prostrate before God

originally uploaded by pr9000.

As I was walking into church today -- I had to park the car far away because we were a bit late -- a thought hit me: What's it going to take for me to lay prostrate before God?

(Well, originally I thought "lay prostate" but looked it up when I got home.)

I'm in a phase right now where I'm almost willfully refusing His help and guidance with what's going on around me. I don't recall ever being this stubborn ... I've never had a problem with allowing God the credit for guiding me to where I am today, and yet over the past few months I have fallen silent toward Him.

Dave Ramsey was the speaker today; I didn't know this beforehand, so it was quite a shock to hear that he was going to be speaking. Apparently he was instrumental in the formation of Journey Church and has been a friend and adviser since the very beginning. Of course, being so new to the church, I'm sure there's a lot I don't know.

(I can hear Amina thinking of several jokes right now.)

Dave had a fantastic, amazing, so-relevant-it's-scary message today about, of all things, hope -- where to put it and why -- and some lessons that we could take away from the insanity going on in the world around us right now.

I truly believe God got us here to Franklin for a reason; too many boulders were moved out of the way in Minnesota to just be good luck or great timing. It's amazing to watch, and I think today I was reminded that, if I just open my eyes to it, He's doing it even now.

Yesterday, my stubbornness was at 11. Today, I think it's a few notches lower.