“Webster defines Ragamuffin as this:

a ragged often disreputable person; especially : a poorly clothed often dirty child.

How true was this of my own heart and soul? Inside it’s easy to feel like a ragamuffin. Our sin can make us feel dirty, disreputable and worthy of nothing but Jesus came and washed me clean. He washed you clean. We once had a ragamuffin soul, but when we invited Jesus into our heart all of that was taken away. Don’t let the sins of the past make you feel like you still have a stain that isn’t able to be fully washed out. We were given a pure and clean heart without any stains when Jesus died for us. No matter what we have done in the past, when we admit our sin we can rest assured that Jesus has forgiven us already and we no longer have to constantly dwell on past actions.

We are not at all disreputable. We are all called to royalty. Others desire to be around us because we carry Jesus with us wherever we are. We can rejoice knowing that we once had a ragamuffin soul but now we are washed clean and a new creation.”

Primarily, the Manning quote that always sticks with me is:

“The Good News of the gospel of grace is that we are all equally privileged but untentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy.”

When I think about my walk with Christ, I think of the word “resonate.” I picture myself as a tuning fork intended to resonate the mind, will, body of Christ. The fork doesn’t make music by itself, but when “excited” by a Creative Force, it starts resonating at the frequencies for which it was designed. Like a tuning fork, my body/spirit was designed to resonate Christ. However, the junk in my life sticks on me like tar and rust, dulling my song and even changing my pitch. I need to pursue Christ daily in an attempt to chisel off the crap and get closer to the untarnished song my life was intended to sing. The more junk I strip away, the more purely I resonate as Christ moves in my life.

So, how does the word Ragamuffin work for me? It says I need to be authentic, so I can recognize I have junk, and am not perfect. But it also acknowledges that God intends me to actively seek to remove the junk I can, and accept the stuff I can’t. I will never be perfect in this life, but I can allow God’s word and Spirit to continuously purify my life so, over time, I resonate more purely His song.

To me the term Ragamuffin means a person who is a bit of a rogue, a person who doesn’t always get it quite right, but whose heart is often in the right place.

I love your blog, your music, and your heart for God!

Your video with the homeless guy, Danny, was truly awesome.

Is your EP going to be available through iTunes UK?

Love and blessings to you!

Awesome sauce