food for thought......

When I approach Jester dining, I have a very strict J2 mentality. A rule of thumb I have is that I never check the menu before I go. Personally, I really enjoy that element of surprise when it comes to eating. Every visit to J2 is an adventure for me. I wonder why I can't have that same kind of mentality when it comes to my relationship with God.

Don't you ever wonder why God doesnt just answer your prayers? Or why he doesn't show some amazing sign of his presence when you look for him? Doesn't it just kill ya to know that God's answer to a lot of things is simply, wait or be patient? Sometimes I just want to know how situations will turn out or what God is going to do in a particular area. With God I feel like I always want to check the menu. Somehow it's just more comforting to have control in places that are beyond my control.

Stepping back for a moment it's probably best that I don't know everything that will happen in my life. How boring would it be to know everything that was going to happen. I know that some food they serve at J2 just isn't that appetizing and frankly if I knew what they were going to serve up there.... I wouldn't plan to visit. Just like if I knew a flower pot were to come falling down from the 14th floor of jester and crack my head open... I don't think I'd ever walk outside again.

But when the story unfolds I can think back and realize that God was a part of it the whole time. God's work is more evident when we don't know the future. Would we even care about what's happening now if we knew how things were going to turn out?

Although we may not know what the future holds, we know that God always has something we can appreciate at the end of the trail. It's just like J2. Maybe I dont really enjoy the food when I get up to the second floor but they always have ice cream and I definitely appreciate that.

for these reasons
-Lincoln Brewster

For Your endless love
For the life You gave
For the second chance
For Your priceless grace
For Your healing hands
For the gift of peace
For the blessed hope
For the faith to believe

For these reasons I praise You
For these reasons I worship You
For these reasons I live to tell
of Your love to all the world

currently taking recommendations for a pair of walking shoes.

requirements:
-lightweight
-comfortable
-good ventilation (is there a word for that?)
-not preposterously expensive
-durable (will last at least 9 weeks of wearing everday, walking over a mile a day)

to be continued.....

"Ever The Same"
Rob Thomas

We were drawn from the weeds
We were brave like soldiers
Falling down under the pale moonlight
You were holding to me
Like a someone broken
And I couldn't tell you but I'm telling you now

Just let me hold you while you're falling apart
Just let me hold you and we'll both fall down

Fall on me
Tell me everything you want me to be
Forever with you forever in me
Ever the same

We would stand in the wind
We were free like water
Flowing down
Under the warmth of the sun
Now it's cold and we're scared
And we've both been shaken
Hey, look at us
Man, this doesn't need to be the end

You may need me there
To carry all your weight
But you're no burden I assure
You tide me over
With a warmth I'll not forget
But I can only give you love