Weekend's Coming

Its funny that I was thinking about just putting some fun and enjoyable things on here today. Thankfully, Stuff Christians Like gave me fuel to the fire that was going on in my head. I will say that the video at the end of that post made my day a few weeks ago. I hope that you have seen it many times. Actually, it doesn't matter how many times you have seen it, please go and watch it again. Its needed to kick off a good weekend. Have you watched it (again)? Good, now go and check this out. I have to say, when I saw the second video (and I won't spoil it if you are like me and read the rest of a post before checking out links), I was silenced by the awesomeness of God. Yeah, its time like these that I am reminded about how great God's sense of humor is. Thus, I get to talking about pretty much the same thing that SCL mentioned. We, our music minister and myself, shared that video at the end of SCL's post with our pastor and he met it with the laughter it requires. Our music minister then commented that he thinks that the Holy Spirit might inspire stuff like that so that we can laugh about it later. Of course, we aren't laughing at the message, but the cheesiness of the message. I don't know of any Christian who wouldn't think that "Jesus is my friend", but I don't know of many who would say that he is like a "mountie, He always gets his man". But, we could agree that his grace is irresistible.

Alright, I know that a bit of humor and fun is always good and thats what I am about today. I didn't really mention anything since Monday about our little group. We met and it was good. I was very thankful both for who all showed up and for their desire for the subject. It was a good discussion and just a fun time for all, I think. Then again, Andy Stanley is a pretty good speaker and pretty much can tackle any subject and make it interesting. The fun thing is that we are planning on having just a get-together time tomorrow. I am hopeful that pretty much everyone comes out and we get to build bonds with each other. Thats always an important part in getting comfortable to share and talk in a small study group. I think that it will be a good time.

On a more personal note. It was strange last Sunday. My wife and I started going to our church's small groups for women and men respectfully. Well, this past week, I met a guy who is new to our church and to the men's group. Being able to relate to being new, I introduced myself and told him a little about me and all that. I also invited him to our bible study and just generally tried to make sure he felt welcomed. Little to my knowledge, but my wife was doing pretty much the same thing to his wife. It was a very cool moment to talk about it later and realize that we were talking to the same couple, just separated. I don't know if we will become friends or not, but more than anything, I hope that they feel welcomed and part of church. I know how hard that is when you are new. It seems like everyone else is already part of some group of people that are friends and you are on the outside. Even though I have gone to my church for a couple years, many times I feel like that. I will be inside the sanctuary, after a service, and while looking around think that there isn't really anyone I know enough to talk to. But, I also think that is my fault as well, keeping myself from getting close to others and staying on the outside. The easiest place to hide, as a Christian, is in a bigger church. Unfortunately, I took advantage of that for a long time. Now, I am happy to be part of stuff and hopefully help others get involved. I am still working on that whole desire to be close with others thing, but thats good, thats a fruitful endeavor. We will see how that goes.

Sorry to get a little serious on such a whimsical post. Thats ok, its the weekend and time for us to enjoy a couple days off. Maybe God has something for you this weekend, whether it be in a message, or in a song, or just hanging out with some friends. I pray that you will keep yourself open to that and share it with some one who you trust. I will be back on Monday.