Well, it seems my computer is going to cooperate today...

Have been reading the MESSAGE Bible, and it has changed my life...again... I have been reading all about David... Man did he have it rough. For a man after God's own heart, he really had a cruddy time. When my life is going relatively well, it reminds me that it is not always that way, and dispite what happends, God is good.

I have been looking at the Belief statements from the church i attend... and so far, it has been a really enlightening experience. I came across a verse in the Message and thought I would post it, because it like caught my breath... Eugene is quite the man...

"This is not all: we throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand-- out in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praises."

I also kinda discovered that the way we present the gosple kinda sucks... Maybe it is just me... no it is everyone. We assume far too often, and that is scary. In going through the believe statements, I have found that most of the terminlolgy we use is bunk. Man made, and Christian understood. How do we ever expect people to understand? or even want to... Just a few ecco's of my heart right now...

Sometimes i think back to the way i did ministry, like 2 years ago, (and sometimes now) and cringe. So important to love primarily, through actions... I have actually gone back to some of the youth and apologised at times because of my own agenda and my own things reflecting my faith, not Christ.

Father have mercy upon us...