Can You Tell Where My Mind Is?

It is finals week here at the U of I (I'm 1/4 done), but all I'm doing is California Dreamin'. I've got myself a ticket to the Rose Bowl, friends to drive across the country with, and an itch to get out of Illinois for a bit. I will be at the very stadium shown above in exactly 3 weeks. I'm super excited to see my Illini in their first bowl game since the Sugar Bowl. Oh, I remember that game. It still leaves a sick taste in my mouth and definitely helps me to want to be the biggest OSU fan I can be.

As for other thoughts.....I was mulling over the idea of worship the other day.
Many times in Christian culture, phrases such as, "man I had a really good worship time," or, "man, that worship was really encouraging for me," or "I really needed that time of worship," come up. Not that these things are bad. Not at all. I'm glad worship is encouraging to us. But is that the point of worship? I'm pretty confident that worship is for the glorification of God. I do believe that the joy I get out of worship should primarily come from knowing that my King is being glorified. I think any other element is secondary. I know God can encourage me through worship, but am I truly honoring him in that time. I think that is most important. So the next time you enter into musical worship, think about what the time is for. Even if you don't feel like worshiping, but acknowledging the presence of the King, you are doing him honor.

The other thought I had came from Josh Wondra. We were conversing and the words prayer and charity came into a sentence together. I guess for me I've never heard them used together. It seems totally natural that they would go together, but it struck me regardless. I think in the church culture I've been in, I've never heard it articulated in that way before. Sure we're supposed to pray for others, sure we need prayer warriors, but many times we pray for our own situation or things directly involving us. When I think of prayer as charity for the greater good, I leap and think how exciting that can be to help others with God's direct connection. Maybe we need to look into this more and really consider it a beautiful way to serve when we don't feel like it. I know I need to.

PS: Can you tell what I do when I don't want to study?