Now what can i say about my second day. I guess I could start on what i read today which was the end of Lamitations and then the beginning of 1 Kings. And in 1 Kings i read Solomons prayer for wisdom. 1 Kings 3:9-10 "9. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10. And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing." So dont you think that God would be happy for us to ask this? And then i thought of 2 things from this. The first being what I think we should ask for, I think these verses represents what we should ask for quite well. I think its self evident but I will explain anyway, it shows that we should ask not for more life power or money(1 Kings 3:11 "And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked for life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment wink but rather wisdom to help others, and God will give what you ask. the second is about Judgement, if God didn't like us judging then why was he pleased?(now i agree there is a degree that we must follow, and there are certain judgements we should make, but there are thoughs we can) Which shows that not ALL judgement is bad(You can also go to Matt. 7:1-6 which states not that you shouldn't judge rather you should first examine yourself so you don't judge hypocraticly)
Now another event that started at 7:00p.m. today, it was a one day live event showing at over 400 movie theaters. It was Glen Beck talking about Common sense, and that we need to WAKE UP! before we are no longer a free nation, that our founding fathers wanted. Were becoming more and more what our founding fathers fought against. But what i have to talk about is knowledge of God moving in our Country today. Everyday it has become more and more evident that God is moving. Not only is he making a move towards are messed up government, but to the hearts of our crying youth. There is an event coming up soon ment to bring the teens back to Christ, and show them they dont need the drugs, the alcohol, false faiths, sex, and unfulfilling relationships. And I agree, all you need is Christ, all you need is to understand Christs love for you, and his sacrafice. But I move away from my original point, and thats Gods movement. I've noticed a growing trend in most, and thats 'God isn't doing anything, so even if he did exist i wouldnt turn to him.' But the thing is he is moving, their just avoiding it and saying 'its nothing but chance.' Gods movement is quite clear if you stop taking such a strong turn to all these 'chances'(quite funny they say Gods moving then any evidence pointing towards the fact its just a mere chance happenings.)
well thats the end of this section i cant really think clearly because im tired... Nighty night(second thought might be restated later)
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"BUT ALL the optimism of the age had been false and disheartening for this reason, that it had always been trying to prove that we fit in to the world. The Christian optimism is based on the fact that we do NOT fit in to the world." - G.K. Chesterton