on the flip side...
today on the way to class i decided to take a back road through a more rural area. i was cruising down the road and came upon a turtle making it's way across the street. as i raced by it's little head tucked quickly back into its shell. i felt sorry for the little guy because it was not making very good progress with all the cars passing by so i turned around to go help it out. yep, i got out of my car and carried the little guy across the road. my good deed for the day.
switchfoot was on letterman tonight. i really hope those guys aren't selling out cause they are cutting out some key lyrics in their songs during live performances. (nathan, don't give me any crap) i guess we'll see what happens when the new record comes out.
it was an interesting night tonight with the freshman guys bible study. i've been sitting in with these guys the last couple of weeks and we've been going through the book of job. well tonight we took a little detour and talked about spiritual training, why it's important and how we go about doing it. at the end of the lesson ian, the guy leading the study, asked the guys if they would commit to spending time in prayer and in the word at least three days a week. seems fair i guess. at first i wanted to go on some huge rant about how refreshing it is to spend time with the lord and that we really should do it every day. and how i now give up exercising in the morning if i don't get enough time with God. how i make sure i spend some time in prayer, not in the shower or in my car on the way to school, but sitting still. i wanted these guys to be excited about all this. i want them to understand. then i remembered that everything i have just mentioned pretty much started this week. i am 23 years old and it has now been nine years since i was a freshman in high school. nine year ago someone was probably telling me the same thing. nine years later i am starting to listen. even though these guys don't seem as excited about making this commitment or maybe they just don't no where to begin, my hope is that they don't wait nine more years to start spending time with the Lord. i hope that they see God as being so much bigger than thirty minutes a day three days a week. i hope they see the scripture as living and active. i hope they understand. i hope they don't spend those nine years separating life and God like i did. God is life. He is the giver and sustainer of life. He is what makes life worth living for. he is creatively, wonderfully and gloriously involved throughout the entire earth. i hope they understand. i really hope they understand.
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