Happy Sunday

Hello! I hope everyone has had a wonderful, restful Sunday. I must share that my Sunday was pretty much, dare I say, perfect. Dude and I went to bed quite early last night, so getting up this morning wasn't a chore at all. It was refreshing! We both had nice and hot showers and made it out to church right on schedule.

Today at church Pastor Tim Senn finished up Matthew 7 discussing the parable of the two houses. Everything leading up to this point was fresh, wise, new, and very helpful in examining myself to find out what moves my belief and what I have been building it up on. My own works or the glorious works of Jesus Christ? This last part had two points.

1. The Parable

In short terms, you have two believers. Both do the same great works such as praise the Lord, attend work, and even possibly perform miracles in God's name. There is a difference though. One's belief is genuine in all that he does not just in front of others. The other in truth lives his life in lawlessness, and when he looks at his own sins doesn't take it upon himself to try and change them.

The wise man digs in the sand to find a solid foundation. He digs within himself to see what must be changed then starts to build upon his belief. The foolish man looks at the sand and says, "This looks sturdy enough", and builds right away.

Then when the storm comes the winds are great and powerful. The house built on rock is safe from its wrath, but the house on the sand cannot withstand thus it falls. And great was its fall (Matthew 7:27).

2. The preacher

Jesus was warning his followers about self deception throughout Matthew 7. In the end, His preaching astonished His listeners. Why? It had the King's authority all throughout it. In this, Jesus says, "I am the the way to salvation", and that He will be our judge.

Pastor Senn didn't get to finish this point today and will return to it next Sunday. I wish I had thought to share all the way through Matthew 7, but I'm sure that anyone who was interested could read through and get the message with some studying and open heart.

After church,  I relented and let Dude get pizza for lunch. He's been asking for it all week, so why deny it from him any longer? We ended up getting a medium pepperoni pizza from Domino's fairly cheap. I will admit it was quite good.

Then I took an hour nap while Brian went to ride his bike along the river walk in Burns Park. The weather today was so beautiful. It was in the high fifties/low sixties. I really should have enjoyed the outdoors, but a nap sounded so much better.

The rest of the days activities consisted of making pork congee, which is just rice and water cooked until it's like a porridge, doing some Pilates challenges, and just basic chilling. Now, it's completely dark out. Usually, Dude and I like to go somewhere either to look at something just for the sake of it or to just drive around with some music blasting. The things that brought us together like God, music, and just interests in really weird things are really humorous when I step back and look at them. Relationships can be so weird and quirky. But lovely.

Have a blessed night!