and to appease the flic's in the crowd :) dun dun dun 2 posts in one night.


i leave wed for chicago... will be back sat. call my cell if you want to talk during the freakin 8 hour drive :(
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Sup 12:14 AM

 

It may seem strange, but being in the will of God is very far removed from just doing what God wants us to do - so far removed, in fact, that we can be solidly in the will of God, and be aware that we are, without knowing God’s preference with regard to various details of our lives. We can be in his will as we do certain things without our knowing that he prefers these actions to certain other possibilities.

One who inquires seriously after God’s guidance must never forget that even if one was to do all the particular things God wants and explicitly commands us to do, one might still not be the person God would have one be. It is always true that “the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Cor 3:6). An obsession merely with doing all God commands may be the very thing that rules out being the kind of person that he calls us to be.

What he wants us to do is very important, of course, and we must be careful to learn how to know and do it, but it is never enough by itself to allow us to understand and enter the radian life before the shining face of God that is offered to us in the grace of the gospel – a life pleasing to him, in view of which he can say, “this is my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased.”

- Dallas Willard “Hearing God”

Isn’t this an amazing passage. It is pulled in bits and pieces out of the introduction of the book, and I haven’t even bothered to explore the first chapter. I am waiting until I figure out if I am more concerned with doing or being. With which are you more concerned? Let’s have some real discussion on this.

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Sup 12:11 AM

  wow.. from useless to useful

i just got back from my youth group meeting, and 2 girls stayed behind to share with me and another guy (who spoke tonight), and we got to pray with them. they are dealing with some heavy crap. one is going through emotional struggles(and physical abuse) of going through a divorse, and one shared about a friend who cut himself all the time. Geeze oww... but i think we left them with some practical things to do. they were so brave for coming up tot us and admitting their concerns. pray for them......
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Sup 8:17 PM

  ever feel throughly useless?

I called a girl today who had let the church know that she was interested in recieving information on how to commit her life to christ. so i called her up, and tried to talk to her, and all she said was that she wanted to see what the church would send her. I asked if she has a specifc question or an event that prompted the question and she said no, she just wondered what we would send. i told her that i'd check it out, and promised not to pressure her to make a decision. blah.. i felt totally useless in that conversation.
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Sup 4:57 PM

  i would just like to announce that i am cc debt free... now on to those pesky student loans
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Sup 9:57 PM

  have you commited your life to God, or have you surrendered it?

which should you do?

is there a difference?
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Sup 3:40 PM

  Sup has sore throat....

that is a bad thing when he can't talk, and is supposed to teach on sunday... time for my yearly voice loss :(
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Sup 7:23 PM

  I am moving... into a house built in 1927. it's pretty sweet.

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Sup 2:06 PM