If I let you reach me, wIll you teach me?

Praise God for his infinate goodniess and knowlegde wich exceeds anything I could ever think.

Each of us has a story. It is filled with pain, joys, smiles, and tears. It all winds together in a unique tapestry. But never forget about the promise God makes us, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." ~ Romas 8:28

Not only does God promise us good, but He promises thata we are chosen according to HIS PURPOSE! How amazing is that! God wants to take us, with our messed up crap and make a beautiful story out of it. Don't believe me, let's look at the life of the man who is best known for being a man after God's own heart; David.

David was just a little sheperd boy. He was the youngest in his family which pretty much meant that he had the least hopes out of anyone to become something. He sat with sheep in a feild which is pretty much the equivilent to the guy who cleans the portapotties. But that scrawny kid is the one who saved the isrealites from the philistine army. Not because of anything he was or did, but because he loved God and let Him work. This boy became king as well. It wasn't easy. He was almost killed several times and spent much of his young adulthood running for his life. The best part is, when he fianally became king he was still a major screw up! He peeped on a chick getting dressed, stole her from her house, slept with her, and then when he found out she was pregnant, he KILLED her husband. And yeah, God dealt with the sin. But David is still held as a man of God. Read through the psalms and you'll see what I mean. He laments, he praises, any sane person would think he is bipolar. But THAT is who GOD promises to use. Those of us who have no hope. God doesn't take an exalted person and exalt them more, but He does take the broken and lift them up, so HE ONLY gets the glory.

Watch this video if you haven't already. Look at the life of Jospeh. Joseph was an obnoxious little kid. He was daddy's favorite and all of his brothers knew it. They resented them so much they wanted to kill him! Instead they threw him in a pit and then sold him into slavery. After that he thought life was going to get better, he had a pretty cushy slave job and was earning favor with Potifer. But then Potifer's wife went all pyscho lustful and accused to poor guy of rape. He got thrown in jail to rot for life. It wasn't till God gave him the ability to interpret dreams that things started to get better. That's the point in the story where the above video comes in. But after he is taken out of jail, and offered the position of the second in command of Egypt which ended up saving the lives of not only the Egyptions but also the lives of his family who later bow down before his feet.

In ending.... God knows WAY better than we ever will. And there is a nothing we can do to help God out and nothing we can do to screw God up.