Core

Today was great.  We got into looking at the different depths of scripture, and the different messages put into the same book.  It was very interesting, and quite eye-opening to the fact that Paul didn't just write letters.  Paul was extremely specific in what he wrote, and when you begin to study everything he wrote, you being to see that he did it on purpose.

There are a lot of things which are written outside of today's context within the scripture.  This has led to a lot of misguided church, "laws" or understandings of scripture.  We didn't get into that very much, but I'm sure it's something that will come up later on.

We then got to the core of the book of Philemon--because it's the book we've been studying all week--and found the core principle Paul is trying to communicate through this book is that of forgiveness.  The next hour was spent in meditation and contemplation/prayer with God about things we need to forgive people for/reconcile ourselves with.

The hour after that was spent sharing those things, and then we spent some time in small groups continuing in prayer and sharing.  Our small group actually spent quite a bit of time discussing pride and how it relates to forgiveness--especially when we get offended by things that aren't even really offensive...we're just letting our pride get the better of us.

Then the afternoon was spent planning for outreach and the soup kitchen on Saturday.  It was fun, but I won't bore you with any details.  If it's really that important to you then you can personally message me and we'll discuss it there ;).

After that, I interviewed Wes for the five minute documentary on Greenhaven, and got 30 minutes worth of him talking...which I was expecting due to Wes being known for rambling, but every time Wes gets talking about broken, homeless people you can just see the passion and hear in his voice how much his heart breaks for those people.

Now here I sit, listening to worship practice and loving every moment God has given me with these fantastic people.