I'm just sitting here at a coffee shop and I just finished the book I've been working on. As I was reading it I started thinking about Jesus and how human he was. I got lost in thoughts about what he looked like, what color his eyes were, what it'd be like to look into his eyes, how tall he was, how warm his smile would be, what it'd feel like to be wrapped in his arms and to feel the warmth of his skin. Jesus was very human. In thinking about these things I think I opened a whole new love for him in my heart. So many times we think of Jesus as this untouchable being that lived here on earth at one time long ago and we have trouble making a humanly personal connection with him. We usually don't have a problem connecting with him emotionally or spiritually, but we do physically because we can't see him. Just for a second imagine what it'd be like to hug Jesus.... I don't know about you but I just about lost it just thinking about that. I also think its important to remember that Jesus was not American. He was not white. He probably looked very much like what we think of when we think of a terrorist (its sad to say that we stereotype so bad these days). Realizing this tears down so many walls when it comes to accepting other ethnicities and being able to love them to the greatest potential. Just some stuff to think about...thats all for now =)

Love and Money

I was reading this book last night called Blue Like Jazz. It's a really good book and gives a different perspective on Christianity than what is usually found. Well, the chapter I was reading was about money mostly but the end of the chapter went into how all the metaphors we use when it comes to describing our relationships with ppl have to do with economics. For example: I value our friendship. We invest in each other. You are priceless. Get what I'm saying??
Ok. So if this is how we describe our relationships, then we could also say that a relationship is bankrupt. This brings me to my next point...we treat our love like money. We only invest our love in ppl that we get love back from. We can be stingy with our love. Here's the crazy thing ppl...LOVE IS NOT LIKE MONEY!!!! Love never runs out. Love is not just for the rich. Love is universal. This realization came like a slap in the face to me. I realized that I had been with-holding love from ppl that I had no right to keep it from. As Christians we are called to show love to the world, regardless of whether or not we get love back.
I'm challenging myself, as well as anyone who reads this, to love abundantly and unconditionally. And when I say unconditionally I don't mean artificial unconditional love...I mean true, genuine unconditional love, just like the love that Christ shows us every single day of our lives.
Go and invest your love in anyone and everyone, you got nothing to lose =) <3>

The First of Many

This is better than Facebook!!!! Its pure writing and that's what I love. I don't care about who is dating who, or what everyone is doing at every moment of the day. I just care about what ppl have to say and how they express it through written words. I can't wait to start blogging regularly =)