"No. No. I got this one"

I have recently been reminded about the most often recurring sin in the old testament. The sin of forgetfullness. I find it interesting that when I heard this I actually said to myself, "is it a sin to forget?", followed by a quick "of course, forget God? That is definitely a sin. "

Then I would go on to remember, that God was constantly telling the Isrealites, "Remember me!" He started the prayer shawls with tassells tied in knots to remind them of God throughtout the day (Rob Bell) and then He also sent prophets to declare His word and then commanded that it be written down. And then their is the feast of booths that celebrated forgiveness and mercy and reminded generation after generation of God's goodness.

It's sad to me to think that I still forget. I go all day and then pray at a meal and realize, the one that created and supplies life, the one that vocationally serve, sometimes gets forgotten.

It seems to me that maybe this would be a good reason to pray without ceasing. Ceasing at prayer causes us to forget. Which means that everything we do, whatever it is, should recieve prayer. (Read: My X min "quiet time" becomes an excuse to not pray about everything) Maybe the goal should be constant prayer.

Funny. The alternative to not praying without ceasing, it subtly telling God "this one's mine."

"I wonder" - by Susie Moore

Is a Super 8 better than a Motel 6? I think all hotels should come with a number in their name as a type of rating. Like instead of a Holiday Inn it could be a Holiday 10. Just doing my part to make things a little easier.


Susie

I wish I was as funny as Susie.

jason

Mr. Fullen Goes To Washington...

And St. Louis and Dallas and Houston and finally back to Washington. Rachel and I went to Texas this past weekend to attend a funeral of a close friend. I secured our tickets at a better rate by flying out of Washington D.C., Reagan National Airport. This plan would have worked well had we not had an hour delay at Reagan that perfectly allowed us to miss our connecting flight in St. Louis which in-turn caused us to route though Dallas - just in time to miss our luggage and the expired rental car when we landed in Houston. Yep. It was frustrating.

It's funny how things have to work together in order to work well and sometimes work at all. I recently have been contemplating on the fact that God's Glory and my happiness work together. This may not seem possible because there is such a distance sometimes between how we feel and how we "should feel." I think it may be necessary to remind myself from time to time that thoughts always come before feelings. We think therefore we feel.

Colosians 2:6-7 says it best:

6So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in
him, 7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,
and overflowing with thankfulness.

We can only feel "right" when we are thinking right. I love the phrase "overflowing with thankfulness." This feeling of thankfulness can only come when we are thinking the way we are commanded.

Romans 12:2 reminds us . . .

2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what
God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.