Deep Thinking

This morning, I am full of deep thoughts and questions to ponder. Some of these I have already approached my pastor about and receieved his explanation, but I thought, just for fun that I would give all of you some Spiritual Brain Food this morning. {Don’t worry, if this post bores you I have something else in mind to post later that you might enjoy. However, if these intrigue you I would LOOOOVE to hear your comments and thoughts.} Ready for the randomness?

• Why is it that, while we can sit and read regular novels about Vampires & Wearwolves {for us Twilight Infatuated Guru’s out there} or about unrealistic and unlife-like romance for hours on end, but we can’t seem to find the time to read a few chapters from the Word of God?

Think about that. I’ll speak for myself here, but I know that I’m not alone. Why is it that I sat and read the ENTIRE Twilight Series in less than a week, but I make excuses for not having the “time” to sit and study and read my Bible? I mean, Twilight is probably, what 2500 pages if you were to put it all together? That’s a big book, but I read it. And I can’t make time to feed on the living word?

• Why is it that we long for someone to love us, care for us, pamper us, and praise us but won’t allow God to be that one? We seek out men and their imperfections to fill the voids we feel, but won’t let the only one who really can complete us close enough to love us the way we desire?

This is something I have had to learn over the past almost two years. Don’t get me wrong, my husband is wonderful. He loves me and pampers me and treats me like a Queen. But he is still human. As I know your husbands are to. You can’t convince me that you never think to yourself, “I wish my husband would do this differently.” I’ve thought that, and I know that he has to. Why can’t we just let God love us the way that we want to be loved and the way that he wants to love us?

• {This one came from a general conversation with my husband and mother-in-law} We know that a person dies and either goes to heaven or hell. So, say a person has a wreck and is declared brain dead at the hospital. They are still ‘alive’ via ventalator. If their heart is still beating but their mind is gone, is their soul in heaven [or hell] or does it hang on until the heart gives out? Which therefore imparts this question: where exactly is your soul?

This is not a question so much as it is a thought:

• Have you ever tried to comprehend that thought that God has been here, well, forever? Or that time and the universe has to actual end? Or contemplated on the infinite ability of our God? What about the fact that God, the king and ruler of all things, came to Earth as a baby {Jesus} born in a manger to live, grow and die as a mere human while he also remained as God the Father in heaven and then as the Holy Spirit filled the hearts of his followers and believers?

Maybe it doesn’t do anything for any of you to think about those kinds of things, but I like to think about things. If you have read the “Crazy Love” book by Francis Chan, I encourage you to go get it. He talks about this exact kind of thing…about God’s Greatness and Majesty. There is a video he made called the “Awe Factor of God”  {find it here. Trust me you WANT to watch this. It’s amazing!} in which he talks about how insignificant we are as humans in the overall grand scheme of things. But what’s even more amazing is that The GOD of the Universe…the one who created the Earth and all things in it…the universe in all of it’s vastness…came to Earth to DIE for us. For you. For me. How nuts is that?

Sorry. 🙂 I got a little fired up this morning with God’s greatness. I had a pretty awesome Quiet Time this morning and I just feel good. I don’t always do well with having my Quiet Time in the morning before everyone else wakes up {I am not a morning person at all.} but I made myself get up and do it this morning and I am in the best morning mood I have been in in a while. I’m going to post some sermon notes from Pastor sermon last night. It’s all about the kind of New Year’s “Resolutions” we should set. It was really good. Look for it later. 🙂 Have a wonderful Thursday Morning!