Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The love of a son


Since my son was born 13 weeks ago I have begun to view God and my relationship with him so differently. Caleb is finally at the point of smiling an laughing. So I find myself doing the stupidest things to get him to show his daddy some love. I can't believe I care so much about trying to get a 13 week old to show me some love, but I do, and it fills me with so much joy to get it. I have begun to think about all the things that God has done to get me to show him some love, not that he needs my love but he earnestly desires it. What an awesome experience it is to feel the love of a son!

Monday, January 21, 2008

The Invisible


So I always drive past these migrant workers on my way to a spot that I spend time with the Lord, about once a week. It has been getting way cold lately, and I was complaining to myself about the 50 degree weather in San Diego in the middle of January, and there they were as always standing next to this fence. I looked at them like I had never seen them before, how could I miss them, they are always there. If you live in So Cal this is no uncommon sight. Migrant workers are every where, but so often they are invisible to me. I can't help but think that these people are the modern day sinners. As I have been reading the Gospels I have come to realize that the sinners described in the Bible were the marginalized that had no ability to live up to the standard that the elite of the day set, particularly the Pharisees and all their impossible rules. The sinners were the low class, the unacceptable, the foreigners in a strange land, those unable to reach the norm that society set because of circumstances beyond their control, they were the invisible. And the Pharisees were the ones who were to smug to care... they drive past them in their New Nissan Titans on their way to church to sit in an office and think about how to teach others to be disciples of Christ. This hurts my heart!
So today it was really cold and I went and spent some time with them, because I don't want them to be invisible anymore. It is to hard to describe what I feel right now, but it's good!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Hello Bloggerdom

I am officaly a blooger! I will no longer hide in the closet and secretly read eveyones blogs and not participate with my own rediculous shanagans.