Rob Bell, one amazing man.

so i guess i'll say this is my first official post. time to kick it up and get the ball rollin. anyhow, so tonight was connections. and we watched this REALLY GOOD Rob Bell video that talked about prayer. and there were two things that really stood out to me that were said in the video. the first quote that isn't really a quote, "how can we pray to God asking to bless someone else, when we have plenty to give ourselves, and aren't giving?" what i got out of this is maybe when we pray to God, we don't realize that we are the answer to our own prayer. You might pray for a friend and say God, just comfort this friend and help her through this issue. But if you really listen closely to what God says he's saying back to you, You are the answer I have sent, YOU are the comfort she needs. The second thing that really stood out to me was the fact that the world is an unfinished product. creation didn't just end at Genesis, it continues today. God made humans and gave them the power to create more, just as he gave animals and plants the same power. I don't have very much to say on that, just thought it was a cool thought, it made me have a new perspective. Moving on with my night, Sunday nights equal game night at Frankie and Denise's house. which is something that me, jo, and jared have come to look forward to and joke about Frankie's sunday night sermons. but its nice to have someone that will be real with you about the issues and that we can bring up questions to about our faith and beliefs. the sunday night sermon is just a talking session with the four of us. we started off tonight going around and telling what God was dealing with us about in our own personal lives. we ended up tonight going about an hour and a half. wow, almost like a whole church service. lol.. but we just talked about worship and ministry and its a great way to begin, or end a great week. so i leave you tonight with a simple scripture of the day, or couple days depending on when i write =):


"The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever."
- Isaiah 40:8