Blogger's Virginity......going going gone!

So I was having a fine meal of Wendy's fast food tonight with some friends of mine and I made the statement that I needed to start a blog in order to capture these things called thoughts which have begun to so easily escape me. I would like to think that I think good thoughts or that I am capable of having thoughts that are worth revisiting so I think that this blog thing is more for me than anyone else but if you are reading then I thank you and I hope you find me as interesting as I find me. Excuse any hint of egotism but I think you need to have a great deal of respect for yourself if anyone else is going to and I happen to like me, I think I'm pretty cool. That said, I am a part of this ministry at my church in Raleigh, NC that plays a huge part in my life. I really can't imagine a better group of people to associate myself with. So anyway, my pastor Jeff Ramsey jefframsey@blogspot.com (if you want to pay him a visit) has a nice little post about men and the use of urinals which is from a few weeks back. Go check it out, anyway Jeff was talking a great deal about some basic Christianity which we in the realm of the Christian church don't quite get enough of. Sometimes I think we get cought up in trying to talk about something so new and cutting edge that we forget how badly we need to hear the core message of what Christianity is. If anyone in that audience (and I'm sure this is true) was not a Christian then they really should have gotten a very clear, relevant, and unadulterated picture of what it is tonight. Jeff layed out what is was to be a follower of Christ as beautifully as any human ever has before. CONVERSION; is it a moment in time or a process. Do you even really know it when it happens? What does Jesus say about it? or Paul or Peter? He kind of answered those questions but my favorite analogy was that of getting married and putting that ring on your finger. When you say I do and become a husband or wife for that matter; do you really know what it means to be a husband? Not really! You have a basic idea of what a husband is but you will be continually learning what being a husband is really all about. The relationship is ever changing and so it must be with God. I am continually learning more and more what it means to be a Christian, to be his follower. To know how long and how deep and how wide IS the love of Christ. I don't know yet; not so sure that I can know on this earth but, no less, I suppose I should continue to seek His will for me while I'm on this journey called life. All this talk about beautifully explaining the gospel of Jesus and I haven't even given it a shot. Well, here it is. That element of time that I mentioned earlier does seem to be identified as a very specific moment. A moment when one says in his inner being that I do believe that Jesus was God's son and that He did die and was raised again by God and I acknowledge Him as my Lord. That must be a grand thing in heaven when someone says this or something like this to God. Its like a son looking his father in the eye and saying, "I love you Dad, thanks for putting me through college" or a when a good friend picks you up off the floor, smacks you around a bit and says hey, "its just a girl mate, they don't know any better". Girls, don't get mad................everyone knows that you know better. Its like heaven and earth align for those moments when a human connects with this all-powerful force that created it. To quote Donald Miller, it's quite beautiful really.

So, I'm off to bed but I'll have to come back soon to explain why Boy's need Squirrel Coaches. That should be a good one.

Later Dudes,
Al