A little poptarted
Tonight for dinner I made myself a small bowl of ghetto nachos followed by a second course of Frosted Brown Sugar Poptarts. I'm not entirely sure I am the kind of person who should be in charge of helping other people get their lives organized.
Also, I was listening to a sermon on the way home and the pastor was talking about shame and how we've been liberated from all of that. He talked about how when Jesus was baptized God beamed with pride and said in Matthew 3:17 "And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased" before Christ's ministry had even begun. God is not ashamed or disappointed in us or embarrassed by our shortcomings. He takes pride in us and announces it to everyone like an overbearing soccer mom. The pastor also made an interesting reference to Genesis 1:28 when it says " God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number" yadda yadda. He pointed out that God didn't tell them to be fruitful and then watch from the sidelines waiting to reward them when they had finally succeeded. He blessed them first so that they were able to do all of those things for Him. I see where this is going... touché, God.
Also, I was listening to a sermon on the way home and the pastor was talking about shame and how we've been liberated from all of that. He talked about how when Jesus was baptized God beamed with pride and said in Matthew 3:17 "And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased" before Christ's ministry had even begun. God is not ashamed or disappointed in us or embarrassed by our shortcomings. He takes pride in us and announces it to everyone like an overbearing soccer mom. The pastor also made an interesting reference to Genesis 1:28 when it says " God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number" yadda yadda. He pointed out that God didn't tell them to be fruitful and then watch from the sidelines waiting to reward them when they had finally succeeded. He blessed them first so that they were able to do all of those things for Him. I see where this is going... touché, God.