*she said she's had enough*
(so it sounds to me like you're straight out of luck)
I'm house sitting for April over the weekend, and then after church on Sunday, I'll be on my way to NASHVILLE! I'm super stoked to be going down there on my own to meet up with Chris and check out Gotee Records and wherever else we end up going.
Have you checked out nooma.com? If not, you should. This really young and post-modern seeming preacher has made a series of 10-15 minute clips. They are absolutely amazing...I watched the "Orange One" last night at my fellowship and as always, it blew me out of the water.
The premise of the film is this: a little boy is begging his father to buy a toy for him that the father knows will just break and leave him upset. The father has to pick up the son and carry him out of the mall, but he takes him across the street and lets him have his pick of kickballs (he chooses the OOOANGE ONE).
I really see how much I've been throwing a tantrum at the kiosk with the junky toys begging God to give me what I want. "But I NEED it! I thought you LOVED me!!"
I've been telling God that if He will just give me this one thing that I will be happy.
He's a lot bigger than me and seeing as how he can see into the future and I can't, AND trusting that God is good and wants the best for me, I have to believe that I haven't gotten what I want for a reason. There has to be a good purpose behind all the times that God has not let me have what I want.
The real question here is what you believe about the nature of God. If you really believe that God is good...a loving God that can be trusted (as I do), it leaves you with no other choice than to place your trust in him and let him pick you up and carry you away from the things that will hurt you even if you want them.
Maybe God has something even better for me than I could imagine to want for myself.
When we hold on to things that God doesn't have in store for us, not only are we prolonging the delay of blessings to come, but we are choosing to look a loving God in the face and tell Him that we know better than He does.
That is just silly.
(so it sounds to me like you're straight out of luck)
I'm house sitting for April over the weekend, and then after church on Sunday, I'll be on my way to NASHVILLE! I'm super stoked to be going down there on my own to meet up with Chris and check out Gotee Records and wherever else we end up going.
Have you checked out nooma.com? If not, you should. This really young and post-modern seeming preacher has made a series of 10-15 minute clips. They are absolutely amazing...I watched the "Orange One" last night at my fellowship and as always, it blew me out of the water.
The premise of the film is this: a little boy is begging his father to buy a toy for him that the father knows will just break and leave him upset. The father has to pick up the son and carry him out of the mall, but he takes him across the street and lets him have his pick of kickballs (he chooses the OOOANGE ONE).
I really see how much I've been throwing a tantrum at the kiosk with the junky toys begging God to give me what I want. "But I NEED it! I thought you LOVED me!!"
I've been telling God that if He will just give me this one thing that I will be happy.
He's a lot bigger than me and seeing as how he can see into the future and I can't, AND trusting that God is good and wants the best for me, I have to believe that I haven't gotten what I want for a reason. There has to be a good purpose behind all the times that God has not let me have what I want.
The real question here is what you believe about the nature of God. If you really believe that God is good...a loving God that can be trusted (as I do), it leaves you with no other choice than to place your trust in him and let him pick you up and carry you away from the things that will hurt you even if you want them.
Maybe God has something even better for me than I could imagine to want for myself.
When we hold on to things that God doesn't have in store for us, not only are we prolonging the delay of blessings to come, but we are choosing to look a loving God in the face and tell Him that we know better than He does.
That is just silly.
posted by mandypants at 8:42 AM
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