Sometimes It's Hard To Get Through Those Open Doors...

June 9th:

There seems to be this hidden force that makes its goal in life to keep me from going to church on Sunday mornings. Either I'm "too tired" or "not in the mood". Either way, I USUALLY end up getting dragged to church by my parents. Yes, that is embarrassing to admit, but it's the cold, hard truth. I do not like GOING to church. But never do I go more than a few minutes into the service without realizing I was glad that I was there! I attend Mountain View's Open Door Church and I always, ALWAYS love the sermons. Even today's sermon which was seemingly inapplicable to my life - the topic being marriage relationships - hit me with its truth and the amazing Word of God. What the heck! God is so cool!

I know some people are skeptical about the topic of spiritual warfare in our everyday lives, but I'm a true believer that every decision is battled over - be that the decision to have a hard conversation with a friend or whether to go to a party or whether to attend church. I think Satan is battling pretty hard every Sunday morning to keep me home and away from the loving embrace of my Lord and Savior. I also have this firm belief that there is one hotel in Anaheim that cause me to become ill because of spiritual forces around me. Weird right? Yeah, that's what I believe. Well, back to the original topic!

The sermon today was about marriages, but a lot that was said applied to both friendships and dating relationships. One little tidbit that stood out to me was this: differences in personality and experiences MAKE relationships. Without any differences, there wouldn't be a relationship with two people, it'd just be you and your own thoughts. Sorta obvious, but it's nice to be reminded that just because someone is different than you doesn't mean that you can't have an awesome friendship or relationship! Something that goes along with that idea is that God "yokes" us together, not "fuses" or "welds". We are yoked, we have to CHOOSE to work together, to head the same direction. If we fit together perfectly then we would have brainless relationships and would never have conflict, and thus never grow emotionally, relationally, and spiritually!

So, there are my little ramblings for today. Other than church, I attended a grad party and went to the movies with my parental units. We viewed "Now You See Me" and I have to say it was fantastic. Totally unpredictable and perfectly fast-paced, while still maintaining a good plot. Go see it.

Keep it classy, bros. ;)