Well, here I am blogging again. I used to write a lot, but kinda lost interest over the years. I'm trying to get back into it, as it's kinda how I think. I'll be writing things down that seemingly came out of nowhere and be thinking "Now where the heck did THAT come from?"
Another thing that tends to produce deep life-altering epiphanies, random ramblings and painful reminders alike is music. I wouldn't always readily admit it but I'm not just about the angst-ridden rock'n'roll, I do have the occasional guilty pleasure band/album/song that I listen to. One of them is this cheesy acoustic song by Brand New called "Play Crack The Sky." It's absolutely awful, but I love it for just that reason. In it, the singer sings:
Your tongue is a rudder,
it steers the whole ship,
sends your words past your lips
or keeps them safe behind your teeth.
But the wrong words will strand you,
come off course while you sleep,
sweep your boat out to sea
or dashed to bits on the reef.
I guess it kinds strikes a chord with me. Our words are powerful, either breathing life into the lives of others... or snatching it away. Negative words are seemingly even more powerful. Ever noticed that you could get ten compliments about something but then one schmuck comes along and says something negative about that same thing and all you can remember is that one off-the-cuff remark? I really like the whole sailing analogy, maybe because I was obsessed with pirates as a kid. (I even wore an eyepatch. I'll have to tell y'all about that sometime =p) It's funny because the rudder is quite possibly one of the smallest parts of a boat, and yet, it is quite possibly the most important, most powerful part. To compare our tongues to it is a very apt comparison, because an unchecked tongue will steer you all over the place, even places you don't necessarily want to go. You know how I said earlier that I'll be writing stuff and say to myself "Where did that come from?"... well, I can find myself wondering the same thing when I say stuff too. And not in a good way, either. I crash my ship into the reefs like a pirate who just had a wee bit too much rum...
I've always prided myself on being a "cool" Christian. I love Jesus, but I also love sports, music, movies, etc etc. I think it's important not to be some aloof, head-in-the-clouds Christian who is totally out of touch with the world and what's going on. I guess it's the classic struggle to be "in" the world but not "of" the world. It's almost a bit like we're secret agents sometimes. ;) Anyways, one of my main struggles is my lovely sense of humor. I am beyond sarcastic at times, and like so many other personality traits, it's charming... to a point. It's tricky because some people can handle more ribbing than others. But just because someone can handle it doesn't make it the right thing to do.
When George talked about being a Christian in the world at church yesterday, I thought about the very same thing. Just how often I can use my sarcasm or humor to push people away. I tend to keep a respectful distance from a lot of people in my life, even people who I legitimately care about. I also can use it to tear people down. But the most distressing thing of all is sometimes I have no idea why I say what I do. It seems like I do it just because I can!
I'm not too sure where to go from here, blog-wise. I guess I've sorta hit a wall. The fact of the matter is that I know what I have to do, and that it's really just a matter of going out and doing it. But we all know that changing oneself is usually easier said than done. I definitely believe it's possible, because there's a night and day difference between me and myself, say, five or ten years ago. But it most definitely is easier said than done. Hopefully you guys got a nugget or two out of this post, and if nothing else, at the very least, have a better understanding of just how that hamster wheel inside my noggin works. Cheerio!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Judges 11
OK, a little back story first. I mean, you could just as easily read the chapter yourself... but chances are if you're here, you want the Coles Notes version. So here we go.... It's really the same old, same old... A couple more judges have came and went, lived, breathed and are now taking a dirtnap. Once again the Israelites have forsaken God and gone crawling back on their hands and knees to prostitute themselves to their idols... the idols of their very enemies! And again, God raises up their enemies to destroy them. In this particular story, the Ammonites are front and center as their prickly adversary. Now, the Israelites in their desperation cry out to God for deliverance.
Enter Jephthah. (Say that with a mouthful of crackers.) The son of a Gileadite and a prostitute (v1), Jephthah likely was *only* half-Jewish, and at the very least, was the typical lowest of low type of bloke God seems to always pick. Rejected by his half-brothers and sisters (v2), Jephthah ran away from home. From there, it would appear Jephthah was the original gangsta, as he had a "crew" who followed him wherever he went (v3). Yet, somehow, someway, the Israelites got it into their heads that this was the man to lead their cause (v5,6). Judges doesn't get into specifics, perhaps it was because he had quite a nice singing voice? The popular consensus at bible study was that it was because this ruffian knew how to handle himself.
Though initially hesitant to the idea (v7), Jephthah eventually comes around when he hears that he would be the man in charge (v9). Pay attention now, that comes into play again later. As it is with so many other men who at some point in their lives are pushed aside for one reason or another, Jephthah was left with a chip in his shoulder. Something to prove. He was going to be the man who liberated the Israelites from the iron-clad fist of the Ammonites... to make all those people who spat on him feel like complete and utter fools.
Anyways, Jephthah initially tries to reason with the king of the Ammonites, sending a lengthy message basically stating that the Lord had given them their land, and that gave them the right to have it (v24). It was essentially a staredown or a chess match, as the Ammonite king didn't back down (v28).
Then the Spirit of the Lord comes into our hero (v29), and he goes out to meet the Ammonites. At this point, Jephthah tries to cut a deal with God. Should God deliver him the Ammonites, ole Jephy vows to give God whatever or whoever comes out of his door to meet him. Like I said, he wants to win. I mean, really wants to win. He's like the super competitive kid who smashes the Monopoly board because he's losing. Well, except for the part where he's about to go out and destroy the Ammonites.... *ahem* ...but he's got that same competitive spirit! Also interesting is that Jephthah makes the vow, not God. It's not a covenant. It's totally ole Jephy's idea.
So Jephthah goes out and kicks some toosh. They route the Ammonites (v32), and a tired Jephthah returns home. Victorious. I can almost picture him. Sweaty and bloodied like William Wallace or Maximus, but yet, head held high with pride. He has redeemed himself. The lowly son of a prostitute, rejected by his own blood, forced into a life of violent thuggery and ultimately, the liberator of Israelites. He is a hero.
But his mood quickly changes when his daughter comes running out to meet him (v34). His only daughter. He tears his clothes in anguish (v35), and suddenly our story is more Shakespeare and less Gladiator. More tragedy and less awesome-hero-conquers-sinister-villain. But still, a vow is a vow, and so his daughter asks only for some time to go with her friends to "roam the hills and weep" because she would never marry (v37). Here the story gets a little hazy. We do know that Jephthah honors his promise to the Lord, but it was the subject of some debate as to whether or not that entailed a literal human sacrifice, or simply because she led a life of solitude, never marrying. Either way, Jephthah's lineage ended there.
So what can we learn from this? I have a few ideas, but I'm just the blogger. Just the guy who was supposed to summarize the story. One idea to hang your hat on - maybe it might be best not to promise God a burnt offering of whatever greets you when you first return home.
Enter Jephthah. (Say that with a mouthful of crackers.) The son of a Gileadite and a prostitute (v1), Jephthah likely was *only* half-Jewish, and at the very least, was the typical lowest of low type of bloke God seems to always pick. Rejected by his half-brothers and sisters (v2), Jephthah ran away from home. From there, it would appear Jephthah was the original gangsta, as he had a "crew" who followed him wherever he went (v3). Yet, somehow, someway, the Israelites got it into their heads that this was the man to lead their cause (v5,6). Judges doesn't get into specifics, perhaps it was because he had quite a nice singing voice? The popular consensus at bible study was that it was because this ruffian knew how to handle himself.
Though initially hesitant to the idea (v7), Jephthah eventually comes around when he hears that he would be the man in charge (v9). Pay attention now, that comes into play again later. As it is with so many other men who at some point in their lives are pushed aside for one reason or another, Jephthah was left with a chip in his shoulder. Something to prove. He was going to be the man who liberated the Israelites from the iron-clad fist of the Ammonites... to make all those people who spat on him feel like complete and utter fools.
Anyways, Jephthah initially tries to reason with the king of the Ammonites, sending a lengthy message basically stating that the Lord had given them their land, and that gave them the right to have it (v24). It was essentially a staredown or a chess match, as the Ammonite king didn't back down (v28).
Then the Spirit of the Lord comes into our hero (v29), and he goes out to meet the Ammonites. At this point, Jephthah tries to cut a deal with God. Should God deliver him the Ammonites, ole Jephy vows to give God whatever or whoever comes out of his door to meet him. Like I said, he wants to win. I mean, really wants to win. He's like the super competitive kid who smashes the Monopoly board because he's losing. Well, except for the part where he's about to go out and destroy the Ammonites.... *ahem* ...but he's got that same competitive spirit! Also interesting is that Jephthah makes the vow, not God. It's not a covenant. It's totally ole Jephy's idea.
So Jephthah goes out and kicks some toosh. They route the Ammonites (v32), and a tired Jephthah returns home. Victorious. I can almost picture him. Sweaty and bloodied like William Wallace or Maximus, but yet, head held high with pride. He has redeemed himself. The lowly son of a prostitute, rejected by his own blood, forced into a life of violent thuggery and ultimately, the liberator of Israelites. He is a hero.
But his mood quickly changes when his daughter comes running out to meet him (v34). His only daughter. He tears his clothes in anguish (v35), and suddenly our story is more Shakespeare and less Gladiator. More tragedy and less awesome-hero-conquers-sinister-villain. But still, a vow is a vow, and so his daughter asks only for some time to go with her friends to "roam the hills and weep" because she would never marry (v37). Here the story gets a little hazy. We do know that Jephthah honors his promise to the Lord, but it was the subject of some debate as to whether or not that entailed a literal human sacrifice, or simply because she led a life of solitude, never marrying. Either way, Jephthah's lineage ended there.
So what can we learn from this? I have a few ideas, but I'm just the blogger. Just the guy who was supposed to summarize the story. One idea to hang your hat on - maybe it might be best not to promise God a burnt offering of whatever greets you when you first return home.
Cool!
Cool, I see we have more "writers" here now! Hahaha. There are 6 now that I can see at the moment.
Hope to see something from everyone soon! :) This is exciting. Haha!
Oh, and I just saw this on tumblr, and thought it was pretty cute. Go girls!
And, of course, here's something for the guys. Lol.
Hope to see something from everyone soon! :) This is exciting. Haha!
Oh, and I just saw this on tumblr, and thought it was pretty cute. Go girls!
And, of course, here's something for the guys. Lol.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
BS: Judges10
Chapter 10 of the book of Judges made me realize that in so many ways, we are (or at least I am) just like the Israelites - that when all is well and going the way we want, we tend to forget about God and even do things not acceptable to God's eyes. And only when push comes to shove and we are at the end of our rope do we look up to God and expect him to save us from our misery right away.
This chapter showed me how much God loves us and how much he hates seeing us suffer. Despite the disobedience and abandonment of the Israelites, God still showed his mercy to his people when they cried out for his help after punishing them for their sins. But before he could do that, he had to see that they were sincere in their repentance and that they not only speak of it but prove it through their actions. The Israelites did not merely ask for God's forgiveness but were steadfast in their confession and destroyed all the idols/gods they were worshiping besides God. They submitted to the point where they laid their lives down at his feet and said in verse 15: "do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now". They realized that they'd rather throw themselves at the mercy of God than be left in misery of their sins. Ultimately, only God knows whether we are genuine or not.
I guess God just wanted the Israelites to understand that he's all and everything they needed. They recognized, eventually, that the other gods they were worshiping had no power whatsoever to save them. The same applies to us, we have to realize that at the end of the day, it's only God who has all the resources necessary to solve every problem we are faced with. And it's all up to us - if we let him into our lives and allow him to do to us what he will. I realized that when we are faced with difficulties and are in the verge of giving up, it's not "lazy" or "wrong" of us to leave it up to God. It's not like we didn't try. Yes, it is our responsibility to do everything we can to make things right on our end, however, us being mere humans, we can't really control what happens beyond. And whenever we feel like it's out of our control, it is acceptable for us to turn to God and pray that he will take us wherever he wants to take us and trust that we are in good hands as he has a plan for each of us.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Cost of Following Him
I found this while looking for some verses. And it was very challenging so I've posted it up to share with everyone.
Most of the time, when we look at the New Testament, we focus on the verses that make us feel good, that comfort and encourage us. But we must not also forget that Jesus taught many things that ask a lot from us. And just because we don't read it or remember it does not mean it isn't there.
It was never His goal for us to live comfortable lives here on earth. If we do get that along with the rest of His many blessings, that is all well and good.
But He wants from us our everything. When we become Christians and say we are Christians, it is not only by name that we proclaim whose we are. Just as we cannot say we are students and not study, or say we are workers and not work... we cannot be Christians and not follow Him.
Have you ever stopped to consider what it has cost you, and what it will cost you in the future to continue to be His disciple? Can you sincerely say yes to Him when He says the cost is putting Himself higher than ourselves, our families, and our loved ones?
How far will you go for Him? How willing are you to let go of the things you hold tightly and carry your cross behind Him? Your answer determines the difference between being His disciple and... just being one of the people in the crowds who tags along wherever He goes.
It is a lifetime process to be His disciple, but He says we who will not give up everything cannot even begin to be His disciples. He is looking at the willingness of our hearts, not necessarily our ability to give things up. For the Bible says we can do all things through Christ the Lord who strengthens us. And when He asks us to let something go, He will equip us with what we need in order to do His will.
But He is not looking for disciples who will run away and go back to their old ways when it becomes hard to follow Him. You are either in the race or out of it. You either finish building the tower or not build at all. You either win the war, or not start it at all.
So the question is not whether we will be able to give things up for Him, but are we even willing to begin with?
Most of the time, when we look at the New Testament, we focus on the verses that make us feel good, that comfort and encourage us. But we must not also forget that Jesus taught many things that ask a lot from us. And just because we don't read it or remember it does not mean it isn't there.
It was never His goal for us to live comfortable lives here on earth. If we do get that along with the rest of His many blessings, that is all well and good.
But He wants from us our everything. When we become Christians and say we are Christians, it is not only by name that we proclaim whose we are. Just as we cannot say we are students and not study, or say we are workers and not work... we cannot be Christians and not follow Him.
Have you ever stopped to consider what it has cost you, and what it will cost you in the future to continue to be His disciple? Can you sincerely say yes to Him when He says the cost is putting Himself higher than ourselves, our families, and our loved ones?
How far will you go for Him? How willing are you to let go of the things you hold tightly and carry your cross behind Him? Your answer determines the difference between being His disciple and... just being one of the people in the crowds who tags along wherever He goes.
It is a lifetime process to be His disciple, but He says we who will not give up everything cannot even begin to be His disciples. He is looking at the willingness of our hearts, not necessarily our ability to give things up. For the Bible says we can do all things through Christ the Lord who strengthens us. And when He asks us to let something go, He will equip us with what we need in order to do His will.
But He is not looking for disciples who will run away and go back to their old ways when it becomes hard to follow Him. You are either in the race or out of it. You either finish building the tower or not build at all. You either win the war, or not start it at all.
So the question is not whether we will be able to give things up for Him, but are we even willing to begin with?
Luke 14
The Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.
34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.
“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Deus Est Caritas
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."
- 1 John 4:18
The word "love" here is agape. It means charitable love. Charity, in this verse, must not be confused as "benevolent giving." It means an unlimited loving-kindness, despite any circumstance. It is God's love for mankind. Charity glorifies and reflects the nature of God. It is self-sacrificial, in its most extreme. This is God's sacrifice: that he came down and died for man, that man may have eternal life.
"Perfect", in this verse, is the greek word, "teleios." It means finished, full-grown, brought to its end, lacking nothing neccesary to completeness. God understand it is a process to be dwelling in perfect love. To reach that point takes time. It is not an immediate result. It is made complete, made to lack nothing. Perfect, here, means that love has matured. Now, how does love matures? Love matures through fellowship with Him. He! And only He embodies agape, the unlimited, non-circumstantial, emotion-independent, selfless Love. Fellowship with Jesus and intimacy - deep, sweet intimacy with God, will make perfect what was infantile - what was imperfect in us.
To know how to love, to know the agape form of love or caritas (charity) is, in essence, to know God. Because God is love. To know God in his fullness - with that overwhelming presence that only comes from Him - is to know Agape!
The intimacy with the Christ, Jesus, made perfect in man through the Holy Spirit casts out fear. Casteth (ballo), in this verse, means to throw out, or let go, without caring where it falls. It's to completely let our fears go, without being certain or apprehensive of anything that will come after it. It's total surrender of fear.
It is that awareness of Him, of Love, that fear is naturally cast out. It ceases to be a burden. Fear ceases to matter because of Love.
Fear here is phobos. Phobos is the dread of God. Terror! Absolute, absolute terror. Now, this terror does not mean the same as the fear-reverence word, yir'ah. This is phobos. It does not mean the fear - the trembling reverence of such an awesome, powerful, infinite being as God is. This fear, this phobos means a crippling terror of God. It is man's natural response to the exposing of his sin. Such shameful revelation and awareness of man's sin brings forth an unbearable shame and intense fear of God and His mighty Holiness. This fear sprouts from a spirit of condemnation, a fear of terrible punishment. And this is not necessarily "bad." (STAY WITH ME!)
Man should feel condemned and should be afraid of God. It should go beyond feeling. It is embedded, it must be deeply rooted in their souls. Man is afraid because he is staring at his lowly, pathetic mortality. His awareness of sin humbles and shames him, all at once, and with such intensity and force, that their world changes.
The whole world owes God this: they they have all sinned.
They all fall short of His glory.
Therein lies the gist of this whole thing: that we, as sinners, are justified by His grace. We are bathed in the blood that Jesus Christ has shed on the cross. It is His perfect Love that overwhelms, overpowers, and takes away the unbearable shame and intense terror of God.
He has come not to judge and condemn the world, but to save.
We have all sinned to God. We don't deserve any of this. But our faith in Him has clothed us anew. Jesus Christ has clothe us with the robe of His righteousness.
Phobos is cast out by Agape. The experience with Him casts out the terror of judgment from Him. Man is free to live a Holy Life, solely because of His grace.
He who lives under the terror of sin and His judgment has not experienced and have been made complete in Love/Agape. Or he does not remember what it means.
All of man should be ashamed and afraid of their glaring mortality against His Holy backdrop. But, God, in his infinite love, has cast out all phobos of Him. For He is love. He is just. He saves. He loves you.
And may we be made complete in His love.
Deus est Caritas. God is Love.
- 1 John 4:18
The word "love" here is agape. It means charitable love. Charity, in this verse, must not be confused as "benevolent giving." It means an unlimited loving-kindness, despite any circumstance. It is God's love for mankind. Charity glorifies and reflects the nature of God. It is self-sacrificial, in its most extreme. This is God's sacrifice: that he came down and died for man, that man may have eternal life.
"Perfect", in this verse, is the greek word, "teleios." It means finished, full-grown, brought to its end, lacking nothing neccesary to completeness. God understand it is a process to be dwelling in perfect love. To reach that point takes time. It is not an immediate result. It is made complete, made to lack nothing. Perfect, here, means that love has matured. Now, how does love matures? Love matures through fellowship with Him. He! And only He embodies agape, the unlimited, non-circumstantial, emotion-independent, selfless Love. Fellowship with Jesus and intimacy - deep, sweet intimacy with God, will make perfect what was infantile - what was imperfect in us.
To know how to love, to know the agape form of love or caritas (charity) is, in essence, to know God. Because God is love. To know God in his fullness - with that overwhelming presence that only comes from Him - is to know Agape!
The intimacy with the Christ, Jesus, made perfect in man through the Holy Spirit casts out fear. Casteth (ballo), in this verse, means to throw out, or let go, without caring where it falls. It's to completely let our fears go, without being certain or apprehensive of anything that will come after it. It's total surrender of fear.
It is that awareness of Him, of Love, that fear is naturally cast out. It ceases to be a burden. Fear ceases to matter because of Love.
Fear here is phobos. Phobos is the dread of God. Terror! Absolute, absolute terror. Now, this terror does not mean the same as the fear-reverence word, yir'ah. This is phobos. It does not mean the fear - the trembling reverence of such an awesome, powerful, infinite being as God is. This fear, this phobos means a crippling terror of God. It is man's natural response to the exposing of his sin. Such shameful revelation and awareness of man's sin brings forth an unbearable shame and intense fear of God and His mighty Holiness. This fear sprouts from a spirit of condemnation, a fear of terrible punishment. And this is not necessarily "bad." (STAY WITH ME!)
Man should feel condemned and should be afraid of God. It should go beyond feeling. It is embedded, it must be deeply rooted in their souls. Man is afraid because he is staring at his lowly, pathetic mortality. His awareness of sin humbles and shames him, all at once, and with such intensity and force, that their world changes.
The whole world owes God this: they they have all sinned.
They all fall short of His glory.
Therein lies the gist of this whole thing: that we, as sinners, are justified by His grace. We are bathed in the blood that Jesus Christ has shed on the cross. It is His perfect Love that overwhelms, overpowers, and takes away the unbearable shame and intense terror of God.
He has come not to judge and condemn the world, but to save.
We have all sinned to God. We don't deserve any of this. But our faith in Him has clothed us anew. Jesus Christ has clothe us with the robe of His righteousness.
Phobos is cast out by Agape. The experience with Him casts out the terror of judgment from Him. Man is free to live a Holy Life, solely because of His grace.
He who lives under the terror of sin and His judgment has not experienced and have been made complete in Love/Agape. Or he does not remember what it means.
All of man should be ashamed and afraid of their glaring mortality against His Holy backdrop. But, God, in his infinite love, has cast out all phobos of Him. For He is love. He is just. He saves. He loves you.
And may we be made complete in His love.
Deus est Caritas. God is Love.
Friday, March 4, 2011
BS: Judges 9
Judges 9 - Abimelech
The key points we discussed from this:
Thoughts to ponder:
The key points we discussed from this:
- Abimelech was a pretty good leader. Good in a way that he was able to convince the city of Shechem to follow him, and that after he had the Israelites following him to destroy the city of Shechem. He was crafty, and could make people follow him.
- Just as an observation, it is really human nature to be so flawed... as can be seen from Old Testament to New Testament
- He got money from the temple of Baal to help him with his agenda, and so in the first place, God was never considered in his plan to become the ruler of Israel.
- He killed his family on his father's side... and later when the city of Shechem, which had helped crown him ruler, rebelled against him... he destroyed the whole city even though he had familial ties with them. Talk about coldblooded, and ruthless, and power-hungry. He also scattered salt in Shechem to make the land barren, which showed that his plan was for the city to never be restored again.
- His half-brother Jotham's prophecy (and curse) came true... like the shrub that destroyed the trees who rebelled, so too did Abimelech destroy the ones who crowned him as king. Also in the end, both Shechem and Abimelech contributed to each other's destruction.
- Most important of all, God was in control. Even though it didn't seem like it and Abimelech was having his way... God worked through it and His will prevailed. This chapter shows that man has free will, and he can use that to direct his own path and make choices that are not in line with God's. But just because man has free will, it does not take away from God's own purpose and plan. Even from the very beginning of Abimelech's reign, God had already used Jotham to prophecy the end of both Shechem and Abimelech for the deaths of Gideon's sons.
- God does punish the wicked, but his punishment does not follow our assumed time lines. It was three years before Abimelech got what was coming to him. Maybe for others, judgment does not come during their physical existence... but God is aware of the wicked things that happen in the world.
- God doesn't manipulate man or force man to do what he is not willing to. He allows use to do what we want to do, but even then He uses our actions for His own purposes. He uses not just the obedient, but also the disobedient.
Thoughts to ponder:
- We say that God is always in control, but how much do we really believe that? Can we still believe that when things get difficult in our lives, and we feel helpless? Or when it seems that God is silent? God was silent when all of Gideon's sons were murdered by their own half-brother... did that mean He was not in control?
- Trusting that God has a plan and that He will carry it out is sometimes hard to do. What can Judges 9 teach us regarding this?
-3/4/11
Blog for the Youth Group
Hey guys!
We've decided to create a blog for the RCF youth group that people can visit to and also write on to share with each other. We'll be posting what we've learned each week during our Bible studies... and so if anyone forgets or if they want to kind of remember what we've talked about, they can read it here.
We can also use this for anything else related to the RCF youth group (hopefully).
Once I get the emails of people, I can add permissions so that anyone who wants to can put up posts.
I thought it was a good idea... but hopefully it actually turns out to be one. :)
We've decided to create a blog for the RCF youth group that people can visit to and also write on to share with each other. We'll be posting what we've learned each week during our Bible studies... and so if anyone forgets or if they want to kind of remember what we've talked about, they can read it here.
We can also use this for anything else related to the RCF youth group (hopefully).
Once I get the emails of people, I can add permissions so that anyone who wants to can put up posts.
I thought it was a good idea... but hopefully it actually turns out to be one. :)
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