Old Verses, New Revelation

Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you. 

Anybody remember that good old song, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness...."  I sang it a million times as a child and yet this was the verse that hit me square between the eyes this week.  A friend mentioned it in passing and it just floored me.  It was as if I had never heard the verse before.  Friends, you have to hear what this verse is saying.  Jesus is saying that this whole Christianity is REALLY EASY.  Yes you heard it here first!!  All those expectations, rules, works, and other random religious doings ARE NOT REQUESTED BY JESUS.  He just says SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD and then he says if you do ALL THESE WILL BE ADDED.  Did you hear that HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.  Love it! Love it!

Going to Tennessee this weekend.  Stay tuned for an excellent picture of the excellent t-shirts I made for my friends.

Sickness oh Sickness

Not much new here....I got rather sick....ok pretty sick.  It is hard for me to be sick.  I feel like I'm missing out on the whole world when I'm sick.  So really the world spins on and I am not that seriously missed, but I have always been the kid that never wanted to miss out on anything.  I rarely missed a day of school growing up for that purpose.  What would I miss if I dared to stay one day at home?  Would I miss the most important math problem ever taught in the 4th grade?  Would I miss the tragic breakup of Robin and Chad for the fourth time in 8th grade?  Would I miss my friends doing the most outrageously fun spontaneous activity after school just because they could my junior year of high school?  I seriously dislike missing things.  What does this say about me?  Hmmm.....

The Week to End All Weeks

My apartment misses me.  I sleep, I bath, I leave and then repeat.  This has been by far possibly the busiest week of 2008 to date and amazingly I can say God has fully sustained me.  I do not feel the exhaustion I rightfully should.  Woo hoo!  Though I can't say that God hasn't been putting me through the paces too.  I was talking to a friend the other night and I feel like she put it the best.  He's got me doing some things that there is just no road map for.  Which in a way is really great because it forces me to absolutely cling to him.  To constantly look towards him and ask, "Left, right, up, or down?"  Though its been new and foreign I can't say it hasn't been great.  Doing all of life with God just has no comparison to anything else I've ever experienced.  Its fun and adventurous.  The best part is I get to be fearless.  You never realize how fearful you really are until someone asks you to drop it at the door.