Rain and Shane

Shane Claiborne is now officially my favorite speaker. yep. :)
He had some awesome stuff to say about getting the church back to being the way the church was meant to be, where they had "everything in common" with one another. If one person had more than they needed, they gave their excess to those who had less than they needed. It's about unity and community, not individualism. Yes, our faith is supposed to be personal, but not individual. It's supposed to be personal and public. I also really liked what he said about singleness; pretty much that it's ok to be single. We are called to love God, first and foremost. We are not first and foremost called to have a boyfriend or get married and have children. It's ok to be single. If you think about it, Paul also said it was ok to be single. He told people to marry if they would marry, but to be single if they would be single... or something like that. In life, we are not expected to get married. We are, out of God's love for us and our love for him expected to follow God and spread his love and light and life to all peoples. Can I best serve God in my singleness or if I'm preoccupied with getting out of my singleness? Shane had some great stuff to say. He serves a great God who had some great stuff to tell us, and God chose a great vessel to tell it through.

On to the rain. I think the rain and the Shane kind of go together. :) I see the rain as God spilling down his blessing on us and being like, "yes! look at all these people coming to hear truth on a Thursday night!"... it was God's way of touching the earth and bringing joy. ...and it didn't just spit... it spat... then it sprinkled... then it rained... then it began to pour. I left my huge drawing pad in my locker in mcnally, took off my shoes, rolled up my pants... and walked barefoot back to Hart. What a thrill!... the whole time I couldn't help but sing praise to God. Blessed be he that reigns now, reigned in the past and will reign forever more. Amen.