after midnight

i just thought i would write something after midnight... because i was thinking of that song... "after midnight we gonna let it all hang out" and i don't know if those are the words, but that is what i have always said... so we just finished day one of the training conference in surdoc, (SIR-DOOK) my little romanian pronunciation guide... nice huh... i have no idea if it is right but it looks good... tonight the first session was on stewardship... which is about spending our finances wisely... randy did a great job and there was some godd and interesting discussion... go read Luke 16:9 and what do you think about it??? the discussion led into another question... what if someone who grows tobacco to be sold for making cigarettes gives money to the church, should they accept it...

this started a big debate... it is funny, because these are the things churches in america have been dealing with for a long time... and the churches here are very much against smoking, and it seems like they would say it is a sin to smoke... Did Jesus say, " you who has never sinned, you may write the frist check"?? i know that is somewhat a smart mouth comment, but i think it has some truth... anyways... i think this was a great discussion, but they always seem to go so quickly into drawing lines and setting up barriers... and i am just scared to set up barriers between people and God... what are your thoughts... do you automatically think there are some people who can and some people who cannot give to God??

the church in New York who received a million or more dollars from the guy who won the lottery, is that wrong??? is it worth our time thinking about it???

ultimately the Bible says and I completely believe that everything is God's... this laptop is God's, the money i have is God's and so on... and if it really is God's than He has the right to show me or even command me to spend it in whatever way He wants... if you believe that it is your money, than you will not think this way... you will think that i want to give God my money because i want to... because i love Him... what about when you don't want to... what if that day comes... if I beleive that God owns everything, than my decisions about the littel things matter a lot... i do want to be faithful with what God has given me, I also want to be content with what God has given me... I have everything I could ever need... i hope that you can be content with what God has given you... even to the point where we can say thank you God for what you have given me, when you may have nothing...

i talked to Cindy a little while ago, and she said that quite a few people might be reading this... if so i really encourage you to comment, i would love to hear what you are thinking... i will see if there is a way to commment without bbeing a member of this blog thingy...until tomorrow or i guess later today thanks for listening or reading...