Today is July 1st, the annual celebration of our nation's birth some 141 years ago to this day. Not too much is happening at work today. Usually on a day like today I can sit here and patiently watch as vehicles drive by, waiting for the clock to show 5:30. However, being that it is Canada day, there are very few cars driving by, and even fewer phone calls of some person looking for a convertible or a Hummer to entertain me. It's weird, you would think on a day like today, that some work would to do would be nice, but really, I don't actually want any work to do right now. I would rather sit here and let time pass by, being entertained by my own thoughts and sending text messages to my Fiancée. Is that bad?
On that note, It's actually Jessica and I's 4 month anniversary today! We've been together for four whole months! Four months! Time passes by pretty quickly and soon, before you know it, the kids will be graduating High School, and off to college. Gosh, when I think about that type of lifestyle, my guts turn inside out. Not that having a family is a bad thing, but being stuck in a giant rut of complacency is.
Over this past weekend, it was nice for Jess and I to escape St. Catharines for a night and go to Toronto to stay with my brother and celebrate Gay Pride together. It's nice that we (as believers) aren't so high strung with legalism, that we can just be there to love people and not be a part of the Christians who are protesting. You would never see Jesus holding up a sign saying "God hates fags" or something similar. Never in the New Testament do you see Jesus acting in such a way that contradicts his very own heart for the lost. Instead, He loves all people, only desiring a relationship with them, and wanting all people to recieve His love. It amazes me to find some Christians who are directly opposing the very God they worship by acting in such a way. I'm not perfect either, but I do have enough sense to know that God's heart is for all people, otherwise I myself would not be saved. Jess and I were mostly at the Gay Pride celebration to be with my brother, which didn't give us much opportunity to talk to people, but we managed to talk to a few. It's funny, the people that we talked to weren't even bothered by the protesting Christians, but on the contrary, they were actually entertained by it... And wouldn't you?
Just think, someone has nothing better to do, but than to be present at a celebration, and being far outnumbered, they wish for their small, insignificant voice to be heard in the masses of what looked like thousands upon thousands of people (who don't even really care anyway). Upon pondering that, I think it's actually quite entertaining too. That's why I'm so glad that Jesus actually allows us to be real people (not that we have any reason to think otherwise), so we can have an impact on society and give them something that, deep down inside, are thirsting for. I'm so glad that Jesus doesn't want us to live a complacent lifestyle and that we, being mandated with a purpose, are priveledged to proclaim the Kingdom of God into the lives of people who are desperately searching for it, but don't know where to find it. Rules never changed anyone's heart, and they never will. What changes people is the heartbeat of God.
Until next time, ta ta...
On that note, It's actually Jessica and I's 4 month anniversary today! We've been together for four whole months! Four months! Time passes by pretty quickly and soon, before you know it, the kids will be graduating High School, and off to college. Gosh, when I think about that type of lifestyle, my guts turn inside out. Not that having a family is a bad thing, but being stuck in a giant rut of complacency is.
Over this past weekend, it was nice for Jess and I to escape St. Catharines for a night and go to Toronto to stay with my brother and celebrate Gay Pride together. It's nice that we (as believers) aren't so high strung with legalism, that we can just be there to love people and not be a part of the Christians who are protesting. You would never see Jesus holding up a sign saying "God hates fags" or something similar. Never in the New Testament do you see Jesus acting in such a way that contradicts his very own heart for the lost. Instead, He loves all people, only desiring a relationship with them, and wanting all people to recieve His love. It amazes me to find some Christians who are directly opposing the very God they worship by acting in such a way. I'm not perfect either, but I do have enough sense to know that God's heart is for all people, otherwise I myself would not be saved. Jess and I were mostly at the Gay Pride celebration to be with my brother, which didn't give us much opportunity to talk to people, but we managed to talk to a few. It's funny, the people that we talked to weren't even bothered by the protesting Christians, but on the contrary, they were actually entertained by it... And wouldn't you?
Just think, someone has nothing better to do, but than to be present at a celebration, and being far outnumbered, they wish for their small, insignificant voice to be heard in the masses of what looked like thousands upon thousands of people (who don't even really care anyway). Upon pondering that, I think it's actually quite entertaining too. That's why I'm so glad that Jesus actually allows us to be real people (not that we have any reason to think otherwise), so we can have an impact on society and give them something that, deep down inside, are thirsting for. I'm so glad that Jesus doesn't want us to live a complacent lifestyle and that we, being mandated with a purpose, are priveledged to proclaim the Kingdom of God into the lives of people who are desperately searching for it, but don't know where to find it. Rules never changed anyone's heart, and they never will. What changes people is the heartbeat of God.
Until next time, ta ta...
