Yuck these are some nasty pictures of teeth, makes me want to brush my teeth. Anyways last night I had a cool moment as I was praying… I was brushing my teeth and flossing and had a pretty cool revelation. This is kind of wierd to confess but have you guys ever smelt the plaque from your teeth? It smells like butt doesnt it? Well God pointed that out to me in my life, “Your sin smells like that to me.” “And I have to go deep in like a floss in between areas in your inner soul to clean you out.”
THANK YOU GOD!
Man I need a deep floss within my soul, God cleanse me of every “spiritual plaque” in my life so that my inside doesnt end up like the pictures shown. Clean me up God… may I be a pleasing smell to you!
I know I never keep up with these weekly thoughts posts but whatever… 
- Love can change the world… literally
- Love changes my life everyday… a little encouragement, thank you
- If love is so good why is it so hard to give?
- For us who follow Christ, if Christ sacrificially loved us, what is it going to cost us to love?
- I want my co-workers to know Christ
- God is going to do some crazy things this year of 2008.
- I love obeying God and being part of his will.
- Appreciate this team that God has allowed me to work with here at REAL Church.
So yesterday while I was hanging out with some co-workers from Chilis, while we were headed up to class for our Responsible Alcohol Service or RAS God taught me some cool lessons.
The first lesson was how much God had protected me and my fellow mates who live in this city in which we minister to. A co-worker was recalling stories he had personally heard from a friend who had lived down in this city for eight months. And within those eight months he had two cars stolen and burnt, tires slashed and his house broken into many times. While I and many others who have lived here in this city for years have never had a problem such as mentioned above. I am so thankful that God protects me continually even in situations that I would never be able to see ahead.
Another lesson happened after the meeting while we were eating at the food court at the mall. We were talking about eating habits and how most Americans are taught to eat their whole plate, while Asian culture it seems is to eat until you feel full. Now this isnt gonna be some post cutting Americans low. But rather I agree with that idea when it comes to prayer, alot of times I think I can get into prayer and just want a lite snack. Rather than coming into the presence of God with this hunger that is unquenchable unless we eat 3-4 plates at the buffet line. Now tell me literally you have never had that kind of hunger where you took down so much at a buffet place thinking you were never gonna eat again, and stuffed yourself so much that you felt like you were gonna die. I want to be like that in prayer, I want to come into his presence with my tongue salivating over what will be prepared by God, with a hunger that wont be quenched with some ritualistic prayer. And dig into him until I feel like I am gonna die because I had so much of him.
Some thoughts to wrap up the week:
• The Message Bible is tight
• Thought Ohio State was going to win
• Wish I could memorize Bible verse like I do sports stats and names.
• Appreciate my friend Brendan for letting me hang out with him
• Appreciate Shelby for letting me steal her husband even when she is sick
• Why are Chili’s fries so addicting? I swear we have MSG in our fries
• Appreciate the various people I have met through my job at Chilis
• Thankful for this job cause God has definitely made me more giving through it
• Talking about what you used to fast 2 years ago and the stories of the fast are good times
• God is Sovereign
Final thought
“Love others like you would like to be loved”
How would my relationships be different if I put this quote into action everyday with the people I hang with every day?
