Life IS Great (Thank you God)

Friday has finally come and looking back at the week gone by I see so many highs and areas in which I can be really thankful and full of praise.

First and foremost, regardless of the amazingly silly thinking exhibited by people who are supposed to be leading a Christian faith, many of the BOPs (Bums on Pews) are reading their Bibles and believing that what was says two thousand years ago is not only relevant and real, but are the words of life.

Secondly, people I engage with are talking to God (this is called prayer in case anyone is wondering) and not only that but they are also listening too! What might shock some is that He's not only apparently speaking but what he is saying is being heard consistently among a number of people. Makes you think that there might just be a (just) God!

The third thing that makes me buzz today is the reality that we're seeing more men come to Christ. I have been worried that Christianity was becoming a 'pink' affair in that we have a high proportion of women and to this are adding the other pink group. Jesus and His message is a real man's message and, as one person so nicely put it, where I find myself at the moment is in the midst of a truly 'hairy assed Church'! God's message of love is effective and wonderfully relevant for men after all!

The fourth area of praise is that we are seeing people who have decided that despite the liberals and the  academic ivory tower dwelling clerics the message of God's love, as shown through the cross of Christ, is consistent and as valid now as two thousand years ago and many are retaining Scripture, Reason and Tradition as the test of orthodoxy (which denies the 'homosexuality as THE test' cobblers uttered by planktons on all sides of the argument). Whilst others seek to sell out and embrace lifestyles and other theologies in some sort of 'arranging deckchairs on the Titanic' exercise - the true Church continues and using its brains, engages with Bible and society, yet oddly comes out with different conclusions.

Praise God for 'ordinary' Christians. Being 'laos' (God's people, that is laity) is the greatest calling and the most blesséd place to find oneself and being faithful to that call is a blessing to God and to all people. What shame that some can gain recognition, academic and societal praise and in so doing deny the traditional tenets and standards of living of Christianity, thus causing others to fall along with them. Naughty shepherds but good sheep it seems is perhaps becoming the order of the day?

Life is great and God is wonderfull - His love (and His word) endure (unchanged and without need for revision) for ever!