Messy Spirituality
Per Mike's request to utilize the blog, and inspired by the topic from thurs night. I'm thinking about reading this book. Its called Messy Spirituality by Michael Yaconelli. Check out the first couple paragraphs and lemmie know if you want to read it with me =)
The first couple paragraphs read...
My life is a mess.
After forty-five years of trying to follow Jesus, I keep losing him in the crowded business of my life. I know Jesus is there, somewhere, but it's difficult to make him out in the haze of everyday life.
For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a godly person. Yet when I look at the yesterdays of my life, what I see, mostly, is a broken, irregular path littered with mistakes and failure. I have had temporary successes and isolated moments of closeness to God, but I long for the continuing presence of Jesus. Most of the moments of my life seem hopelessly tangled in a web of obligations and distractions.
I want to be a good person. I don't want to fail. I want to learn from my mistakes, rid myself of distractions, and run into the arms of Jesus. Most of the time, however, I feel like I am running away from Jesus into the arms of my own clutteredness.
Comments
oh.. sounds interesting!!!
Posted by: kat15812 | October 29, 2005 10:31 AM
This is a topic that touches on all of us who have an "ideal" sense of spirituality but get so disappointed when we don't reach that ideal. Sounds like an interesting book and I'd be interested to hear what you think of it. Could be useful for accountability groups, too.
Posted by: mike | November 1, 2005 12:42 AM
okie.. bought the bOOK!!
Posted by: kat15812 | November 3, 2005 9:19 AM