Will it be a house?

     After being renters for ten years Brett and I have decided that we shall become home owners.  WOW.  How scary.  I have never owed such an amazing amount before.  It seems to be a bit overwhelming when you start looking at the figures.  But not so much when you”re  looking at hardwoods and granite counter tops!  I would love to buy a house that needed a little TLC so that Brett and I can add our own personal touch to it.  We love to do that kind of stuff.    Please pray for us that we will not only get the house that we love but that it will be the one that God has for us and that it will be for a great price!

unleash

    It has been almost a week since we were at “unleash”.  What an awesome experience we had.  I was amazed at the energy and the way the people there made you feel welcome and got excited that you were there to worship with them.  And although I had a great time and I thank God for what He is doing at Newspring Church I am thankful that we are not called to be another Newspring but we are called to be The Rock of Wilmington and to reach Wilmington as God gives direction.  I am thankful that we as churches are not all roast beef and that we all bring something different to the table.  I like to have meat, potatoes, vegetables and especially desert!  We got to have desert!  Anyway I want to be the best that God has called us to be and not try to be someone else because I don’t like to double up on my starches.  But this is not what I set out to talk about.  While we were at unleash I had a chance to take in the lighting and staging and see how they did their praise and worship and I have to say it was pretty amazing, pretty luod but pretty amazing.  If you read my previous blog you’d know that I had a problem with us changing our stage and lighting because I felt it would be turning worship into a production or a show and it would become more entertainment than praise.  But to tell you the truth…If what is being sung or what is being taught is the word of the Lord then it is not entertainment.  I had no problem entering in and worshipping my God.  So if I didn’t get anything else out of it I learned that painting the back all black and adding lights is not going to anything but add to the atmosphere. 

Techno geek

    So I have officially entered the world of twitter!   I have no idea what I am doing but I am a fast learner and will catch on quick.  Any help will be great though.  I am not going to let technology rule me!  I shall rule technology! 

Do you really remember?

     Sunday Pastor Bryan shared a very powerful message that really left me feeling a little convicted.   This was the second installment in the series entitled Catalyst.  A catalyst is someone or something that produces a change.  This week he spoke about how we as christians tend to point the finger at those around us who are living in sin.  What got to me the most though is that he asked if we really remembered,  I mean truely remember where we had been.  And the answer I had to give was “no”.  I have not really remembered where I was when God had found me.  I didn’t remember the deep pit that I had dug for myself.  I was at what I would call the lowest point of my life.  In that time of my life what I needed most was not someone pointing at me telling me all the things that I was doing wrong and that I was going to hell in a handbasket.  What I needed was someone who was going to love me even in my sin and show me the way to salvation.  Yes Jesus is the one who saves but He uses us in the process.  We talk about wanting to make a difference in our neighborhoods, in our communities, and in our cities but we will not make that difference if all we do is point to all the faults.  We need to be the love of Christ and not just shout amen at church when the pastor says it.  So where do we start?  Daddy God  start with me.  Help me remember where I came from and help me to remember what I needed when I was there.   And in the words of Pastor B… help me to stop giving the world the finger.  Amen.

Twitter What?

     I know now exactly how my parents felt when the DVD player came on the scene.They would call me up long distance of all things to tell them how to get the thing working.That is not an easy thing to do from a distance.  So here I am surrounded by blogs and websites and twitter and honestly….my head hurts.  As confusing as it all seems I refuse to go down without a fight!  I will learn what it is, how to use it and I will do all this and not call my children for help.  I may however be calling one of you my twittering, blogging, facebooking, myspacing, googling friends.  So answer your phones!  I mean it.