Random Thoughts

Some thoughts culled from my random file. About faith, love, life and relationship with God. Some have occurred to me in moments of quiet reflection, some in interaction with others. Some are aphoristic and avuncular. Many have been tweets on Twitter and updates on Facebook. For your edification, inspiration and/or motivation — or your money cheerfully refunded.

• Nobody deserves grace. Nobody. That’s why it is called grace. And that sets us free to throw ourselves into God!
• Nobody needs grace more than I do. And that’s why nobody needs Christ more than I do. Nobody.
• Grace is confusing to people who are trying to relate to God through rules and regulations.
• Each new day is a good day to repent, to turn to God anew and in ways we never have before. And grace is always there to meet us.
• Justice is not something we get, it is something we do. Sure, we all want to be treated justly ourselves. But it is more important that we treat others justly, even when we are not.
• Jesus calls us to seek, above all else, the kingdom of God and His way of living. It is a risky business. But there is even greater risk in not seeking it.
• Confusion is what happens when you begin heading into the dark. It is also what happens when you begin heading into the light. The difference is that it eventually clears up in the light.
• Enoch walked with God (Genesis 5:22). Noah did, too (Genesis 6:9). This is what faith is — walking with God.
• Jesus is the Way — follow Him. He is the Truth — trust Him. He is the Life — live Him.
• To know God in every moment, waking or sleeping, in every situation, in every encounter — each moment becomes a divine moment, each situation becomes a divine situation, each encounter becomes a divine encounter. Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1 is that God would give us wisdom and revelation by the Holy Spirit so that we may know God more. Fully, experientially, intimately. Not just in theory.
• God’s plan is that everything comes together in Christ. This is the fullness of the gospel.
• If one is going to be deconstructionist, then even his deconstructionism needs to be deconstructed. Arm-chair deconstructionists are usually not willing to go that far. Like skeptics who are skeptical of everything — except their own skepticism.
• Some people like stereotypes. They think it saves time and that the odds are with them. Perhaps. But it is not worth the damage that so often follows.
• I think I’ve just about figured out how much I don't now. But, of course, I could be wrong about that.
• Vulnerability is a venture, a risk we take. Safety is an environment we offer.
• Worship does not fulfill some need in God. He has no need. But it sure does meet a need in us.
• If you’re miserable living for Jesus, then you’re doing it wrong.