19 June 2008
The Happenings
Last night I 'cut' church. It was the mid-week Bible Study. It was a pleasant sprinkley-rainy sort of evening when I got home from work. The sun was shining and I felt like singing in the rain.
The day at work had been pleasant, only two calls. Saved the first guys life (drastically low blood sugar) and took a thankful old man and his wife to the emergency room after their car was hit by a tractor-trailer. They'll live to see another bingo game.
Although the weather has been a scosh (read: bit, or tad bit) bizarre, I'm so thankful the humidity is down. High pressure systems hitting low pressure systems which are cooler or warmer than the other reminds me a bit of spiritual warfare, a more likely cause for the happenings in my mind.
Yesterday I spent a couple hours with a long time friend who claims to be a Christian who does not believe that Jesus is God.
...silent pause... ...pregnant pause...
Yes, he's not a lukewarm Christian with high pressure systems crashing across his world and he's not in a low pressure system, either. He's never claimed a personal relationship with Jesus but now feels he must be a Christian even though Jesus was clearly not a lunatic or a liar, but is definitely NOT Lord. He was a prophet like Buddha or Mohammed my friend says, any of which lead you to heaven.
I thought it was bad that friends were away on extended trips, others away on missions trips, friends had loved ones committing suicide, busy busy busy days at work, hot humid weather, gas prices on the rise... but now Jesus doesn't have to be anything to be enough?
My friend realized he was being the hypocrite he accused others of being. He did not claim Jesus as his Lord, yet, but has agreed to read the Bible all the while stating that he's open to God revealing truth to him.
Let's see what THAT does to this every-type-of-pressure system!
Blessings!
ChaplainChas.
The day at work had been pleasant, only two calls. Saved the first guys life (drastically low blood sugar) and took a thankful old man and his wife to the emergency room after their car was hit by a tractor-trailer. They'll live to see another bingo game.
Although the weather has been a scosh (read: bit, or tad bit) bizarre, I'm so thankful the humidity is down. High pressure systems hitting low pressure systems which are cooler or warmer than the other reminds me a bit of spiritual warfare, a more likely cause for the happenings in my mind.
Yesterday I spent a couple hours with a long time friend who claims to be a Christian who does not believe that Jesus is God.
...silent pause... ...pregnant pause...
Yes, he's not a lukewarm Christian with high pressure systems crashing across his world and he's not in a low pressure system, either. He's never claimed a personal relationship with Jesus but now feels he must be a Christian even though Jesus was clearly not a lunatic or a liar, but is definitely NOT Lord. He was a prophet like Buddha or Mohammed my friend says, any of which lead you to heaven.
I thought it was bad that friends were away on extended trips, others away on missions trips, friends had loved ones committing suicide, busy busy busy days at work, hot humid weather, gas prices on the rise... but now Jesus doesn't have to be anything to be enough?
My friend realized he was being the hypocrite he accused others of being. He did not claim Jesus as his Lord, yet, but has agreed to read the Bible all the while stating that he's open to God revealing truth to him.
Let's see what THAT does to this every-type-of-pressure system!
Blessings!
ChaplainChas.
Labels: christian, Emergent Church, Jesus, the happening, weather
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