sermon on the blog.

i spent some time yesterday reading through my old blogs. some of them are funny. most of them are pointless. a few are personal. i mentioned God in two of them. way to go pastor rachel - two whole blogs! most of my blogs are littered with sarcasm..a great humor tool. mm. i bet 9/10 of my "readers" have stopped reading -- they've already navigated back to their facebook pages or maybe even shut their computers. so i write to the one who will listen.

sometimes i get so wrapped up in theology..[exegesis..biblical history..understanding..etc..] that i forget about how absolutely amazing the saving power of Jesus is. i spend hours a day trying to get to a place where i can be smarter than someone else at something. but God didn't make it complicated..that was never His intent. He sent His son..a perfect sinless being..to give hope. sometimes i feel so hopeless..i've screwed up again..add that to the list i'm gonna see at the end. there's no list. there's no list.

my mom showed me this youtube video the other day and i shrugged it off. something told me to watch it again, and it spoke truth into my life. so to the hopefully one person that is still reading this, please watch this video. take 8 minutes, and watch the whole thing. and think about what you would put on your cardboard box. think about the front. but then think about the back. because really, that's all that matters. Jesus covered that sin a long time ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDDc5RB6FQ

compare yourself to these people. do you think you're better? do you think you're worse? the first time i watched it, i thought i was better. my problems are not that big. the second time i watched it, i thought i was worse. my problems aren't forgivable.

to those who can identify with that..read this simple verse. and don't just scan it and nod because you've read it before, actually read it.

[ephesians 1:7 -- in Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace]

my spiritual life is a mess..i will spend the rest of my earthly life putting it back together. i hope you can identify with me on this one..you're not the only one who feels that way.

God is so good. so good. think about that.