Figured it was time for another post. Life is going well, nothing to exciting, which is good I guess. We booked a cruise for 2013 (20 night Caribbean cruise) and we bought a hot tub. The hot tub is somewhat portable, so it is easy to move if we don’t stay in the place we are living in now. We are enjoying our place a lot and hope to be there for a bit yet. We still feel unsettled though, but not sure how to deal with that. So for now we just stay where we are, book our vacations and let life go as it is.
A few months ago we joined a home group/bible study group (whatever you want to call it). They aren’t bothered that we don’t go to their church. Everyone is much younger than us, but again, they don’t seem to be bothered by it. We have been doing some series called the “Passion” series by Louie Giglio… lets just say it is better than the first one we had started with. He is very much a excited speaker and because he talks mostly to teens/college students, it is very different. One of the things he talked about a few weeks ago is how we should resemble Jesus. To me I have no issues with that because that is how I try to live my life, but does he really realize how that might look to the world? Does he know that Jesus was a rebel and did things against the grain? I can’t imagine churches would be too happy with their congregation if everyone resembled Jesus… it would be utter chaos because the leader’s wouldn’t be able to control their people. There are so many aspects of Jesus that is so different than what people think. He came to earth to live our life. He experienced everything we have/did. He knows what we are going through with everything. There is great peace in knowing that we have someone who has dealt with it all.
Jesus is amazing and I try really hard to be who he wants me to be and to be what he was when he was on earth. Obviously me being a sinful human, I tend to screw that up every so often, but thankfully we are forgiven (YEAH GOD)! Jesus is a great friend and someone who loves to hear our thoughts, our desires and just how life is going. He knows what we are going through and can relate to us. I work very hard to resemble who he is. I love how Jesus was able to speak his mind no matter what. He said it the way it was… granted he knew he was right. I think I blogged on that concept awhile ago. I wish I felt secure in saying my mind.
Louie (the speaker) also talked about loving without judgement… all I can say is “wouldn’t that be nice”. I see so little of that in Christian people. There is always an ulterior motive for “loving” someone. Even if it is to bring them to church. Why can’t you love someone for who they are, not for where you can bring them. What does it matter if they go to your church? Let them see our love and then see where they go from there. Let God deal with that aspect of things. I say love someone without expecting anything in return. That is how God does it. He loves us no matter what.
Yesterday he (Louie) talked about Hope. I didn’t agree with all he said, but again, that doesn’t make any difference. He did talk about how life has it’s bad spots and they will just happen. It is hard to sum up everything he said, but at least this time I found it a little more interesting than his other stuff. I agree that God never promised us a perfect life, but he never intended our life to be this way. We have sin in our life and that is what causes the problems. He gave us freedom to choose and we don’t always choose the right things. We have hope though, which is nice. Even when crap is thrown at us, we have hope that we will make it through and we can keep going on. Never with all the crap that we have gone through, have I doubted that God/Jesus loves me. I know he is not to blame for the stuff because he gave everyone choices, and so decisions can be made that aren’t right and we suffer because of that. Why would I blame God for that. I know without a doubt that we are loved unconditionally. Jesus knows all that we have gone through and he surrounds us with his love no matter what is going on in our lives. That is some amazing HOPE for us.
So on a lighter note… it is friday. We have the weekend coming up and have no major plans. We will be going to my parents on Sunday and visit. Tomorrow we might just see what the beach will hold for us. In 25 days we will be on our way to LA and be visiting with friends and exploring one of my favourite cities. Then we will board the Disney Wonder and sail back home in the proper Disney style.
I am enjoying getting to know the people in our Bible Study group. It’s interesting seeing things from their point of view. I am made aware on how much we learn in life. I have changed so much in the last 15 years of my life, especially my views on Christianity and all that it entails. I have a much more relaxed view on things and realize that worrying about the things that make no different to ones faith is pointless. People can have their views, and I can have my views and we should all be able to live together with that.