Along The Way (9/Mar./2006)
Thursday... Well, I see that Sheet-Metal Jesus sold for $1575 on eBay. What a bargain! We missed out.
I had a great time early this morning with my reading group (there's only three of us, but the word 'group' makes it sound impressive) talking about chapter one of The Ragamuffin Gospel. Having read the book a couple of months ago, it is a blessing for me to revisit it now with the guys and think back through some of the passages that strike them. I highly recommend this kind of a reading group - the insights and musings of other readers can make books take on a whole new light and can give you a glimpse of where God is at work in each others lives.
Breathing again after the NFL owners and players struck a new collective bargaining deal. Most importantly this means we won't lose football any time soon to a labor strike, but in the world of a Buccaneer fan like me it means some of my favorite players won't need to become salary cap casualties. There is a God!
I've been reading through Jeremiah this last couple of weeks, a chapter or so a night and thinking on it as I go to sleep. I am struck by how 'prone to wander' I am. While I am not out carving idols of wood and bowing down to them, I am prone to set my affections on lesser 'gods'. I am also struck by how jealous God is for the affections of His people. I am so thankful for grace. I certainly don't deserve His unwavering love. And the fact that He wants me to be in a relationship with Him, and to know Him blows me away. Check this from chapter 9:
"Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom or the strong man boast in his strength or the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth - for in these I delight."
I had a great time early this morning with my reading group (there's only three of us, but the word 'group' makes it sound impressive) talking about chapter one of The Ragamuffin Gospel. Having read the book a couple of months ago, it is a blessing for me to revisit it now with the guys and think back through some of the passages that strike them. I highly recommend this kind of a reading group - the insights and musings of other readers can make books take on a whole new light and can give you a glimpse of where God is at work in each others lives.
Breathing again after the NFL owners and players struck a new collective bargaining deal. Most importantly this means we won't lose football any time soon to a labor strike, but in the world of a Buccaneer fan like me it means some of my favorite players won't need to become salary cap casualties. There is a God!
I've been reading through Jeremiah this last couple of weeks, a chapter or so a night and thinking on it as I go to sleep. I am struck by how 'prone to wander' I am. While I am not out carving idols of wood and bowing down to them, I am prone to set my affections on lesser 'gods'. I am also struck by how jealous God is for the affections of His people. I am so thankful for grace. I certainly don't deserve His unwavering love. And the fact that He wants me to be in a relationship with Him, and to know Him blows me away. Check this from chapter 9:
"Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom or the strong man boast in his strength or the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth - for in these I delight."
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