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It has been an interesting couple of months. My guys class on Sundays no longer exists to learn how to read the Bible but instead is a look at issues and a group discussion on said topics. So I have been working through a Driscoll book on some interesting church issues. Work has been extremely different since I was last on here. I now work full time near 48 hours a week indeed. I have some overtime now. I love in Norwich still which can be a hassle because the drive is that 30 miles it always was but I digress. I have been really concerned lately with what my role in the local area is. I have been mulling over some solid points in this book and it has caused me to wonder greatly at the different arguments that Driscoll brings up. I will have more on this issue soon enough for now I am signing off with this little tidbit being my reemerging into the blogging world.

Ni neart go cur le cheile.

Forgotten God. by Fancis Chan

Francis Chan wrote a book called Forgotten God. It is about the disconnect of the followers of Christ from the Holy Spirit. We all so often ask God for things and ask Jesus to help us through some trouble. Or thank them for what they have done. Yet we never really thank the Spirit for the ministry we get from it. Jesus even told us that he knew it was better for him to leave so that the spirit could come to us. To help us discern the truth. I like the idea that the Holy Spirit helps us discern truth. Because I have been teaching Sunday school for the 7th through 12th grade guys at my church as part of my internship. I have really loved doing it and we were going through Philippians and we got through to the 3rd chapter at the end. We saw that Paul had given them so many answers and the truth so well that at the end of the 3rd chapter he starts to be vague with his answers and starts telling them that they need to go to God and their questions will be answered. This is because after being spoon fed answers as baby Christians after awhile you need to be help responsible for what you learned and need to be able to show that you have attained knowledge. So I threw them a Curve ball and next Sunday they have to teach me what lessons there are to be learned from Philippians chapter 4 vs 1-8. This next week ought to be exciting!

Great Morning world

So this morning I decided to say great morning instead of good morning. The reason being is that God has seen fit to let me share my heart about the issues I had with worship music and live to hae another day after realizing my 3 year stint in the bad attitude jail house. I now feel refreshed. I had a great talk this morning with my mommy about our family. Her side and my fathers. We just talked for about 2 hours on the subject of family and where ours was and why our extended family acts the way it does. Which if any one is from a family of any size then they realize what its like to have family and all the ins and outs from there forward. I love my family nuclear and extended. I have always loved them and always will. I started to cry talking about the different things that have happened with uncles and aunts and how the love seemed lost and the love seemed to grow with them. I have always been some what of a ...extrovert even among my family hahah. And if you have met my family ever you would realize how funny that is! I would like to end this completely overdone excursion into my family life with this link to a Francis Chan video that has had me thinking and laughing for a few days now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA_uwWPE6lQ

Worship/Music?

So I have finally decided to admit that my heart has been hardened for about 3 years now. I have intentionally not sang at my college or church very often because I do->..did not enjoy worship music and I chose to let it bother me when people called it worship instead of just saying it was praise. When I first got to Davis I love music. I loved singing I loved the whole idea of it and not only that but I really enjoyed being in the mood to sing and the mood sining put me into. After awhile though I started to feel like it was all fake. Not my religion not my friends not my relationship with God but the music part of it. It is far to easy to use music to touch emotions. That's not to say that I do not have emotions or let myself experience them but...I have blocked out the whole let myself feel all touchy feely with God. There is one song in particular I really despised which had lyrics like I am a friend of Gods. I never really knew if I was God's friend....I don't know how I can be a friend to an Almighty Deity that I chose to worship and I try to base my existence around. But perhaps I am his friend that is far to much to go on right now. I suppose it is time to admit that tonight I had a break through haha.. into my spiritual life. I was watching a Francis Chan video and on it was a link to a Charlie Hall song. Now in all honesty I only went to his video to see his sweet Goatee ha oh my. Anyway as I approached this video with the bearded man I heard him start singing and it was tremendous not like the most amazing song not the most amazing video but it brought me back to God. I actually found God in this song and it put me back on track after a 3 year battle with my hardened heart and my mysterious critical nature of worship music. So after all this pouting whining and dissatisfaction with one form or worship to my God I have found love for him in a new...old expression.