ya better back it up

thursday night got me thinking (as it often does), and i was reminded of, of all quirky things, a political discussion board i frequent. you see, there, if anyone makes any assertion or accusation, they better darn well have the factual proof to back it up. if they don't, they will be eaten alive and dismissed by the intellectual giants.
how true does that ring to our lives? at least my life, anyhow.
we claim to serve this awesome god of love, yet we gossip about our co-workers and rip them to shreds with words of frustration and anger.
we come to church to experience the reality of god, yet we put on our church faces and fake out everyone around us.
ugh i hate the humanity and double standardness in me!!!
i've been challenged to back up what i say. it's not fluffy prayers and fasting and serving he wants (now don't get me wrong, those things can be great)...dad simply wants us to back up what we say. i say i love him. he says great, now show me.
imagine how the world would respond to the church if we all actually lived out what we believed......

it's high time i darn well backed up my words.

i dunno, just more ramblings from the quirkster....

prayer

Hey for all of you out there in blogger land... my sister needs prayer... she was told that she has mono... so I pray for her healing.
You rock kiwi!
Benjamin

tomorrow... a new day... thank you

I am looking forward to seeing all of you fluid community people tomorrow! I find myself really enjoying all of you and the time I get to spend up here at CLA. Once again a huge thank you to Craig, Heather, Anne, Colleen and all who served for the conference. You all bumped it up a notch! Are we ready to do it all again next year?
Benjamin

Wow, what a great weekend... Thanks to everyone who made our "please identify" conference a huge success. I think the part I enjoyed most is watching our h2o group serve together. Thanks for putting every one else first h2o! I am proud to be apart of you all!
My prayers go out to Janett and Suzie. May Peace be with you.
Also if you all didn't catch it this morning, Suzie had an awesome pair of pink shoes on! They rocked!
Benjamin