Imperfection (God's love of it)
Florida was amazing! I got to go to the beach and I'm proud to say that for the first time since I was really young, I've allowed myself to get a tan. (I don't really like being tan because I'm already dark. Those of you who know me well understand my way of thinking.) The best part was getting to spend 5 days with one of the best friends I will ever have. I've known Stacy since middle school and it's because of her and a few other amazing girls that I was introduced to the Lord. She is an amazing woman and I love our friendship! I also got to see Jason which was a fun time, even though we got soaked. Almost every afternoon in Florida there is a thuderstorm, but we decided to not let it bother us. :o) AND I caught my own sand dollars! Yeah, so I hadn't been an east coast beach in like 10 years. I was like a child playing in the waves and then on the gulf side we hunted for shells and the like. Good times.Without getting too personal, as most of you know I've been in a funk for almost 2 years and it's totally been weighing me down. Well Stace gave me this book called Messy Spirituality by Michael Yaconelli. I'm only a chapter and a half into it, but so far so good. He is a very old pastor of a church of "bad christians." Stacy gave me an overview of it and it's basically about "God's annoying love for imperfect people." If there was ever a book I should be reading it's this one.
I feel like some of us have been made to believe that we have to be a certain way in order to be "spiritual", but that's not the case at all. It's true that it's best to give up the things that don't feed you, but if a swear word flies out of your mouth when you get frustrated it shouldn't somehow make you less spiritual, am I right? This almost goes against everything I've ever been taught, but you don't HAVE to give up everything and change. It's better that you do and you will most likely be more fruitful, but imperfection is what God is drawn to. That's not to say that if you're less imperfect that the next guy that God isn't as drawn to you. Yeah, so this is confusing to me... my brain and my heart are having a battle, but my heart is going to win every time.
Anyway, that's enough of that. I have an interview for an internship that I really want to get on the 25th, so be thinking of that if you would. It's a very challenging job and it would take up a lot of time, but it'll be really rewarding and a great learning experience.
That's all for now from Marion!
posted by Moving Forward @ 11:50 AM
1 Comments:
God IS drawn to imperfection. Good stuff. Thanks for being honest!
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