Thursday, October 14, 2010

hello again blog

its been a long time.
there are a whole lot of life changing things in the works in my life. so i've been thinking a lot about God's plan and he works it all out. the insane complexities of perfectly orchestrating millions and millions of lives blows my mind.
i am a big fan of the tv show Fringe and one of the last episodes "the plateau" was kind of about that. they are chasing a guy whose intelligence is so advanced that he can predict how how things will happen and even cause huge chain reactions through small acts.
it reminds me of God who can do that with everyone at once. and not only does He do it but he does it "for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28) how crazy is it that God does that in our lives.
another part of the guy's ability was that in order to predict he had to observe them and collect data. God doesn't even have to do that. He created us and knows us even better than we know ourselves.
God has a plan and it is a good plan and it is so good to rest in that.
a C.S. Lewis quote from twitter the other day:
"There seems no plan because it is all plan."

check out the episode on hulu

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Garbage In Garbage Out

Listen to this song. Tal & Acacia - Garbage In
It is something I so often try to pretend is not true. Then I start wondering why all this garbage is overflowing out of my heart. Hmm... I wonder...
Luke 6:43-45
43"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
2Corinthians 5:13-15
13For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Is God overflowing out of my heart? Or is the world overflowing out of my heart?