I just finished a great book called, "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. It is pretty basic in some ways, but also very thought provoking. It's all about how we love or should love Christ. One of the points was this...if we could have all the friends and family we ever loved, have all the physical pleasures we enjoy, have no sickness, etc. and no Christ in Heaven, would we be o.k. with that? When I first read that, I got this sick pang in my stomach. I could have done the 'of course I wouldn't be o.k. if Christ wasn't there' expected answer. But, honestly, my first response was that I probably would be. His point was...do we really love Christ Himself or just what He has to offer? In fact, I've prayed since that He would help me fall more in love with HIM, not just what He offers me. The more I think about it, the more I think I wouldn't be o.k. with Him not being there. I do love Christ, but obviously I can love Him more, better, deeper, more intimately than I currently do. At any rate, it's a great book that I recommend. There are actually little on-line video clips that go along with each chapter, so it was neat to hear the author himself speaking and sharing a little more about that particular chapter.
Obviously, I don't write on my blog very often, as you can see. But, life continues to fly by...and frankly, in the winter time, that's not so bad! :) Right now, it's snowing hard outside and the kids have been home all day on yet another snow day. We did have fun sledding and playing outside for a while.
Until next time....
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I actually picked this book up this fall and started it a week or so ago. I wasn't real drawn into the beginning and have since set it aside. Maybe this will push me to pick it up again.
Tim and I heard him speak this fall and really enjoyed what he had to say.
so yeah, what jen said... we heard him speak at the Youth Convention we went to in Nov. it was one of the most amazing - never thought of it that way - messages i've heard in a long time. i have a copy of it on cd... should send it to you.
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