The Confessing Lunatic

Blogging ... I confess, it's not something that I ever would have imagined I'd be doing. I scoffed at it before I knew the why or how or what of blogging. I discovered blogging because a good friend started one when she found out she and her husband were going to have a baby. I loved reading about how her pregnancy was progressing and now seeing pictures of her baby. Every night, even when I don't have time to blog myself, I catch up on several bloggers that I read regularly. I don't really know why I am drawn to these people - most I have never met - except that they provide a surprising comfort to me with their words. They are dealing with things that I deal with or have a perspective on life or the Bible that I causes me to re-think, dig deeper or just contemplate over. Others are just plain funny. Several such posts come to mind: Stick with me...this is funny and not a personal reflection The Nearness of God It's Going to Be a Great Day The Choices We Make ...

For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 A love so compelling brought life to the dead, sight to the blind. It is unimaginable to me that people choose to refuse such love. But it is because of that love that we are convinced that Christ died for all and it compels us to share this love with others. No matter the cost.

Isn't it wonderful to know that when we need God most, He is there revealing Himself in that still small voice? I needed desperately to hear from Him today. When I was finished with class, I pulled out my reading plan which was 2 Corinthians 1-3. My eyes immediately fell to verse s 3 and 4. "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God." I immediately tried to remember the words to a chorus we sing at church...it goes something like: God of all comfort. God of all fears. We have come to seek You. We have come to seek Your face. While I do not enjoy being away from my family, especially for two weeks, I love being away from my desk, from everyday stuff that doesn't allow me to focus on the task at hand. This course is without a doubt the most in-depth course I have tak...