Keeping in the word.....

So i was looking at dan kimballs blog just now actually. I was snooping around and i saw one of his passages about how he preached to his congregation the importance in studying and reading the Word on your own.

Basically to be theologians of your faith.

"A person who is well versed in the study of the nature of God and inquires into religious questions".

Then he took this saying and flipped it.

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

flipped --

"Give a man (or woman) a sermon and you feed them for a day. Teach a man (or woman) to study Scripture on their own and you feed them for a lifetime."

I found it funny to be reading this today.

The last 3 months have been a plethora of emotion and thoughts. I have battled bouts of depression, happiness, and indifference. Asking God daily what it is that he wants of me. I've been lying to myself giving into false hope waiting for something to just fall in my lap. By something I mean a job. I've been unemployed and feeling like I live in this cave that I can't get out of. My pastor told me you do something for about a month and it becomes a habit. So i started reading my bible everynight before bed. Finished Ecclesiastes and 1st Corinthians. Slacked off for a week and feel so lost. Its so great to read the bible everyday and have fresh knowledge in your mind cause there's always something to take away from the word. Even if at that moment you can't apply it to your life you can always apply it to someone else's. Funny how that works.

So i realize that i read to equip myself. It's like missing school for 2 weeks then showing up again to be totally lost and confused cause you missed out on 2 weeks. Sure the teachers saved your work and you can make it up but you're left far behind playing a game of catch up. I'm tired of playing "Catch up". I want to start playing "Getting ahead".

"Then it starts to rain, it always rains doesn't it?"

-Rob Bell

I'm hungry to start. I'm hungry to start a community that stops caring about what other people think and start caring about where God's heart lies.