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My Lifegroup has only met twice and it is already becoming something amazing! We have had some pretty cool discussions, but something stood out to me on Monday. We have been watching the Nooma videos by Rob Bell, and we recently saw one entitled Luggage. It deals with forgiveness, which is one of the hardest and most difficult thing for some people to deal with and talk about, but it turned into more of a conversation about storms in our lives.
After the video, we were talking about some of the things that have happened in our lives that we have had trouble dealing with and forgiving. Some people may ask, “Why is God putting me through this? Is He punishing me? What did I do wrong?” But a guy in the group said he didn’t look at it that way. He said, “I don’t think God is punishing me in any way, I think I had to go through some things because it is the only way He could get it into my hard head.”
So true. We have to go through certain things in our life so that we can truly see what perhaps God has been trying to get us to see for a while. Or for us to see truly understand and appreciate something to come in the future. But this trial or rough stretch is the only way He could get through to us or show us.
This is definitely not easy to grasp when you are smack in the middle of one of the hardest times of life, but just knowing that God is there with you every step is something in itself. He is there.
There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his own son, all the way until you reached this place. Deuteronomy 1:31
Without the rain there would be no rainbow, right?
Okay, okay… I get it, I need to update you on the whole puppy situation and I will. Here is the story of our dear beloved Sully. I don’t have him anymore. He was mine for a week, however it was not the right time, place, etc. Puppies are hard work, so I had to sell him to a nice lady in Fayetteville. But, she changed his name to Tyler. Yes he is a dog, and his name is Tyler.
I have been getting a lot of slack from certain people that will not be named, but I think it was the right thing to do. It was sad and hard to give him away. Maybe an older dog that was already trained would have been better, but there’s nothing we can do about it now. I hope you all don’t think less of me now, but that’s what happened.
He arrives on Thursday! I am so excited. It is the cutest thing you have ever seen in your life, well maybe not, but it’s pretty darn cute. He is a nine week old Cock-a-Poo, which is a cocker spaniel and poodle mix. He will be around 12-15 pounds. When I walked into the breeder’s house today, I wasn’t for sure that I was going to get one. I was going to wait and see how I felt about the breed. But when I saw him, I just knew that he was the one that I was supposed to get. There were 3 other dogs to choose from, and all were adorable, but it was no question. His name is Sullivan Rufus Poston, and will go by Sulley.
I am going to pick him up Thursday night in Maysville, NC, which is about an hour outside of Wilmington, but it is going to be so worth it. I know that a puppy is a big responsibility, so I chose to not get him today and wait until Thursday. I want to be prepared for the big arrival! I have a trip to PetsMart to pick out a collar, leash, dog bowls, toys, treat, food, etc. I need to find a place to train him too. I am so excited! Thanks Amanda Vestal for helping me out with this puppy emergency and picking out the best dog. I will definitely be putting up pictures when he arrives and keep you updated on the training process.
Oh yeah, if anyone has any tips on crate training or dealing with a new puppy, let me know!
So if you haven’t heard by now, actor Heath Ledger from The Patriot, 10 Things I Hate About You, Brokeback Mountain, etc. sadly passed away yesterday. While listening to the details of what happened, it was brought up that a church has said they are going to “picket” and “protest” his funeral. Why are they doing this you might ask? Because he portrayed a gay character in the Brokeback Mountain movie.
Seriously? This just makes me so sad. First of all, this man’s family, friends, and especially his daughter are deeply and tragically affected by it. And you are going to try to take away from this by protesting at a time like this?
Secondly, this is why the majority of people know more about what Christians are against than what they are for. This church is going to spend their time, energy, money, efforts into ruining this guy’s funeral to prove that they are against homosexuality? Even if these people don’t end up following through with their protest, it has still been publicized enough, that many people in the country have heard about it. And what if this is their only exposure to what Christianity is all about? Sad. What I, as a Christian, am worrying about is doing everything I can to make sure that people know the real message of Jesus. And that is not anti-homosexual, rule throwing, hypocritical. It is a message of hope, grace, forgiveness, and compassion.
I am so glad that we are doing a series at Lifepoint starting next week called Shattered. You will just have to come to see what it is all about, but I am excited that we are going to learn about shattering the stereotype many people have of the Christian faith, not adding fuel to it’s fire.
It is easy to say, “Well, God is in control so I’m not going to worry about it.” But it is extremely difficult, at least for me, to believe this and not worry. To truly not let things creep into my mind and believe that God is going to take care of it with my whole heart. Worrying just comes from the smallest things, and has come up a lot for me over the past couple of weeks. But a few days ago, I came across this:
So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Matthew 6:31-34
I needed to hear this. If I seek God with everything that I am, I know that I already have everything that I need. So the lesson is: Don’t worry, be happy that God has already taken care of it.
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