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Hey God... Hello God, it's Perry, remember me? I know that it's been a while since I've come to your house and I suppose I should apologize for that but you how I feel about it. I just don't feel like I really belong but at least, now and again, I try right? I'm sorry, I know that it's not even that good of an excuse but like they say, it's all I got. I want to talk to you about today though. I know that you know everything that I'm about to say but sometimes, it helps me to get things out you know? I snagged Ava and headed over to Garden, Matt's church today. I feel slightly...odd? I guess, about pulling Ava away from her own church to come to Matt's with me but she said that it was fine so being a simple guy, I'll assume that it IS until I'm told otherwise. I've got to say though, that I was very glad of the opportunity to see the old familiar faces of both Ava and Matt and I thank you for that. Matt was dressed nicely today don't you think? A snappy striped blue button-up shirt with a complementing light blue tie, black pants, and black dress shoes...he looked so grown up and professional, despite the fact that his tie was loosened. I thought it was pretty funny when we ran into his mother later and she chided him about buttoning it all up and looking 'proper' haha. Can I be honest with you God? I'm still finding it hard to deal with the singing bits of the service. I remember Helen telling me about a a book series called "Left Behind" about the Rapture and of the Simpsons spoof of it and all...and I can't really see it feeling any different than I did today when I was there while everyone around me was singing and raising their arms, and hopping and just really getting into it while I was just sort of...there. I feel sort of left behind right there, as if everyone that really believed in you had ascended and gone to somewhere higher and I was just...left, sitting there. Some friends have asked me why don't I just get up, and clap and raise my arms and sing and hop and all too. I've explained to Ava at least that I felt that doing so without the belief would sort of be like...I'm aping a belief without the the conviction. I don't think that's something that I want to do. I hope that you can understand. Matt speaks well though don't you think? I think that you should be proud of him. Even though I don't really consider myself a christian, what he was talking about really made sense to me. When he was talking about his own revelation...that was just really moving. I liked how he adds his own life into his speeches, it adds the personal touch that means so much. He was speaking of taking responsibility for your own actions. About how he had sat in his youth nights and sermons for a long time, vegetating, a lot of nights just thinking to himself that he'd already heard this lecture and that lecture and was praying to you that you might send his pastor some new inspiration to preach something new...until he was struck suddenly with the thought. He said that he felt like you were speaking to him, saying, "why should I give you something new when you've done nothing with what I've taught you already? Go out and LIVE what you've learned from me and you'll see something new; you'll see something that you've never seen before and you will DO more than you ever thought you could do." And so he did. Wasn't that just great? He went out and started preaching at homeless shelters, this was probably around the same time that he started heading up the christian fellowship back at high school and probably started him on the religious road that he's on now. Wasn't that just so perfect? When he was talking about how they, at the youth as christians should take responsibility for their lives, that nobody else would do it for them, that got to me. I loved when he spoke of how when he stood before you he wanted you to smile at him, and to be proud of him. I think you should be. The second part of his speech was awesome. Just awesome. Who would have known that you could relate Ginsu knives to faith? How did it go again? Something like... You guys remember those informercial for Ginsu knives? That chinese chef guy would put some fruits and vegetables on the counter and whoop cuts through it no problem. That was the primary purpose of the knives and he cuts some more things but then he suddenly puts a can on the counter and saws right through that no problem. Then as if that wasn't crazy enough, he brings up a SHOE on the counter and saws through that too. Then what was it next? Some sorta rock? Yeah, marble! He sawed through marble! Didn't you want those knives after you saw that? Guys, the faith in each and every one of you is JUST like those Ginsu knives. You can worship and praise God and that's the primary purpose just like the primary purpose of the knives is to cut fruit. But the thing is, you can do so much more with it. You may ask yourself, 'why on earth would I want to cut a can?' but the IMPORTANT thing is, if you ever needed to, because you have the knives, you could. That's the power of the anointment that you have within you and it's your responsibility to go out and DO something with it. He had the room hooked. I know that I paraphrased horribly with that but the gist of it is still good. Faith compared to Ginsu knives...I thought that was great. I really wish that I'd recorded that. I want to share it with other christian friends of mine to see what they think of it. I think that's about it for now. I've hit up two churches today though only one service and I've told Matt that I would be back another week to hit up the college level sermon at his church sometime and I think that I actually will. Until next time. |