This past week-end i had the chance to go home, surprise my familiy (even though i only saw them for a few hours/minutes, and help out at camp winter retreat. It was so incredible to see everyone, hang out with the youth group, and play in the snow a little.
This week is Founder's week at Moody, so all classes are canceled and instead we go and listen to amazing speakers (3 a day!) it is a little tiring, but is a nice break from studying...which i should still be doing even though i don't have class...
This morning, Chip Ingram spoke about God's goodness, and i thought I would share my notes with you guys...they are a little random..the blanks aren't completley filled in, but the just of it is there.(the theme of Founder's week this year is Who is God?)
We need to desire to know God, not for who we want him to be, or who everyone has told us he is-but for who he truely is-all preconcieved ideas aside.
God is good: and he is good to us because he loves us-simply because he wants us to delight in him and he does want us to be happy- God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him (a little john piper add-in there..).
So many times we have a low view of God-and how we think about God affects our response to him, and how we think God thinks about us will affect our relationship with him.
(it is like meeting someone for the first time, and stereotyping them by what we see on the surface....we may be intimidated by that person, and as a result, will not desire to get to know them (or whatever)...but when we do get to know that person and realize that they are amazing, not intimidating, and great to be around, we will respond differently to them.)
God is generous...and it has nothing to do with me...God is not good because I am good-he is good because he is good...nothing I can do can earn God's favor or blessing...he gives it out becasue he is generous..not because I deserve anything.
However, if we are to get that blessing, sometimes risk is involved. Where there is no risk there is no faith..if we will allow God to move us to that place that HE wants us/where he is wanting to give us something amazing-it will most likely be out of our comfort zone...it requires us to be moved beyond ourselves.
Jesus is the supreme expression of God's Goodness. the cross. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us that we may have access to the Father.
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Hey Mary, that's cool. Miss you!
I looked in Willow's closet yesterday...and there was no 'marmar' :(
so, in a true expression of despair, I painted the entire room pink. Not pale, soft, sweet pink. The kind of pink that a four year old picks out, their eyes widening in surprise as you say, "sure. we'll paint it today."
The scariest part is, it looks ,,um, good.
I stamped tiny gold stars on the walls in a swirly path and put a gold canopy over Ginger's bed. It's your fault - had you been still in the closet, you could have stopped me. Love,bigsis
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