Man, this is awesome

Well, our Pastor is big on the word awesome. Actually, he's big on the fact that only God is awesome. I learned over time that he's right. Even our kids correct people when they say something is awesome. Usually with, "God is awesome."

Well, in thought this occured to me and I found the verse I was looking for.

"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus ..." (Romans 8:1)

The whole point is...God is awesome and He's the only thing in creation that Is awesome because He IS the Creator, yet He is so merciful and loving. How does the song go? "Send your mercies down from heaven, sweetmercies from heaven, new mercies for today, shower them down as we pray" (aren't you proud, I did that from memory!) Everyday, He's raining down on us all that we need. We never want (though sometimes we forget that, oh, and we forget that He provides and all that other stuff too, yeah, I know.) We are never out of His sight. We are never far form His presence. We are resting under His Oak and we've got some pretty smooth shade.

Just one more short thought. When someone says "Dude, that's totally awesome!" (I know you love the faint "Bill and Ted" reference (Come on, you know you like Keanu Reeves)) think about this. When you come to God with your stuff there is no finger pointing, no "haha, we got you" because if you are in Christ you "have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." (1 John 2:1) Because, heaven knows, we all need grace to make it through the day.