Do you have an alter?
I know that I've always been a little obsessed with Third Day, but this new album is absolutely incredible. The lyrics... the music... Mac Powell's voice... all of it is amazing. I definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone. Music is a huge part of my life and I rarely fall in love with an entire album because I'm pretty criticle, but I sat down and listened to it in it's entirety and was blown away. Please don't take my word for it though. Go out and get a copy.Anyway, enough of that. For those of you who are faithful blog readers you probably noticed that I deleted my last entry. If you read it, I'm sorry for you... if not, great. I read over it and decided it was too personal and I need to do a better job of watching what I write.
But I do have some good news, I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to geico. Ok, maybe not, but I did pass my CLEP test by a lot which means that next semester I only have to take 7 hours of class to graduate. Amazing! I can't wait for this semester to be over so I can relax. There's only like five more weeks of class before finals... including Thanksgiving week! Whoa... it's definitely time to get serious about school work, don't you think?
I have more exciting news... my daddy and little brother, Vincent are coming out this way in about a week for my niece's first birthday! I'm super excited to see them. It'll be a good refresher to get me through the end of this semester. By the way, for those of you graduating in December... you suck and I'm totally jealous. Don't leave me here!
So anyway, my best friend since I was 9 is moving across the country tomorrow and I'm totally bummed about that because I won't get to see her. But I'm also excited for her... she's ambitious and I'm sure she'll do great things out there.
On a different note I heard a sermon this past weekend and it stuck with me. It was about having your own alter to God. Is there a place, a quiet place where you know you can always go to talk to God? Not your bed, not even your church or prayer chapel, but just a place where you can meet with God with no distractions? The pastor told a story of a friend of his who was at a different church for a week as a guest pastor. In preparing for his sermon he went to use the regular pastor's office in hopes of using his books and and other resources. When he got to the office he didn't find the books that are common to most pastor's offices... he found nothing. Well, he began to wonder how a pastor could write a successful, meaningful sermon without any resources. So he went and opened up the closest and not only were all of the books he was expecting to find there, but he found a little alter. There in the carpet were two well-worn spots where the pastor had obviously spent hours before the Lord. This brought him to his knees because he realized that he had been putting to much emphasis on other resources and not enough on God, the ultimate resource.
So, do you have an alter? A little place where you can meet with God without the distractions of this world? I think it's a great idea. It forces you to go seek God instead of just being lazy and expecting God to come to you. Good stuff.
That's it from me, kids. Have a great day!
posted by Moving Forward @ 11:51 AM
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