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.