What if?

I was surfing through some of the blogs that I check on a regular basis this morning and I saw this story on Anthony Coppedge's blog about a church in North Carolina called Kinetic Church...rather than me telling the story I will let the blog, video and website speak for it self...but as you read and watch, just think "what if this happened to me?  How would I respond?"  I have to be honest...not sure that I would respond in such a manner!  I would love to hear your thoughts!

"Get used to it!"

This afternoon I had to fuel our church van so one of our ministries could take it on a trip this weekend. When I pulled up to the stoplight at the end of our street I was behind this SUV that had several pro-Bush stickers an airborne sticker and one other armed services sticker. Below all of those there was a normal sized bumper sticker that said, "I PRAY - GET USED TO IT!" I couldn't help but laugh. No wonder there are so many people out there that look at Christians the way they do...so many Christians have this 'us v them' mentality that says someone is always out to attack us as Christians.

The tone and negative feeling I got as I sat there and read that bumper sticker really got to me. It is because of this type of attitude and persona that people get turned off to the Church and to Christ...anyway I will shut up now...it is just that things like that really get under my skin!

Oh...and on a side note...when we finally turned the corner and I passed the car I looked over the lady was puffing on a cigarette...again I couldn't help but laugh...talk about mixed signals!!

Attitude is Everything

Today I woke up early (7:30am) which totally stunk. I was anticipating an incredible morning of getting to sleep in, but for some reason I just woke up...wide awake! So I got up and decided to do some reading. I was reading "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day," this book has really been challenging to me, it has really challenged me to ask some questions to myself.

This morning I was challenged with this statement: "the most important choice that you make everyday is your attitude." So many times we allow ourselves to get discouraged by the small things of life. Not saying that they are insignificant, but when we step back and look at them through the scope of our lives or eternity for that matter, they are really insignificant.

The book talked about two different types of people: complainers and worshippers. Complainers find things to complain about and worshippers find things to praise God about. I have a choice. Am I going to be a complainer or am I going to be a worshipper? Am I going to spend more time complaining about things that I can't change or worshipping the God who never changes!