Sunday, February 17, 2008

You Know me better than I know myself

That was the topic of the sermon today. The pastor talked about the 3 people that we are:
  1. The person we really are
  2. The person we want to be
  3. The person we will become
God sees us from the inside out. The following verses from Psalms 139 sum up what it means to be really seen by God. David in this Psalms ends it with the prayer at the end...Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. How many of us can say we would pray that prayer...Test me and know my anxious thoughts. I think the pastor hit another homerun on this one for making me think. I can't hide my inner most thoughts, anxious or otherwise from God. He knows it all.

From Psalms 139
1 O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
3 You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
4 You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
5 You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!

7 I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave,[a] you are there.
9 If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—
12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! (My personal favorite)
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.

17 How precious are your thoughts about me,[b] O God.
They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!

19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!
Get out of my life, you murderers!
20 They blaspheme you;
your enemies misuse your name.
21 O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?
Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred,
for your enemies are my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.


He showed a really neat video at the end of the service that I have found the link to:
http://www.ignitermedia.com/products/iv/singles/2/Are-You-Amazed

Sometimes the link doesn't work but I can't upload the video without having copyright issues. You can purchase it for personal use from that link.

Friday, February 01, 2008

New Pictures of the Boys...

I just got my pictures from Walmart and thought I would share. I will write more later. I don't know why some are larger than others.