Yo Pimp Daddy

Yo Pimp Daddy’s treads so bananas, he gotta wear deam shades.;-)
Rough translation (Your Mr Cool shoe’s are extremely cool that he got to wear sunglasses)

Okay for those who need an explanation, Plumber Mike came not once but twice with these bright yellow plastic Crocs to homies (and last week’s movie). Mike proudly states that he bought 8 pairs of them for his family in assorted bright colours. Maybe I’m just not cool enough to know what makes Pimp Daddy want to own such bright yellow shoes.

Well his missus sure made it up to us by leading us into 3 more names of God….

"He must become greater; I must become less" John 3:30

Denise covered El Elyon, El Shaddai and Adonai. What stood out for me was Beryl’s last comment before we closed on God, LORD and Lord.

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain … having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better”.

It is not very easy to live these words and to hand over FULL control to the one who knows you so well.

Noise

Praise be to God for all this lovely rain and for those who were inconvenienced by the rain while sitting in traffic, more praise for God being so good to grant you some silent time with him. And for those still stuck in traffic and reading this, shame on you for only thinking about yourself, switch off, and start have a conversation with God. You will be surprised.

Wow is all I can say about Rob Bell’s short but silent DVD “Noise”. I can even say it backwards - wow.

What a fresh and innovative approach. Those who missed Tuesday night get the DVD that is all I am going to say. I will let Rob continue from here …

Why is silence so hard to deal with?

Why is it so much easier for us to live our lives with a lot of things going on all the time than to just be in silence? We’re constantly surrounded with “voices” that are influencing us on how to think, feel, and behave. Movies, music, TV, Internet, cell phones, and a never-ending barrage of advertising. There’s always something going on. Always noise in our lives. But maybe there’s a connection between the amount of noise in our lives and our inability to hear God. If God sometimes feels distant to us, maybe it’s not because he’s not talking to us, but simply because we aren’t really listening.

Wow, again. How many times have I just rattled off my issues to God and not stopped to listen to what he has to say on the issues. How many times have I asked God for help and while he is showing me, I get the idea, push God aside try do it again on my own while God just stands there and says “.. but I have not finished showing you…”

To really HEAR God speak to us jumble the words of LISTEN and you’ll get….

wait for it …

SILENT

Yes wow again.