Give me a sign!

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign!

how often do we ask for signs? "give me a sign if i'm supposed to do this, not not supposed to do this...etc."

do we even know what a sign looks like if we see it?

we ask for divine intervention and then once we've received it we credit something else. coincidence, chance, the weather, etc.

why are we so reluctant to credit God?

why do we even ask for a sign from God? is it that we're so caught up in our own gods? money, power, sports, fashion, that we can no longer know God's will without signs and wonders?

God didn't speak to Moses in the earthquake, nor the violent wind. He spoke in a whisper. So in this day do we know how to hear God's whispers?

over our TV's

over the noise of traffic

over our iPods?

how do we begin to hear the whispers that come from our Loving Father?

as individuals?

as a church?

as a society?

what is love?

....baby don't hurt me

so, first off. rob bell is sick nasty.

i'm currently reading his book on spirituality + sexuality, entitled Sex God

i also just watched a lecture of his called everything is spiritual

the guy is deep.

but currently the thing i was reading about was love.

now, don't think i'm getting all mushy on you guys. this is the kind of love a man can have with his wife.

but this is also the love that God has with us.

Agape in the greek

unconditional love

"agape doesn't love somebody because they're worthy
agape makes them worthy by the strength and power of its love
agape doesn't love somebody because they're beautiful
agape loves in such a way that it makes them beautiful
there is love because, love in order to, love for the purpose of, and then there is love, period. agape doesn't need a reason."




so the only time i really can think of that i've actually had love like that for someone was this summer. there was this little girl, ranisha, who wanted so desperately to be loved by someone. after those few days i hung out with her at the boys and girls club i would have taken a bullet for her. she was the sweetest little girl that got picked on and teased and was basically an outcast. she had her flaws, she lashed out at the other kids cause they teased her. was very possessive of any attention other people got from people giving her attention. but i still would have done anything for her.

but that was only for a couple of days

so is that it?

in my 21 years of life i've had one time when i've been able to unconditionally love someone?

how do you live that out when it's more than just a few days?

how do you live that out when it's for life?

how do you love someone unconditionally even if they don't love you unconditionally back?

i guess God would know