Partly cloudy with some chance of rain & glimpes of sun

Isn't life a lot like the weather? No matter how much they try to get the weather report right, there's always the element of unpredictability.

I've been in the pseudo state of sleep for about an hour now and finally decided it's no use. It's better to just get up and write it out.

We had a showing of Letters to God at church last night. I'd prepared myself. I knew that it was going to be sad, but I wasn't prepared for all the feelings that it would evoke and that probably explains the wakefulness. I can identify with Tyler, the character of the movie. I know what it means to write out your prayers and your feelings.

It's good to see a movie like this from time to time. It's a fact that I adore my happy endings and make a considerable effort only to seek or surround myself with things that are going to have only that outcome or what I perceive as that end result. Sometimes life just isn't like that. It brings home that one should be looking for the happiness in each moment.

For the last two weeks, Pastor Kirk has given some really awesome sermons that have certainly spoke to me in unexpected ways. I mean, I've heard their message before, but just not quite in that manner as I understand it at this point. Isn't that one of the most wonderful qualities of God's word? It's revealed to us in so many ways at just the right time for understanding. Who's to say that this same message won't be spoke again with even more understanding of different points the next time.

Points in brief:
Last week, Pastor Kirk spoke about having faith like a child based on Matthew 18:1-6; We are called to have faith like a child. Not that we should behave as children, but that we should believe as children. With every fiber of our beings. Isn't that how a child believes and accepts?

This week, Pastor Kirk's sermon topic consisted of the "rain" we experience in our lives. Simply because we're Christians living a life of faith, doesn't mean that our lives are going to be perfect. Our faith needs to be like the house built on the rock and not the sand covered in scriptures Matthew 7:24-27

As to how this relates to why I'm awake at 5:30 a.m. writing? The movie last night...Letters to God...I chose it based on a whim of what was going to be released soon on around the time for the next movie night. I find it very interesting how the story line of this movie has also related to the sermon topics of the last couple of weeks, but I had no way of knowing beforehand what those topics or what points Pastor Kirk would choose to lift out of them.

God's plan? Well, we might not know what it is, we might not even be able to see any elements of it and our own free will might cause us to make decisions that will, for the time being, interrupt or cause it to take longer to come full circle. But....I have absolute faith that no matter where I'm at, no matter what is going on...He is with me.

Until later...