my name is James McLean, i live in southwest VA, i am a worship leader, student, and artist.

there was a time that i was living but dead inside.

i came to a point where i realized that i was created by God to serve his purposes on earth.

i met Jesus and since then he has been reconciling me back to God. i am fully alive now and at peace with the Creator.

i live to do what he wants, sometimes i don’t succeed because i like myself and my way better, but God is patient and keeps pursuing me.

the world i live in and the ideas that surround me are not exactly in line with what God’s plan. i have come to a point in my life where drastic measures must be taken.

“A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence.”

17th century saint Francois Fenelon said this, “you cannot give place to the world, to your passions or your laziness. words are not enough to claim the kingdom of God. it takes strength and courage and violence. you must violently resist the tides of the world. violently give up all that holds you back from God. violently turn your will over to God to do his will alone.”

the book of James 4:7-8 says this, “submit yourselves therefore to God. resist the devil, and he will flee from you. draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.”

i am resolved to do this.

“i don’t want to be a product of my environment, i want my environment to be a product of me.”- Frank Costello in The Departed.