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February 2, 2012

This week was our spiritual enrichment days at the church.  They were good and it was great to spend some time with God.  After one evening service, I decided to pick up some Slurpee’s for my wife and me.  Truth is I’m not a big fan of them, but Marla completely loves them so I was getting some brownie points by coming home with them.  She also particularly loves the banana flavor.  Having never tried it I decided to get the same.  On my way home I couldn’t wait until I arrived so I started to drink mine. 

 It was gross. 

Seriously gross. 0075_by_driversideimpactx

 I didn’t understand what my wife liked about it.  When I arrived she couldn’t wait to have hers and after one sip she said, “Something’s wrong, like really wrong”.  From what we could figure out the banana flavor was messed up in a serious way so much so, that we dumped our entire drinks.  What a letdown.  What a waste of money.

I know what you’re thinking.  It’s not a big deal, and yes we got over it in about 5 seconds, but none the less we were a little disappointed.

 Disappointments in our lives, real disappointments that is, are usually caused by some sort of chasm of trust.  We trusted something or someone and what we thought was going to happen didn’t.  Trust, when broken enough times is a very hard virtue to restore.  Have you ever lost trust in God?  Did something happen in your life where you felt God didn’t pull through, or God wasn’t providing, or God just remained silent?  Proverbs 3:5-6 says this, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.”

 Can you really believe this? 

Can you really trust in something like that? 

Can you even agree with a verse like that?

Sunday we start our new series entitled 3:5 and 6.  For the month of February we are going to be walking through the words of that verse.  For now, why not sit back, grab a Slurpee (forget the banana flavor) and ponder what those words mean to you.

 I also want to challenge you to invite someone to church with you for maybe the first time.  It’s as easy as saying, “What are you doing on Sunday night?”  Here’s to expecting and praying for another amazing night.

 phil