About Love: Compassion

This is part numero uno in Dennis' 4-part (well.. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how long it goes) series, About Love. So here tis', Compassion.

Lost and Found

2nd Semester Spring '09 is upon us! And we started out with a great message from Dennis.. Lost and Found

Good At Nothing

So have you every had one of those moments, mornings, afternoons, days, weeks, months…… One of those moments when everything goes awry. When everything you touch collapses, falls apart, gets screwed up, turns to crap right in front of your eyes…. Yeah you know those moments, or at least I hope you do, I hope that I am not alone in this feeling. So I had one of those moments the other day. It seemed like everything I tried, just flat out failed. Nothing was working. Doors slammed hard in my face, locked and the key thrown away. Then the voice in my head started talking, you know that voice too right? Not the voice of peace, or reason… not your spirit, not God's spirit, but the other voice… the one that blends in, sneaks in half truths, lies to us, tears us down, causes doubt and panic, yeah that voice…. So here he comes a talking and for some reason in my insanity I start listening and buying every little thing that voice is selling…. I start seeing all the things in front of me that I have started and yet to finish, I start seeing all my short comings, all the things that are broken in my life, the junk that I cant seem to take care of….. and I hear it, Your not good at anything, You are good at nothing… and in my pity party I grab hold, latch on to it; and all my shortcomings come flying at me… you know the voice is right, I'm good at nothing, I'm not a good father, I'm not a good husband, friend, leader, pastor, accountant, example, Christian……. And just as I am about to really sink to that lowest of lows, right at that moment; The other voice starts talking…. The voice of reason and truth, of love and mercy, The Voice, Gods Voice…. He reminds me that without Him I am nothing, That the thing the other voice was selling was only half truth… the part I had forgotten, the part that frees me, is that He doesn't expect me to be good at anything, He expects me to depend completely on Him. The moment that I fail in myself to be good at something, well that's the very moment, if I will stay obedient and faithful, that's the moment that God can take over… and be really Good at Everything. So I encourage you, take rest in knowing that God only expects faithfulness and obedience out of you…..if we could get it all right, all on our own… well why would we need God? He created you "fearfully and wonderfully made", with all of those shortcomings, He created you…. How much more can He get the Glory in our lives, than when we succeed at the very things we are incapable of doing on our own? So go ahead, be good at nothing, except for loving Him, and be prepared to be amazed at the things He will do in your life.

Peace D.