Good and Evil

I am about two chapters short of finishing The Shack. If you are breathing, I recommend this book to you. Although this book is fiction, the author relates God in such an amazingly loving, kind, accepting, real persona, who could resist a relationship with Him. The Shack is a metaphor for the place we hide our pain or shame. The short explanation of the book is one man’s journey to God through the suffering of the loss of a child.

I learned and relearned so much from this book I could go on and on…and probably will in another blog, but for now it was how WE judge what is good and evil. When you really think about it, we can and do, judge the same thing good at one point or time in our lives and bad at another. Even people in our lives, we judge as being good for us at one time, then later somehow not so much.

How can the loss of a child ever be seen as good? How can mass devastation ever be seen as good? I don’t believe it can, but I do believe that God brings good things out of bad situations. So many people blame God for the bad things that happen…sometimes even people that never even acknowledged God before, but now He is to blame. We have become good at judging…how sad.

I’m sharing because I found the book to bring out so much thought for me that I can’t get enough. I love to learn, I love to learn about God and my relationship with Him. I feel so blessed and I know my blessings come from God.

May God bless you and yours!

Kurt Warner

Kurt Warner sums up two of my favorite things… a good Christian man and sports! Actually its church and sports…but those of you that are Christians know that WE are the church…not the four walls that surround us on Sunday mornings.

I could not be happier to see Kurt get another chance at a Super Bowl win and hopefully clinch a place in the Football Hall of Fame. He is a perfect example of a good leader…on and especially off the field. I am so grateful he chooses to honor the gifts and platform God has given him. He is an inspiration to me, as I’m sure he is to people everywhere!

God gave him is athletic ability and drive which has given him a platform that he continually chooses to use for good. He continually chooses to give God all the glory and bless others with his blessings. His is truly just a good guy…doing good things!

Other than the fact we had the occasional hello because we attended the same church when he lived in St. Louis, I do not know him personally, but he touches my life by doing good for people I don’t know either.

Go Cards! That rolls off my tongue quite regularly April through October (I think positively, yes it will be October!) because I love the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals, but right now it’s all for the Football Cardinals.

Choose to be a blessing to someone today and everyday!

Walk in Love

Happy New Year! I have never really been into resolutions, but I one of my goals for 2009 (actually a continuation from 2008 and will be for all my days) is to walk in love at all times. Obviously it goes without saying that it is not easy. And I’m sure some of you are thinking…WHAT! And others are thinking…don’t you do that anyway. Good for you for those of you in that group…what a blessing.

Now, I’m a loving, compassionate person, but if you consciously make the choice to walk in love…be ready to be tested. These are not necessarily big tests because a simple disagreement can lead to bad behavior. My prayer is to always honor the person or place I’m interacting with. Can you imagine what the world would be like if we all choose that. I may not be able to change the whole world, but the one thing I can change is me. I plan to have more peace in my life.

I pray you too choose to make a change that will bring you peace.

May your 2009 be filled with love, peace and joy!