the other day i went out and purchased a copy of "jesus for president" by shane clairborne. a good read thus far. mr clairborne aslo wrote the irresistible revolution which is a good read as well. many pass him off as some sort of christian anarchist. i disagree. ive been wrong before but read it and decide for yourself.
this is the view from which i write you. its pretty neat. i was reminded of something the other day while i was out camp. it had been a super long day and the kido's were driving me nuts. there is a group of a good people who come and put the kids to bed while the counselours get a break. i was sitting out on a bench all by my lonesome, it was dark, the sky was clear, it was quit, i was loving every minute of it and cringed at the thought of returning to my cabin. anyways the point is i think that a lot of the time we "feel close" to God when we are out by ourselves enjoying His creation. now im not saying that theres not a time or a place for that but i once heard someone say that you are closer to God when you are near even those whom we consider the most grotesque and unpleasent people then you would be when watching a beautiful sunset (or sitting on a bench by yourself in the quit) because we (not a pretty sunset) our his image bearors . being the incredibley selfish person that i am it is a hard amen. but an amen nonetheless. ha i dont know if that made any sense or if anyone ever reads this for that matter but i just thought id share.
those thoughts were heavy man. well done.
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