On God's side

Jordan made me think of the Buddy Jesus.

Jesus is my homeboy.

Maybe we feel a more personal touch with Christ, because he dwelt among us, but the God of the Old Testament gets a bad rap.

Sometimes I like to talk about God the Mother. Fathers too often display lack of patience and revert to anger quickly. I'm trying to break that cycle in my family. In other words, father make God look bad. Mothers are usually more merciful and compassionate.

God is described in the Psalms as slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Do we talk to God anymore like Moses and the prophets did?

Have you read the story about Moses having to keep his arms raised to continue to win a battle? Side note: Why is their so much fighting in the Bible?

I love the expression, "You're either part of the solution or part of the problem." It makes our lives as saints and sinners more clear cut. With the best of intentions, sometimes as sinners, weak in the flesh, we are part of the problem.

Without even meaning to be.

Picture Moses again. Two other guys needed to hold his arms up and God was victorious. We pray all the time, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done." Sometime we need to hold each other up.

Let's be on the side of faith and God's kingdom. We will still be judged, but amidst our mistakes will be found to be on God's side.

We are getting a lesson in all-encompassing stewardship today at Kelly and Marcus' home, 7 pm. This may be the most important meeting of the year. Please attend if you are able (unless you're on the Youth Ministry, Finance, or Property Teams, which are meeting over the same time frame) and let's start this month off with a bang.