009-06-09T14:13:00.000-07:002009-06-09T14:14:17.739-07:00I'm FreeGlobal Bean, June 5 2009 <br /><br />I bought a cat the other day. Why? I don't know. I wanted a pet but was looking for a fish or a rabbit. Then I saw this cat alone in it's cage with a price tag for 25 bucks! The lady told me it is a good house cat. So I bought it, the sales lady didn't have a box for me for she gave me a leash and I walked it out of there like a dog. Maybe I bought the cat because I felt sorry for it, just sitting there locked in a cage longing to be free. I was locked up in a cage once, all of us were one time locked up in a cage of sin looking for someone to set us free... to save us. I freed my cat and Jesus freed us. We are no longer in bondage.<br /><br />“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.”- Galatians 5:1<br /><br />We don't free ourselves. Freedom is a gift given by Jesus and received by faith. When we try to do our own thing trying to free ourselves we just become our own salves again to bondage. To stand firm means that it takes effort to stay away from being locked up again, because we can be decieved.<br /><br />Paul makes his point in verse 13 about freedom and gives a warning. <br /><br />“For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”- Galatians 5:13<br /><br />The idea here is we will just go out and sin as we please and then say to God “forgive me” and go out and do it again. This attitude is wrong!! We can take the freedom that Jesus gave us and use it for our selfish needs to please ourselves at the expensive of others! But when we love one another we can conquer the flesh by getting out and serving.<br /><br />We are warned against taking this freedom that we have in Jesus as an excuse for sin. We use our freedom to show the kind of love and respect that Peter says.<br /><br />“Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God”-1 Peter 2:16<br /><br />I don't have the right to go out and rob a bank and say “God wills it” to get money for preaching school. We are free but still have to submit to authority of man. As long submission does not conflict with God's law. Freedom isn't a license to do as we please. We aren't slaves to the world, that we have to go along with what they are doing. We can still honor someone we disagree with. We can honor them, but we don't have to go along with any of their evil acts. And remember our first allegiance is to God. Now time to see what my bi-polar cat is doing.<br /><br />Shalom<br />HutchEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-11772237635798484482009-04-18T12:37:00.000-07:002009-04-18T12:39:37.098-07:00God Is Good All The TimeSaturday, April 18, Austin Chase<br /><br />“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!” – Philippians 4:4<br /><br />Why is God good all the time? He created the mountains, the birds and the trees, the stars and the seas’ the flowers and the bees. I will quit rapping. He created us humans as well. And let we screwed up the whole garden thing, God is still good. Take a look around and we here about the economy… Praise God! Why did I just say that because God is more powerful than the economy and if we are doing His will, the economy is nothing it is meaningless! I know I “don’t work” like the rest of you guys and I don’t have a family to support. I’m not saying that work to feed our families isn’t important because it is and there’s ton of scripture that points that out. I’m just saying we shouldn’t worry about what’s happening in the world. <br /> <br />“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?”And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!”- Matthew 6:25-30<br /><br /> We should not get tangled up worrying about the things of this world, because our life is more than those things. We are to be concerned with the right things; the ultimate issues of life and we then leave the worry over material things with our heavenly Father. The birds are provided by God, and if He takes care of them. Therefore, we should expect that God will take care of us. Yet take careful note: the birds don’t worry, but they do work. Birds don’t just sit with open mouths, expecting God to fill them. God even takes care of the grass of the field, so He will certainly take care of you. We are confident of the power and care of a loving heavenly God. I have been unemployed before, I have always been broke but God still provides for me. You know what, when I’m scrounging for survival that’s when I’m close to the heart of God.<br /><br />“More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ” Philippians 3:8<br /><br />I use to have a good paying job that took me around God’s creation but I went back to being a bum for the sake of Christ. Now, let's face it, much of life does not lend itself to our happiness! In fact, when Paul wrote Phil 4:4, he was bound between two soldiers in a Roman prison. Still, Paul knew that regardless of the circumstances of life, God never changes. You see, people will change, circumstances will change and life constantly changes, but the Lord never changes!Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-78870727711006666092009-03-24T17:53:00.000-07:002009-03-24T17:54:31.149-07:00The FixI was supposed to be on vacation, I wanted to go down to California to see my best friends but it didn’t work out. I might just pick a day out of this week turn my phone off and just drive somewhere. But right now God has put people in my life to chill with. The Ministry is busy anyway might as well get introduced to it early. Every other Friday a bunch of us meet and have reflections of the week. Every time I get asked I draw a blank. Sometimes I feel the presence of God and sometimes I don’t, but He is always there. Usually I can sit down, write down my thoughts and make them into tribunes and hand them out to people. I have been trying to write for the past week but didn’t feel anything valuable to write. I take that back I do feel something. I feel like a moron when I deposit my money into the wrong account and spend most of it and thought that it was in my savings but it was actually in my checking account. I feel dumbfounded when a person was woken up, started turning their life around and they jump right into it. I feel confused when it comes to the education of God dealing with an ultra conservative school. I feel lost to an uncertain future. Where will God place me when I graduate? Then I go back to the basics of Keep It Simple Stupid, Hutch. Freaking out to situations that don’t need to be freaked out over. All of this stuff is meaningless, these feelings of mine are Mickey Mouse doo doo. I go back to the basics of focus and direction… I fix my eyes on Jesus.<br /><br />“and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2<br /><br />You see God has set before you a race. You have to run it; and it will involve effort and commitment. Just being passive never runs a race. God wants us to run the race, and finish it right. What is my race? I mean what I’m to accomplish? I think my race is to be like Jesus, to accomplish what He wants me to get done. To bring as many people with many to heaven, even if it is one person. Race is the ancient Greek word agona, a word used for struggle of many kinds, and a favorite word of Paul. We can only run the race as we look to Jesus, and have our eyes locked on to Him. He is our focus, our inspiration, and our example. Life has its ups and downs. And we have roadblocks but we change those roadblocks into comebacks. We experience trials and tribulations in order to grow and mature in our faith. <br /><br />“Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" James 1:4. <br /> <br />Our suffering develops perseverance; and perseverance will build maturity and maturity will produce character. So suffering is designed to make us better people. No matter what happens, we must never give up on our faith. Things will get better… I think? Yes they do. So I fix my eyes on Jesus and when I do this I know there is hope for me let.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-78783228479570132302009-01-03T17:37:00.000-08:002009-01-03T17:38:57.913-08:00GO OUT12/3/09<br /><br />It has been a year since I started the Hutch Tribune. I didn’t think that it would last this long. Last year about this time I quit drinking meaning quit getting wasted… I have not touched a beer in 3 months. Anyways last year when I did quit, God took over my body and I was a new person. I decided I wanted to help my self and others on our walk with God. So I started this and then it grew into something bigger… I became a Preacher. I like to serve people my heart goes out to people. I like to be there for my friends even if it involves me pushing up a dryer the size of Texas upstairs and having it fall on my ankles. I have become a professional mover since being at church… I should sale my truck . In 08 I ran into some bumps in the road but in the end I’m doing what I love, learning and preaching the Word. And serving the people. Preach the Word is our motto our battle cry at school. Every time a preacher goes up to the pulpit we say “Preach the Word”. It is totally awesome. <br /><br />“Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.”- 2 Timothy 4:2<br /><br />Though Paul is talking to Timothy here, this relates to us because we are Disciples of Jesus and we are in His army. When Jesus sent out his disciples he told them to proclaim the Gospel, The Kingdom. Another word for proclaim is to preach. To be ready in season we need to be ready always. We should preach when it is easy and when it is tough. We need to preach when the fruit is evident and preach when the fruit seems non-existent. Just Preach it (yes I stole this from Nike…sue me). We need to be contenders of the Faith.<br /><br />“ Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.”- Jude 1:3<br /><br />If we highlight the word you, we see that this was something that Jude wanted each individual Christian to do. There are many ways that every Christian can contend earnestly for the faith. We contend for the faith in a practical sense when we live rigid Christian lives and give credit to God who changed us. Obviously, faithful missionaries and evangelists (all of us our missionaries) contend earnestly for the faith. But so does the average Joe, the Sunday school teacher or people who have Bible studies in their homes. People like this contend for the faith just as much as a front-line missionary does, and each one of us should contend for the gospel wherever God puts us. The road up ahead is hard and scary but I like what Paul says,<br /><br />“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”-Philippians 1:21<br /><br />Death is not defeat to the Christian. It is merely a graduation to glory, a huge gain for the Christian. I would like to thank all my friends who read these writings and support me as I support you <br /><br />“Iron sharpens Iron so one man sharpens another”-Proverbs 27:17. <br /><br />Shalom,<br />Brother HutchEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-50420551702382233582008-06-03T21:26:00.000-07:002008-06-04T17:33:29.798-07:00Dropping my nets“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him."-Matt 4:18-20.<br /><br />"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it'd be easy; they just promised it'd be worth it."-unkown<br /><br />I have decided to go to Sunset Bible College in Pullyap(whatever you call it, its un-American) to become a preacher. Everyone says that I have potential and would be an awesome one. Mark Gilman told me that he could see me on CNN. Arlene even told me she saw it in me. I'm going with it. I'm going to quit my job, sell my villa on wheels, take some money out of my savings to pay rent. Their is no tuition, just have to pay for books. Life to me is taking risks and following my gut. I don't think about the future because that is for my Maker to decide. If it’s His will, I will have one and He will take care of me. Same with you too, all we need is to trust him, which is a hard thing for me sometimes. What’s the point of the future? I sometimes get caught up in society telling me that I need to conform to their game and not listen to God. Graduate college, get a professional job, big house, Ferrari, boat, a mocha latte double vanilla creme espresso. Heck with that I'm not like everybody else. All that stuff is meaningless to me. I wouldn't mind having a boat for fishing. I wonder what was going on in Peter and Andrew's mind when this Jesus from Nazareth told them to follow him? I mean a dude wearing flip flops with long hair sporting a beard asking to drop their jobs as fishermen to follow him. I think I would be in a pickle on what to do. I would probably have a puzzled dumbfounded look on my face. Consider what happened to Jonah. Maybe Jonah thought it was dangerous to go to Nineveh. But if so, how did he escape the risk? He boarded a rickety boat and set sail on the tempestuous Mediterranean. The boat came near to sinking, and Jonah was swallowed by a great fish. We can draw many lessons from his book, but perhaps the main lesson is that God can use even a man with no common sense. <br /><br />The world says that if our kids fail at school it’s their fought. That's crap teachers are failing the students. Failing makes you smarter and stronger in a strange way. Some people don't take risks because they think they will fail. I have failed at many things, but I learned that failure is an event not a person. How do you know if you don't try? And if you do fail you learn, pick yourself up and try from a different approach and will excel with greatness. This is probably the biggest risk I have ever done in my life! I have no clue what’s ahead. I'm scared and nervous but determined. I see myself touching lost souls who are walking in the dark and I feel that God is leading me. I have always felt something for the ministry for the past 2 years but I didn't do anything about it. I'm looking forward to tomorrow and the promise that it brings.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-40856194066662174412008-05-20T19:12:00.000-07:002008-05-20T21:25:16.794-07:00A conversationMonday 21<br /><br />"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matt 7: 7-8<br /><br />On my lunch hour I head to the Clear Creek Nursery. Mark Gilman knew the owner and and the supervisor. As I was about to walk in the store in the distance I heard an echo "Hey Hutch, Hutch!" It was Mark yelling my name. He was getting bark. I ran up to him fast. We talked and he isn't going to our church anymore thats sad. We talked and caught up he gave some advice. We both said goodbye. I went back inside the store and asked for Sean or Chris, "there not here" said the cashier. "Can I get an app please" I told her. "Sorry I don't keep them here, you can leave a note" "where is his office" I replied back. She pointed and said "around the corner" I went outside and tried to find his office their was all these buildings and plants everywhere with slow old people (sorry no offense) I was in a hurry I had 15 min until I went back to lunch. I went inside his office Chris was nowhere. I tried to find an app but none where found. <br /><br />I was walking back to my truck I was kind of down. Then one of the women who worked their asked me "can I help you" I'm trying to find Chris and fill out an app" "their inside the store" "the cashier said she doesn't carry them" I told her. "follow me" I followed her and she gave me an app. I filled it out in my truck and walked back to Chris' office to put in their. Their was a man walking out " are you Chris" "No i'm Sean, can I help you" Sean is the owner of Clear Creek Nursery and friend of Mark Gilman "I'm Evan Hutchinson friend of Mark Gilman" as I shook his hand. "Oh yeah he told me about you" "Do you have any dump truck experience" "No just tractor and trailer, sir, but I'm a hard worker and have references to back that up" "I know Mark told me and what he says I trust. Well I will call you when I need you" "thanks" I shook his hand and walked back to my truck. As I was about to pull out Sean stopped me, "Hey you like working hard?" "yeah" "I can use as a laborer and go from their, I trust Mark, when can you start" "I have to give my 2 weeks" "Great call me later" I shook his hand again and went back to work. <br /><br />I called Mark and said "I got the job and I owe you" "you don't owe me anything Hutch just remember me when we get to heaven" "I will brother". I called Lane, David, and Bob my mentors. I'm going to drive for this company when I start working for them don't know. But I'm going to take a risk quit Westbay and give it a shot what do I have to lose? Yes everything happens for a reason brother and sister. People ask for different things and doors to be open. Maybe its a new job, healing, comfort, to be loved and hold, a brighter future, quit smoking, drinking, whatever it maybe, pray. I learned things the hard way, and learned a failure is not a person its a event. Lonestar said in one of their songs Mountains <br /><br />There are times in life when you gotta crawl<br />Lose your grip, trip and fall<br />When you can't lean on no-one else<br />That's when you find yourself<br />I've been around and I've noticed that<br />Walking's easier when the road is flat<br />Them danged ole hiils'll get you every time<br />Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains<br />So we could learn how to climb<br /><br />I have learned and gained experience from my mistakes. I have seen the dark and have been threw hell that's when I know thats my finest hour. When I climb and climb to the top, tired and cranky crying out in pain and redemption to my Maker for being stupid. On that mountain charging my way up their I see myself again. All these years that I have been a Christian, I'm just starting to get the message and grow. I believe this God wants me here for a reason. God brought me to my church parking lot for a reason. I thought I had everything going for me, I was wrong and blind. I need to move on. God takes his time we just need patience. I have a adventure to live in the wilderness. Follow Jesus and trust in him and we will live forever in peace.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-67366757147458708092008-05-19T22:19:00.000-07:002008-05-19T22:22:39.724-07:00Heartache and Cigarettes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGedVg8muxAAoiWzBpapmUOP3HjhEbZKZWeNU5Hxn-OwJlEa0ViR8JZ0XCQVS8D105kzLQUZvacNsCpUxAuYRREJHQTb8C44uZ9jAxaWIUzWDHNT511bys0TpHAUZd5sm222fD5j_YIsE/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGedVg8muxAAoiWzBpapmUOP3HjhEbZKZWeNU5Hxn-OwJlEa0ViR8JZ0XCQVS8D105kzLQUZvacNsCpUxAuYRREJHQTb8C44uZ9jAxaWIUzWDHNT511bys0TpHAUZd5sm222fD5j_YIsE/s400/008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202326157170566594" /></a><br /><br /><br />Saturday May 17th 5:00 pm <br /><br />I take a drag, shift into overdrive and head out west on Highway 3 blaring Montgomery Gentry on my speakers. The octane boost that I added to my gas kicks in and I’m gone. I’m tired and sunburned from helping Daniel move his sister. So I drank an Amp to keep me on my toes. As I cross the Hood Canal, birds are flying but they don’t look like it their just not in motion…their free. I see the Olympics in the background their still blanketed with snow. I arrive in Port Angeles at 6:30 and check in at the Port Side Inn. Rachel is in town from college break, I have not seen her in a year. I miss working with my old crew up here. She and David pick me up and we cruise the town. Sunday afternoon I woke up and went to the restaurant where I use to go and ordered a cheeseburger. I went to the gas station to buy some sun block but it was kind of overcast so their was really no point. Free and Easy by Dierks Bentley was playing, I couldn’t help it I accelerated top speed down 112. I finally arrived to the Elwha Valley where my old pad was at and drove up to the lake where I use to go. <br /><br />I walked up the bank sat down and I talked to Him. I told him I surrender all and everything to him. That I didn’t care about finding work being over the road. That I thanked Him for letting me feel pain and that He took the pain away. That I was blind to his will and that I wasn’t listening. I believe that God closes doors, lets us feel pain, so we can get closer and be stronger in Him. Everything happens for a reason. Then He opens up doors to something special. And when you find that thing you are looking for, you grab it and hold on to it forever. These past 2 weeks have been total suck for me. I tried and applied to 7 truck companies to get out of Dodge because I couldn’t take the pain. I have been turned down left and right. I waited to long since I graduated and companies are no longer highering new people because the economy is going down they can’t afford it. A lot of companies are telling me that I need to go back to school. That’s another 4 weeks to 6 months plus 5 grand. I could find work for some companies but they treat you like crap. Maybe God wants me to stay here and take it like a man and deal with it. I realized this, God wants us to love and follow him and love one another. That’s it! I’m a moron sometimes. I have Jesus! I have a stable job that I like; I have a roof over my head, awesome friends. I have been getting more involved with my faith and Church. Sunday was one of the coolest days of my life. This is truly iron sharpening iron. I talked to my best friend of 13 years who led me to God my brother Micah. I last spoke to him in November he just dropped out of society. Micah wanted to be a cop, he was going to get married but his girlfriend left him again. He was down and started gambling. He putted her before God. He wasn’t doing his will. He moved back to California near San Diego. God brought him their. He went to all these churches to find a one to call home. He found one and he is living with the preacher and he is an intern their as a youth minister! He told me that he was a moron and just finally got the picture. He doesn’t have a career either. Him and I went threw the same stuff. We talked for an hour. He told me to read Matthew 6. I have read this thing over and over before. I read Matthew 6:25-34. <br /><br />"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]? <br /> <br />"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<br /><br />I read passages from the Bible and I get the message but it sometimes doesn’t go with the flow that I’m seeking. Now that I just read this one it hits me in the face like a tire iron. Rewind, hold the phone, and slap your grandma. Why I’m I freaking out and down for! God takes care of me and you. I have everything I can ask for. Then I just read Matthew 7: 7-8 <br /><br />"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. I pray that if it is his will that he find me work and if not great. I pray that I be a better worker for him. God has been opening doors for me I just don’t realize it. He right now is pointing me somewhere I can sense it. I just need patience I don’t have I really need help on it. When doors close it wasn’t his will I just need to face that and realize that. <br /><br />I’m 24, 24. I have a whole life to live (God willing) I realized I’m a free bird baby! I have hardly any bills, no mortgage, no car payments, I’m not in debt. I wear shorts to work and listen to music all day. My next 20 years are going to be a blast! I adopted this I don’t care attitude. I’m going to try not to worry about my life. I surrender my soul to God on that lake and now I’m back and ready to start working for the Kingdom. I’m going to be a bum and follow Jesus. <br /><br />Honor.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-52540011311390490012008-04-28T14:19:00.000-07:002008-04-28T14:23:29.598-07:00My First Awesome SermonShalom, it is an honor to be speaking to you today! I wouldn’t be up here right now if it was not for God Bringing me here to you 3 years ago on a Wednesday night in the parking lot. I wouldn’t be up here if it Wasn’t for David St. Martin baptizing me at Delano Bay. I wouldn’t be up here if it wasn’t for Arlene Crow handing me the book The 7 habits of highly Effective people and telling me “if I don’t see you Preaching between now and 20 years we have a Problem” something like that I can’t remember exactly What she said. I wouldn’t be up here if it wasn’t for Mark Gilman saying “Hutch I can see you on CNN, You need to have a brand name” I thought he was joking at First and maybe he is still but I took it Serious. These past four months I have been on this Positive self confidant streak it has been totally awesome! I got great positive feedback with the Hutch Tribune which got this whole Encouragement cycle going. I wouldn’t be nation wide if it wasn’t for Rhea and Michele Griffith saying I Should have a blog. You get where I’m going with this…We influence One another! , we encourage one Another! “As Iron sharpens Iron so one man sharpens another” That Comes from Proverbs 27:17.<br /><br />Let’s go for a walk together.<br />I don’t care who you are, where you come from, your education background, your position in the workforce. You can’t make it in this life without God, family, friends and prayer. There is no way, if someone can prove me wrong I would like to hear about it. But I have proof that these 4 work, I lived it. Galatians 6:2 says this “Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ”. <br />I looked up burdens in the dictionary to be a official and it says a source of great worry or stress. February of last year. I went to truck driving school it was a 6 month course. When the 6 month came around it was time for my test. It was a bright Saturday morning I was sitting in my truck I was all alone in a vast open parking lot waiting for the instructor to show up. I was so nervous I could feel my truck shaking. The test was made up of 3 parts, pre trip inspection, the driving test, and backing. If I failed at any one of these I had to take the whole test over. I failed the pre trip inspection I was doing well until I got in the cab and messed up on my air brakes. I had to get a 100 percent on this. I called my parking brake my trailer brake I got my colors messed up… stupid red button. I had to wait another week. I wasn’t a happy camper that day. I told myself I’m giving up. Thursday came along and I went to Bob and Theresa’s for bible study. No one showed up it was just Bob and I. It was a good conversation between friends. I told him can we pray for my test on Saturday. I felt better after we prayed. When I was driving home that night I was motivated, I looked back on my life on how I got to school in the first place. I landed a 5000 dollar scholarship working for the Washington State Conversation Corps for a year. I was put on a crew of 6 working for the Olympic National Park in the mountains. I wanted to quit during the first 3 months but I stuck with it. In the end it taught me character, a better work ethic and what the American Dream is. I worked in the snow, rain, and hiked long miles, almost cut my foot off with a chainsaw. I almost went falling off a mountain, and a tree in Texas. I got lost for 11 hours in the mountains with nothing on me. I was thinking about all of this and I was going to give up just for naming a button wrong. On top of that I might have had to wait until July subtract 5 months from July you get February for you college people. <br /><br /><br /><br /> When I got home I sent out an email for prayers. I showed up Saturday and aced my test. When I felt my license in my hand it was one the coolest days of my life! <br />At the beginning of this month I took my HAZMAT endorsement for my CDL. In my opinion it is the most intense out of all the other endorsements. There is a lot of boring stuff that I had to study. I finally got focused after putting it off for almost 8 months. I studied everyday for a week and prayed to my Maker. Thursday night I sent out a prayer request for more support for my test. I showed up Sat morning confidant, with a positive attitude and aced it. When I was studying and when I was at work I got my self motivated, I pictured in my mind me passing my HAZMAT and driving a tanker. The test was easy, it was not that hard, actually it was common sense. Almost every question repeated itself. Positive attitude and positive thinking along with God and friends does go along way.<br />Mark told me that church is like a hospital for our spiritual health I never thought it like that. That’s awesome. These past 3 years I have learned what friendship is all about. I don’t come from a Christian family you guys are my family. Families stick together. It says in Proverbs 28:13. “He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” I was living and telling you a lie for the past 3 years. Most of you know of my confession I’m not going to repeat it because I’m still not at peace with myself. It was eating my soul and I was tired of running. The night before my confession I was having a war with my conscious. I’m going to be talking in the third person I’m not a skitsofrentic. The good Hutch and the bad Hutch were trading jabs. The good Hutch was saying their not going to stone you. I think that they wouldn’t be that upset. Then the bad Hutch started talking mess you need to find another church or leave town. I was looking online at churches… I was a moron. Then the good Hutch said if they are truly your friends they would show compassion and not leave you. So I wrote my confession and went to sleep. I rolled up to church turned my engine off and sat their for a couple of minutes. The Hutch’s were still fighting, the bad Hutch said “you can leave now, or don’t say anything and pretend nothing happen”. I looked out my window and stared at our church steeple the sun was reflecting its rays off of it. I told myself I’m going for it. I got out and walked slowly I handed my note to Mark. Then I broke down in front of a couple of guys. I came back in sat between Bob and Dee my “grandparents”. As Mark was reading my confession I held onto Dees hand actually I think I was squeezing it. I was waiting for people to start jumping like monkeys and start tossing chairs around. They didn’t they gave me hugs. They never left. <br /><br />I believe it’s a good idea to share goals with your friends and family. I found out that Goals means Godly objectives assure lasting success. In January I read this book called Over The Top by Zig Ziglar. It changed my life. It got me more motivated at my faith, work and relationships. Basically it was the groundwork for the Hutch Tribune. It talks about being content in what you have. It defines what you think about success not a worldly one. It talks about helping and encouraging people. In January I told my fellowship group and other people that I was going to quit drinking. That I was taking a break. When I say drinking I mean partying. I still have a beer once in awhile. I quit hanging out with my friends who were partying. People checked up on me and asked me how I was doing. They encouraged me. I found out that achieving goals is hard but it is also easy if you have support. Anyways that month I had no alcohol. God, the spirit took over my body, and every thing changed. This wave of positive self confidant energy came over me. I have been riding it ever since. There are days that I stumble and I get negative vibes. God has been blessing me. I got offered a promotion at my work but I turned it down because I would have to transfer stores and I like working with the crew I have now. Plus I’m not going to be at West Bay forever. I moved into a bigger place, I’m no longer living in a 25 foot villa on wheels. I can walk to my bathroom. I have cool friends, an awesome family, clothes on my back and a meal to eat every night. I believe that when I changed things changed for the better. A lot of doors have been opening and God willing I’m looking for the journey ahead.<br /><br />I will leave you with this awesome poem.<br /><br />We need each other...<br />In times of private pain, of fear and stress<br /><br />We need each other...<br />to share our joys, our times of happiness<br /><br />We need each other...<br />to hold on and be strong, and encourage when things are going wrong<br /><br />We need each other...<br />to keep the faith and love, and remind each other of all the things we're dreaming of<br /><br />We need each other... now and always.<br />Thank you God Bless you I love you.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-17662693453322191162008-04-16T23:34:00.000-07:002008-04-19T21:28:20.328-07:00SweetThis week has been totally awesome actually these 2 weeks have been a blast! My new pad is almost done. It is bigger than my 27 foot villa on wheels. I finally passed my HAZMAT for my CDL. I just got offered a job promotion at my work but I turned it down because I would have to transfer to another store. And the new store that I would go to, the management is bad and the people their don't look happy. I like where I'm at right now. I couldn't stand for 9 hrs selling parts. But what is cool about this is that I got noticed by the higher up guys. I always try to smile at work somedays it is hard. But when you smile it confuses people "why is that person smiling about" I will tell you why. This is America the Land Of Opportunity. Immigrants came over and said Gosh! this place is full of opportunity here! I have been blessed with a place over my head, I have clothes on my back, a meal to eat every night, a warm bed to sleep on, and a job that I get to go to every morning. Thats why I smile all the times. Because God has been good to me. I'm wealthier than most people in other parts of the world and I don't make that much. I'm telling you a smile, postive attitude, stay busy at work does go along way. Be obediant to God also comes in handy cause when I obey him he starts opening doors for me. God is awesome even when I'm in darkness of despair. I have so much to be thankful for. Doors are starting to open up for me.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-72815692406780637242008-03-22T22:50:00.000-07:002008-03-22T22:52:16.791-07:00DeterminationVol 5<br /><br />Shalom, God has blessed us with another beautiful day. To work for the Kingdom we need to have determination. This is a struggle for me just like the other topics I have been writing about. <br /><br />Let’s go for a walk together…<br /><br />Determination.<br /> <br />Saturday I woke up and I thought there was woodcutting but I couldn’t get a hold of anyone. So I went out to do some errands for my pad and buy some clothes. I was in Silverdale and just out of JC Penny. I felt like doing something creative to rekindle my youth I went out looking for a model airplane. I first went to Joann’s they had nothing, then I walked over to Rite Aide, I walked in and looked for the aisle but couldn’t find it. The lady at the front asked me if I needed help, I told her I was looking for a model airplane. She had a look of confusion and strangeness to her. She most of thought I was from another place and time. She said she didn’t think so. I looked around anyway found nothing. So then I went to Toys R Us and imagined this place as hell. Awful colors everywhere, kids running around, I got out of their quick. Again I was stopped at the front. The lady asked me “can I help you find something?” “A model airplane” I told her. She was cute and her hair was bright red, she had a look of angels. “We don’t carry those, sorry, good luck with your search” “thanks” I said with a smile. I walked out and stood their trying to think of a reason to go back in there to talk to her. I didn’t I wanted this stupid model airplane. I got in my truck and headed north to Highway 3 to the Super Wal-Mart in Poulsbo. This place had rednecks everywhere! My type of people I tell you what. I went in and found no model airplanes. I walked out by this time I was hungry and I haven’t ate anything. I went to Mc Donald’s to get some grub. The drive threw line was backed up so I went inside. The inside was crowded as well, ahhh! I screamed loud to myself. I ordered me a milkshake to calm my nerves and get me motivated for my quest. I jumped back onto Highway 3 back to Silverdale. My last stop was Michaels and it was getting down to the wire. The parking lot was an obstacle course people parked their rigs out in the middle of the lanes. I parked and got out. I walked in and I found my model airplane. As I was walking out some lady driving a blue mustang almost clipped me. Great I said to myself after all this trouble of getting this I’m going to get hit. It would have been a glorious death. <br /><br />The prophet Hosea had a weird calling. Gomer his wife, left him to become a prostitute, God commanded Hosea to love and watch over her as she pursued her heathen desires. Hosea had to suffer the humiliation of his wife getting busy with other men. She even ended up selling herself into slavery. Still Hosea followed his wife around, secretly taking care of her, paying for her needs from behind the scenes; he even bought her back after she became a slave. Hosea’s life became a reflection of God’s undying and self-sacrificing love to Israel, and ultimately to us. The prophet’s determination to love no matter the cost demonstrates just shows how endless God’s love is for you and me. God gave him the strength to rise above their circumstances and he will do the same for us. We need only trust in Him for true power, resolve, and grace.<br /><br />Well there you have it, I believe that these walks that we went on will benefit your works with God and help you as a person. I’m moving on to other things which I don’t have a clue. God willing, I’m going to wander threw the wilderness to see what He has in store for me. It is going to be a long trip full of sorrow, pain, death, happiness, love, honor… redemption. God bless you, I love you and may he bless you in whatever you do. 08 is looking great!<br /><br />Shalom,<br /><br />HutcharooskiEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-58829219163746412422008-03-18T20:39:00.000-07:002008-03-18T20:57:59.405-07:00Awesome creation baby!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOq3Dto-2MXVYxpshZq12-t-OWuHjxylxsV4F22o_1IZwwVCX3ujZWS6UL4iFsXKWbwYLTvj8mZKZPdiy8upeZfYHQeHFs4485DQqxy7i249E0Oy51NoH3-pdSbzTN0zExOe7StKhb6U/s1600-h/me+again.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOq3Dto-2MXVYxpshZq12-t-OWuHjxylxsV4F22o_1IZwwVCX3ujZWS6UL4iFsXKWbwYLTvj8mZKZPdiy8upeZfYHQeHFs4485DQqxy7i249E0Oy51NoH3-pdSbzTN0zExOe7StKhb6U/s400/me+again.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179297053538776850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZU4SYc8Xrggt1bT0i9fxLwJ0_Ooobqqtk-JXlhR_UayfKbTFhey7PriowR9FkJeAad3k8rJtmjlu8s-O3PhAhfej1vse1aA_nEy15meGUBL80ssVwjbJUXU3SSC3AwfM_pl9zsjLIQUA/s1600-h/beach1.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZU4SYc8Xrggt1bT0i9fxLwJ0_Ooobqqtk-JXlhR_UayfKbTFhey7PriowR9FkJeAad3k8rJtmjlu8s-O3PhAhfej1vse1aA_nEy15meGUBL80ssVwjbJUXU3SSC3AwfM_pl9zsjLIQUA/s400/beach1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179294055651604210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCVShf4dDCfv4xu7xmFnghqsiMvuqFCwy912UyqyVG7Q5PyfPZ3g7Os47uenncwagSEo67MWREQ2jf-eZ4TCE0vTmkLwqiSZbCYJZwQRaFer-s_g88vxRW5Eee7EHUFyxi_o8uYPwkvk/s1600-h/awesome.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCVShf4dDCfv4xu7xmFnghqsiMvuqFCwy912UyqyVG7Q5PyfPZ3g7Os47uenncwagSEo67MWREQ2jf-eZ4TCE0vTmkLwqiSZbCYJZwQRaFer-s_g88vxRW5Eee7EHUFyxi_o8uYPwkvk/s400/awesome.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179292668377167586" /></a><br /><br />I took these cool pictures when I was trying be pro picture guy at Pac Beach last weekend, I didn't even realized that the bird was in the picture!Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-51769560223214115072008-03-18T19:48:00.000-07:002008-03-18T20:37:31.637-07:00Real men cry and if you don't your a wuss.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_mM-ldRNgy5YMo57-59ersSnAyiIwQzgEjXCYNsxJSAN7Q68NEPU15ZkKLmblf9LcFXIOPMtX0uhiS3lkEOzxTZSNH2E3FVGOM90oGVu9QTaX9Ai95wPbHcquL0X1qNGHF4Ug-81OPA/s1600-h/tim+and+i.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_mM-ldRNgy5YMo57-59ersSnAyiIwQzgEjXCYNsxJSAN7Q68NEPU15ZkKLmblf9LcFXIOPMtX0uhiS3lkEOzxTZSNH2E3FVGOM90oGVu9QTaX9Ai95wPbHcquL0X1qNGHF4Ug-81OPA/s400/tim+and+i.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179279366863451858" /></a><br /><br />Last weekend I went to a men's fellowship that Charles Summers hosted. Only a certain few were selected. The topic was about evangelising to benefit the Kingdom. It was deep and you could feel the bond that each of us had. I could feel it deep in my soul. On Saturday night we had prayer requests and everyone shared what was on their heart. A couple of men cried an opened up and shared their thoughts. These men were tough guys too, it was awesome. Real men cry and if you don't then your a wuss. I was in shock because some of these guys were really strong warriors. I broke down before my confession to the church was said. I cried in front of some strong dudes. David and Jesus cried. <br /><br />"As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes."-Luke 19:41-42. Our Maker of Heaven and Earth who made the rushing rivers of life, cried! A Man who was crucified on the cross and washed our sins in blood, cried! The reason Jesus wept was that his patience was no more. He would bless them no more. He would destroy everything and pick people off. It was death upon death all because they did not know that this was the True Messiah. What a bunch of fools! They would not receive Him. They rejected Him. They crucified Him.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-61742487841243454772008-03-13T21:32:00.000-07:002008-03-13T22:53:28.564-07:00Just Work, Just Work"All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty."-Proverbs 14:23<br /><br />"He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty."-Proverbs 28:19 <br /><br />I love my job, I get paid to sit on my butt to deliver parts to businesses. I get to talk to people everyday and BS. I don't sit in a cubicle all day, I love it! I don't make that much, I thank God every night for blessing me with work. I bust my hump at work, I'm always staying busy. I try to have a Christ like attitude at work but I struggle. My co-workers like working me with me, I get a lot of compliments about my performance. My co-workers are cool (besides a couple) they make work fun! One of my managers told me that I could work hard as long as I want to but it wouldn't matter because they wouldn't pay me more. He didn't mean anything wrong with that all he was saying was that our company is tight with their money. I'm not in it for the money I'm just their to support myself. <br /><br />Montgomery Gentry says in their song "something To Be Proud Of" you don't have to make million just be thankful to be working. 2 years ago when I was working for the Conservation Corps in the Olympic National Park. I was making not that much, I was doing hard manual labor but it had benefits to it. My crew and I made some cool stuff and did some traveling. I made some close bonds. This job was only for a year and it was the coolest! In the beginning I was lazy and in the end my character and work ethic was stronger. I believe that if you work hard you will be a success. Colin Powell started sweeping floors and later became Sectary of State! I have a co-worker who is a slacker and everyone notices it. I want to cuss him out and put my foot in his you know what. But I just ignore it. I always try to put myself first at my job, and people are starting to rely on me more which is cool, I learned something new today at work! It was just a small easy topic but it was awesome to me! <br /><br />So I remind myself every morning it is all meaningless in the end, I don't need to make million, a big house, drive a Ferrari, and order a latte cream non-fat mocha french vallina coffe black grande. I just need to work to survive. And God willing I want to make a sucessful life for myself.Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-9393474363245791772008-03-02T20:34:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:30:48.032-08:00Hello, I'm a sinner.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5uN1yoYbtCbQDFgMJXh7VW6NgN0Lnq8-14ratMxwz2fz0_6wtGMEPW_BGXSboaZcu9WwQhtDfSrfxZvhG0bYUjnWosIXfU0L7HZq4KX_6bFKEJqUMYX4qnXB0n_l29vquZgGJtyt-Dtw/s1600-h/look.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5uN1yoYbtCbQDFgMJXh7VW6NgN0Lnq8-14ratMxwz2fz0_6wtGMEPW_BGXSboaZcu9WwQhtDfSrfxZvhG0bYUjnWosIXfU0L7HZq4KX_6bFKEJqUMYX4qnXB0n_l29vquZgGJtyt-Dtw/s400/look.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174512312991656978" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I have stolen things, deceived people, snorted cocaine, been drunk way too many times, committed adultery, been to strip clubs, and walked out on people. All of this when I'm saved, How about you? <br /><br /><br /><br />"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. <br /> <br />If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. Because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. <br /><br /> Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. <br /><br /> In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace."-Romans 6:1-14.<br /><br />I stand in awe of God right their. This scripture means more to me, now more than ever. God's love for us is amazeing, we die and given another chance at life. Everyday is a new day, yesterday is history. On 3/2/08 I died and started living finally! We are going to be found out sooner or later. Me, I was tired of running, I confessed to the church, the only friends that I have. I thought they would not want anything to do with me. The night before I was looking at churches. I'm a moron! With open arms they loved me and they never left. This sin of deception that I was living was tearing my soul. I had enough, I risked it all and asked God's mercy on me as I told my confession. Eveyday is a beautifal day my friends. 08 is looking great!Evan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521077515314293175.post-32994783406835403542008-03-02T15:34:00.000-08:002008-03-02T15:36:50.664-08:00EncouragementThe Hutch Tribune <br /><br /> Vol 1<br /><br />Shalom… This is my first issue! I’m totally stoked that you get to read it to! How awesome is that! What is so awesome is that we can grow together to benefit the Kingdom of God. You mean a lot to me and if it wasn’t for some of you I wouldn’t be doing this. 08 is great!!<br />Lets go for a walk together.<br /><br />Encouragement:<br />Barnabas which means Son of Encouragement. It was an appropriate name because he was an encouragement to all who knew him. There were thousands of Jews in Jerusalem who were converted on the day of Pentecost and the days following. They had not come prepared for an extended stay in the city, and yet many of them stayed on to hear him preaching. Their money was used up, and they became poor and in need. Peter who was given the keys to the kingdom by God, was the one who first preached to the Gentiles. But, it was Paul, who God chose to be his special preacher to the Gentile nation. When he was a new convert, Paul went to Jerusalem and tried to contact the believers there, but they were afraid of him. <br />What if he was just pretending to be a believer in Christ? What if he was really just trying to find them and arrest them? <br />Barnabas saw what was happening. He himself had the trust and respect of the believers, and he thought Paul was sincere. If he introduced Paul to the apostles in Jerusalem, the others would accept him. That's what he did. Barnabas told them how Paul had been converted and how he was now preaching about Jesus. The church accepted him, and he was able to stay in Jerusalem. Then bad dudes began to try to kill Paul and the brothers sent him to Tarsus. Later Barnabas would go to Tarsus looking for Paul again. He found him and brought him to the city of Antioch and the two of them preached in the city for a whole year. God sent Paul and Barnabas to Cyprus to preach. There they met a false prophet named Elymas He was an attendant to the proconsul, the government official. He opposed their preaching, and Paul called him a child of the devil and told him that he was going to be blind for a while. Immediately he became blind and started looking for someone to lead him around. The proconsul was amazed and believed the teachings of Paul and Barnabas. The Holy Spirit directed the work of Paul and Barnabas , and they traveled to many cities preaching the good news about Jesus. In the city of Lystra, Paul worked a miracle in which a lame man was able to walk again. The heathens of that city thought they were gods and prepared to offer sacrifices to them, but Paul and Barnabas rushed out shouting that they too, were human and were trying to get them to worship the true God. Barnabas was not one of the twelve apostles, but in this instance he is called an apostle, because he was sent by God on a special mission. John Mark, his cousin, traveled with Barnabas and Paul to some of the cities, but he deserted them in one city and failed to continue the journey with them. This incident would later cause a problem because Barnabas wanted to again take John Mark with them, but Paul refused to take him. There was sharp disagreement over the matter. Paul was unwilling to take a chance on John Mark, but Barnabas, always ready to encourage, wanted to give his relative a second chance. They settled it by parting ways. Barnabas took John Mark with him to the island of Cyprus, and Paul took another preacher, Silas with him through Syria. They agreed on this compromise and God's work continued. There is an sign that Paul and Barnabas worked together again, and in his letter to the Colossians which was written from prison, Paul mentions the fact that John Mark is with him, and he tells them that if John Mark comes to the church, they are to welcome him. Barnabas was truly the Son of Encouragement who always looked for the best in people, and his faith in them<br />was rewarded. <br /><br />We all need to be encouragers to others. We need a larger number of Barnabas-minded people. The challenge is before us. Scan the landscape for the outlaws, the overlooked, the rejected. Look for someone who has failed and is discouraged. I know it is hard but what do we got to lose? You are probably saying “I’m uncomfortable” good, so I’m I. I love you all.<br /><br />Strength and honor,<br />HutcharooskiEvan Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10131133953788173830noreply@blogger.com0