These days my blogging (and my thoughts) is pretty random and sporadic. Today, I give you a few of my random thoughts:
- As if we needed further confirmation that Tiger is the best player on the planet, now comes this. Winning the U.S. Open with a torn ACL? And he’s been hurt since last July?
- I’ve always wondered, do you have to rotate the tires on a motorcycle? I’m thinking not, but then again….
- Joshua learned this week that mosquito bites itch. Yesterday he said to me, “Daddy, why did God give me these skeeter bites?” What do you say to that?!
- I had to teach Matthew 7 last Sunday, the part where Jesus says, “Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened unto you.” We had a great discussion on prayer and faith. I’m curious to know what some of you think. How do we reconcile Jesus’ statement with our experience. He doesn’t qualify His statement by saying that if we ask for the right things we’ll receive them. He simply says ask and you’ll receive. Yet, my experience with prayer is quite different. How should we understand what Jesus says? I don’t have an answer; just curious what you think.
- I’m at IMPACT this week teaching from the book of Micah. I’m convinced that Micah’s message of social justice is meant to awaken us from the doldrums of understanding our faith purely in terms of personal piety and to move us toward a pursuit of biblical justice and the righteousness of God. There is perhaps no more important message for the 21st century church to hear.
Hope you all have a great week.
already & not yet 
Here is a random thought for ya, the Cards and comin to Fenway tonight, and I think it might hurt ya Cards!I do have a lot of thoughts on Jesus’ words here, but for me it walks along side the James passage where James writes that if we ask, it will be answered.Tough stuff, kinda like trying to teach the Holy Spirit to a Kindergartener!
Not so fast, my friend. We were a Rick Ankiel faux pas from sweeping your precious Sox at Fenway. It doesn’t quite return the favor for Boston’s inhospitable sweep of the Cards in the ’04 Series, but it’s a start!I really wrestle with this prayer & faith stuff. I think it’s way more complicated than we make it out to be sometimes.
I humbly retract my statement. Just when it seems the ole Sox get their pitching together Dice K lays and egg! Your boys showed some good stuff!