I've been going to this bible study for the last few months, and it has changed my life. Joseph Korpics, our leader, is the most biblical, inspired, god-fearing, loving man i know. He's been leading us throug this series - Looking into the face of Christ. He knows how to make the most impactful, meaningful sermons i've ever heard. Mr. Korpics alwasy talks about God Romancing us. This was something very new to me, I had never thought of it before like this. Basically, how he explains it is God is madly in love with us and is constantly trying to make us fall in love with him. He longs for us. When you long for someone/something, you've just got to have it, and will do wahtever it takes to get that thing. That's how God sees us. He speaks to us, shows us things, dies for us, would give anything to see us happy, and is so hurt/dissapointed when we let him down, or don't desire to be his. How cool is that? Doesn't it make you feel bad after you realized, he would give ANYTHING to be your everything, and we ditch him because "we're to busy", we'd rather go watch a movie, or sleep, maybe log onto facebook!
This weeks message was on Mark chapter 4, when Jesus calms the storm. Mr. Korpics sheds so much onto theses small stories. When I read them, i admire them to a certain extent, get some lessons out of it... but he, he gets SO much out of it. so much i would have NEVER thought of. it's amazing. He starts off by pointing out, the disciples on the boat were all fishermen (use to storms out on sea, use to the elimiates, this was thier territory).... yet in this storm, they were frantic, in fear, hopeless - it was one BAD storm, they thought they were going to die.
They rudely awake jesus, once the storm got deathly bad, and say to jesus' face "why dont you care about us?" Wow, jesus knows how much he loves them, he would give everything for them, yet they ask him that! that's what i would call low, and painful. yet jesus calmly gets up, does'nt say anything to them, but asks them about thier faith, calms the storm (within seconds) and asks them again where their faith is...
Sometimes God amazes me. Theres so much about this story now, that would take me hours to mention, that just awes me.
God longs for us so badly...yet we dissapoint him so much, just as the disciples did when they asked him if he cared. Yet he still longs for us, would die for us, forgives us, and is "in wonder" of us. Now that's love.
anyways.... i'm not completing my thoughts.
All i can say is i've learned so much from Mr. Korpics, and i'm really sad we have to stop for "summer break"! Who needs summer break!? lol...
I can't believe God would even want to romance us... Why?
I want the kind of perspective Mr. Korpics has. I wanna be able to read the bible, and get what he gets out of it!!!
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- Anna Charis
- Everybody smiles in the same language....And for that, I am so thankful.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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"The only thing that counts, is faith expressing itself through love..."
Galatians 5:6
Galatians 5:6
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