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| God. There is a God. I have no doubt that this is true. I don’t think I’m alone here. Though it seems like the ones with the microphones have already concluded that this is not the case, I’m not buying it…and I don’t think most of us are. I am not about to get into the craziness of proving that God exists, though I think there is no lack of evidence to support this (see C.S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Aquinas, etc.). I look around me…at the stars, the sky, mountains, waterfalls, storms, gigantic whales, and people and I think God. People are what really get me though. Call me prideful, but I don’t see any mindless, soulless, heartless, purposeless mechanism creating something like me or you, or anybody. If I wasn’t created for a purpose (outside of survival, reproduction, existence, etc.), then why can’t I get out of my mind and heart that there is something more to me. That there’s something great for which I was created. Why does my heart break when I hear of a friend whose wife has cancer, or when I read of a mother, which I have never met who has lost her little girl? Why is my soul warmed to the core when I hear my fiancé’s wonderful laugh? And why, when I am laying in my bed at two in the morning, is my mind consumed with thoughts like these? My answer…God. I believe the Bible’s assertion that there is a God, who has created the heavens and the earth and everything that is in them, including humanity. And not only this, but I believe that He has made us in His image to be in relationship with Him. This answers my questions above perfectly. The reason that I have a heart that sometimes breaks and other times leaps with joy and that I have a mind that is plagued with deep questions of truth and significance, is because I have been created by and in the image of a God who consists of all of these things, but in perfection. And the reason that my being screams that there is a profoundly wonderful and worthy purpose for my life, is because this is true, and this purpose is to worship and be in relationship with this God who has created me and everything else. | | |
| It is my hope, over the next few weeks or so, to post a series of my thoughts on life. These will not be incredibly brilliant, or something entirely new, they will simply explain (I hope) what I think about life. Please feel free to message me about them at anytime, but remember, these are simply my thoughts, and are always subject to change and adjustment. | | |
| This is going to be short and sweet. I just have to let everyone know how much I am digging the new Jars of Clay album. Seriously, it is incredible. | | |
| Alright y'all...here's the deal:
I went to a Matt Wertz and Mat Kearney concert (amazing!) a couple of months ago in Nashville and was introduced to this club, organization, service, ministry, etc. Here's a little blurb from there site to let you know what it is about...
It's unfathomable that 6,500 people die of HIV/AIDS every day in Africa, and what is even worse is the number of orphans left behind. This organization, African Leadership, is really addressing these issues. The staff in Africa is completely made up of Africans, and the organization empowers these leaders with the necessary resources to help their fellow Africans. They created this online community to help people who want to make a difference, but who aren't loaded, to do so. They call it the Mocha Club - because it costs the equivalent of two Grande Mocha's per month, and that takes care of an orphan's needs, or helps someone with HIV/AIDS.
I had to cut and alter this blurb a little and that is why it may seem a little broken up. Essentially, the Mocha Club is an opportunity for those who are not incredibly wealthy, such as myself, to give and serve those who are suffering greatly in Africa. I have been looking for an opportunity like this for a long time, and so I thought some of you might appreciate hearing about it as well. The way this "club" works is this...you give $7 dollars (or more) a month and you join a team (hopefully mine, since I am currently the only one on it). I am not really sure about everything that is you can do once you join, but it seems to be a small, more community-based, MySpace site. You can talk to friends, blog, make a profile etc. But ultimately, this is an opportunity to give to people who really need it and to do so as a body or community.
If this is something you would like to be a part of...go to this link:
http://www.mochaclub.org/join/702
Trust me...Starbucks will still survive without your two mochas a month.
Strick | | |
| Psalm 131
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore."
I wanted to post this in my blog, because it resonates so deeply within my heart right now. God has most assuredly calmed and quieted my soul and it is my utmost prayer that my hope will be in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Let us all bow in humility before our Lord who is Holy. | | |
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