Another day in Paradise

Well, today was day two of my new schedule with getting the kids on the bus.  So far so good.  Brenna and Brodey had  their first day of Kindergarten today.  They were pumped up to ride the bus.  And I even got a pretty good pony tail in Bren's hair.  I'm a work in progress when it comes to girl hair.  Poor Kennedy and Brenna.  We'll get there.  But the first day went well from what I hear. 
 Well the repairman was here yesterday. He put in the new sensor.........NO DICE!!! UGH!! I figured as much.   Becky got a call from the lady at the appliance repair shop saying that her husband (the owner, the head honcho) is coming out to take a look at it on Monday.  We'll let him come.  Willie and his sons do a great job with everything that we've had them work on.  We'll let them handle it.
  My tomatoes seem to be winding down which is ok with me because it's getting busy around here and I'm getting tired of canning.  We've been making some pretty great dinners using fresh tomatoes though so I imagine  we'll continue doing that until they're all gone for the summer.  I'm giving my neighbor some tomorrow.  I feel like I haven't been neighborly enough with them.  God has been convicting me as of late to love people more.

"It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the gospel.  It is a proud, sensuous, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity."

                                              -Frederick D. Huntington-

 

I'm currently reading a book called "Crazy Love", written by Francis Chan.  Here is what the back cover of the book says:
                     "Have you ever wondered if we're missing it?  It's crazy, if you think about it.  The God of the universe-the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor- loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response?  We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.
Whether you've verbalized it yet or not... we all know something is wrong.
Does something deep inside your heart long to break free from the status quo? Are you hungry for an authentic faith that addresses the problems of our world with tangible, even radical, solutions?  God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself.  Because the answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts- it's falling in love with God.  And once you encounter His love, as Francis describes it, you will never be the same.  Because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything."
It's pretty good.  It's made me realize just how lukewarm me and most other American's are when it comes to Jesus Christ.  We try to fit Jesus into our schedules instead of making His agenda ours.  We are like lukewarm water in the fact that we just try to not do too bad and make sure we go to church and keep up on the latest Christian music, but we don't have radical change in our lives and live like we are children of the Almighty God.   Jesus says in Revelation "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, I will spit you out of my mouth!"

OUCH!  I don't know about you but that makes me want to be on fire for Jesus and to put him first in my life not try to fit Him into my schedule but rather make His schedule mine. 

We need to be radical.  Love our neighbors like ourselves.  Love the Lord our God with all of our hearts, mind and souls.