Re- Over- Un- Lacking Commitment.

Urbana 12 - 30

So, today, eh?

I don't even know. It started pretty well. The Bible study was pretty good. We were in Luke 15 today and we had a good discussion about sheep and coins and parties.

We bought lunch and went to morning session. We were a bit late. Todays message was the rest of Luke 15 about the two sons and the father. We had a different expositor this morning and he never stopped talking long enough to take a breath. Like, he received applause a number of times, but just kept going, never really acknowledging our response. But ya, he did present well how we have all turned away an even the younger son's prepared speech wasn't repentence. As in the other two parables it was all God's work to bring them back. And so there was an invitation to return to the Father; either for the first time or a renewed turning back. A lot of people did so and they went to have a party.

Then was the offering. I tend to think that I have nothing else I can really sacrifice. They say 'cut out coffee for a week', I say 'I barely spend money on food.' But that's arrogant. I have so much blessing and am not truly giving out of my poverty. So, I gave all I had left and won't buy anything until I'm back in Canada.

I actually calculated how much I had spent so far and after the offering I was basically at all the money my dad had given me. So I was actually done... Then I remembered that we were going to the arch tomorrow. And you have to pay to go up... Was I going to stay on the ground as they went up? I couldn't really do anything else. That would be so self-centered to go back on my commitment. I asked how much it cost. 10$. The exact amount my friend had given me for this trip. It's still in my wallet. Haha.

After session I went immediately to the seminar room to wait for David Platt. 80 minutes early. Lol. Excessive? Yes. Wasn't really full until 30 minutes before or so. Good talk. Very good talk.

Back for track time. Talked bout lostness and then commitments. This was probably about the time my day started getting worse again.

I'll tell you more about it in another post.

But ya.

The evening session was good. Amazing speaker. I was a little distracted I guess. I made a commitment, but nothing more than I already have committed to. I feel like I need way more prayer and way more time with God.

Ttyl.

D.Fa