Week 2 at the new job

Well I have started week 2 of the new job and I'm still not used to the getting up around 5:30 am routine yet. The new job has it moments and I can honestly tell you I'm am so tired of seeing popcorn. The company I work for has a 5 year contract with Pop Weaver and the Boy Scouts and I spend 80 to 90% of my day moving, loading, unloading, and stocking popcorn. Don't get me wrong there is nothing better than a bowl of popcorn, some tea and a sporting event but I am tired of seeing it. Another thing I'm tired of is how my behind sweats while sitting on the tow motor for hours on end, I know TMI, thats too much information for those of you who don't abbriviate. Tomorrow will be a super long day, go in at 7 and work till 4:30 then have a 3 hour class to get certified on the tow motor again, thats gonna be a long day.

Church was good yesterday again as was youth, I really enjoy Sundays. The old fingers had a mind of their own in a few spots and had a brain fart on the last song when I forgot the capo for a bit but it was still all good. I really liked the enthusiasm that Nate had yesterday, really got people going. Youth was good with a little sanctuary dodgeball and hanging with some cool kids. Getting excited for Friday night when I'll be back on Solid Rock Friday Night again, next Friday we are having our 10th anniversary bash there which should be fun.

Sunday Set List:
All Because Of Jesus - Steve Fee
All We Need - Charlie Hall
How Firm A Foundation - John Rippon
Your Love Oh Lord - Third Day
From The Inside Out - Hillsong United
One Way - Hillsong

Hey I'm actually reading a book

There are a few things that I've picked up from my Dad over the years, love of baseball probably being one of the biggest, but one of the things he loves to do I don't do so much that is read books. I got him a book for Fathers Day, of course it was about a baseball player, Josh Hamilton and his rise and fall and rise again and his faith, and he read it that night, the whole stinkin book in one night. I can't do that. I do get in those moods to read a book, I recently read the book on Joe Torre and his time with the Yankees, good book. I like reading biographies to see how people have overcome something but I also like reading books that teach me something. I am reading such a book thanks to the Chrome Legend. It is Francis Chan's "Crazy Love" and I'm digging this book.

The last chapter I read was a tough one and I'm gonna read it again. The chapter was called PROFILE OF THE LUKEWARM and yeah my toes hurt, my butt was kicked so hard that I had trouble sitting down and some of the things he mentioned hit me like a kick to the groin, in a good way though. He mentioned something that hit me and here it is:

The American church is a difficult place to fit in if you want to live out New Testament Christianity. The goals of American Christianity are often a nice marriage, children who don't swear, and good church attendance. Taking the words of Christ literally and seriously is rarely considered. That's for the "radicals" who are "unbalanced" and who go "overboard." Most of us want a balanced life that we can control, that is safe, and that does not invlove suffering. Check out Philipians 3:10.

He also mentions that "LUKEWARM PEOPLE say the love Jesus, and He is, indeed, a part of their lives. But only a part. They give Him a section of their time, their money, and their thoughts, but He isn't allowed to control their lives." I think that we can all find ourselves guilty of this WAY TOO OFTEN. This is a great book and I suggest reading it if you get the chance. Early in the book he painted this picture which I will leave you with:

Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating, but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending. What a stunted, insignificant god that would be! If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep-dependant lives.