After two days off...

Sorry I didn't blog in two days.....Here are my current thoughts...

Bono had a chance to speak at a national prayer breakfast in front of our nations political leaders. He said something to the equivalent of the fact that he wanted to be with the poor because that’s where God is. God is with the poor

            I think we want to worship a God that sits on a thrown, demanding worship because of his greatness. It’s much easier to have that picture of Christ then to have the picture of us walking past a stinky, homeless, alcoholic, meth head and know that THAT is where God desires to be and that He would choose to love that person over sitting on a thrown. What I’m trying to emphasis is the point that GOD is with the poor, the widows, the sick, the needy, the BROKEN. We are blessed in the fact that he is with us!!

            So where is God? We often find God when we are forced to our knees. For those of us who claim to be Christians, our closeness to God probably came from when we realized we were broken. Which usually doesn’t come unless something major happens in our life. So where is God. If he favors the poor, the broken, the needy, Are you willing to be with the poor, the broken, the needy? Like bono, It’s not as difficult as it seems. Being in Christ’s presence doesn’t exactly mean you have to sell everything and live on the streets. But a good start to living in God’s presence comes when we let go of our own desires and pride and fill that void with God’s desires and pride. The less we are, the more we can be filled by God. That is more fulfilling then anything else we try and fill our broken lives with.