You can hear Josh, the zoo keeper, talk about interesting tidbits in the first half (but his speciality is in reptiles). The bears in the second half remind me of Dave.

For us, as Christians, to show grace is to be humbled. In our sinfulness and in our brokenness, we received Christ so that we would be viewed as holy and righteous before God. We acknowledge that it is not by our own righteousness that we can stand before God, but it is because of the grace given to us that we are made whole. So for us to show grace to others, we must do so in a humble and broken manner because it was in this state that we ourselves received grace.

What I’m learning in a nutshell: We must be convicted and transformed by God’s grace before we can show grace to others. And when showing grace to our brothers and sisters, we must do so knowing that they received the very same grace as we did.

“Grace finds beauty in everything.”

Yes, I’m a freaking idiot. Yes, I over drafted. More than once. And yes, I’m going to get chewed out for this and it will be well deserved.

I post this online for the world to see because I want to announce my stupidity. This will never happen again.

I LOL’D SO LONG WHEN I SAW THIS!!!

Dweebist

While I am far from being “google master,” I’d like to point out to the rest of you that Google Buzz is not the end of the world. Don’t be “freaked out.” Remain calm and let it pass. Twitter and Facebook and every other social networking website IN THE WORLD will still exist. Except Friendster.

Relax.

Probably one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Thanks Garnet!

I was reading a Spurgeon sermon called “Proving God”. It was beautiful. Spurgeon asks us to consider, when God made the sun, He was saying, Prove Me now. Prove that I AM IN CONTROL by the way I will continue to sustain your fiery light, your measured distance from the earth. When God made the plants and trees, He was saying to them, Prove Me now. Prove that I AM GOOD as I bring the rains to water you and the seasons to grow you. When God made the animals of the earth, He was saying to them, Prove Me now. Prove that I AM FAITHFUL as I give you instincts to hunt for food, as I provide you meat to nourish yourself, the waters to slate your thirst.

And to us in the church today, He says, Prove Me now. Prove that I AM A LOVING GOD by loving those around you, by showing grace as you have been shown grace. Be living proofs of what my love has accomplished and what is yet to come.

We have received a great calling to prove Him in all that we do. What are you proving in your life these days?

Prove Him now.

Excerpt from Garnet’s blog. Read the rest here.

During college, I remember my roommates getting really interested in raw denim. I thought it was absurd that they would spend hundreds of dollars on “jeans.” Well, I still do, BUT I realized that it’s kind of admirable to want to see progression in something, even if it’s just clothes.

Being able to visualize a goal and working towards it is admirable. You know exactly what you want and when life throws you a curve ball, like crotch bust, you make changes and work around it. Eventually your vision of having stacks and whiskers or whatever becomes a finished product. And then you soak it all in, and watch the dirt and stank come out at the same time.