The Rundown

So last night was tight. We came from the four corners of our city to gather around the table for spaghetti. We ate and caught up on things, and as we did so, a few new traditions fell into our laps. One of them being a scripture reading before dinner, and the other, sharing our "joy" of the week.

Janelle led our creative time and did an amazing job, and I just wanted to share some thoughts and perhaps wrap up what I felt like was the heart of what last night was all about.

I think that God wants us to understand that we are Sons and Daughters, and that He has created us way that we are for a reason. Psalm 139 says that we were knit together by the hands of the God in our mother's womb. It also says that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. I think that the Lord wants us to grasp that we are not primarily soldiers, robots or clones, and that those are not the things that we are called to be. Above all, we are called to be Sons and Daughters. God wants our love and our friendship and his calling for our lives is already inside of us. In other words, our calling isn't outside of who he made us to be. Doesn't that change everything? To put it simply, God wants us to walk with him as his children in relationship, and walk with each other as family; to do the things that we love for his glory, to care about the things that He cares about and to act upon them; to bring beauty to the earth.

I hope that you guys have a good week and all. See you guys soon.

Josh

PS.
Last night we brought a sound that was in some sense or another, representative of who we are at the moment. Which was cool and also got me thinking that perhaps the world is waiting for our sound, and the song that we make when we are all playing together.