Monday, September 10, 2007
Picked up a few lessons during Melvin's sermon on Job on Sunday. I think it's awesome how we find gems in God's word. Everybody will find them eventually, but few ever find them the same way. Did that make sense? The first lesson I learnt is that we should not be 'square believers'. By that I mean that there are Christians who know the Bible, and who follow it to the letter, and people who see these Christians will be amazed at their...knowledge? Square believers tend to be narrow in their thinking, a bit like the pharisees, who until recently I learnt are supposed to be the Biblical teachers of the time. OK, not a complete argument but I think you get what I mean. Second lesson is as Christian's we should not presume to speak for God. Sometimes we feel that when people present their dilemmas, their life problems, we have a duty to answer it. I fall into that trap sometimes, and it takes a lot of will to snap myself out of it, because it's one of the ways the evil one will cause us (Christians) to fall. I'm not saying we should not try to help, but to the extent and degree which the Lord has allowed us. I want to give a for instance, but all seem too lengthy for a blog entry. I think that the people most prone to fall for this are leaders, and also probably the very people the evil wants to fall.
But that's not all I did on Sunday. I went to St Kilda!!! It was a awesome trip, and I know it sounds far but really it isn't. The walk on the pier, where I saw the tannest man ever, he could have been an attraction in itself. The clear water, the STRONG wind, the awesome cake shops, the soft sand. I think words cannot describe it, just as words cannot describe beauty so I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
The beach
The lighthouse
ONE of the three cake shops...look at all those cakes!!!
Black forest and PLAIN cheesecake...
The
one who gave the trip its icing on the top.
Dan
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