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You know how my cholesterol is "supposedly" high. Well, it may not surprise you to know that condensed soup, I usually don't add water and in fact add butter.  I don't really understand consensed soup.  Is it to decrease the amount of mass it would take up in the universe?  Well, this blog is gonna be like condensed soup.  It's alot to try to fit in the can of 1 blog.  But, I'll try. 

Friday Holly called me to tell me that she was going to Joyful Noise for a concert, and wanted Mark and I to go.  Echoing Angels were going to be there.  They sing "You Alone" which is the last solo I sang at church.  Love that song. I told Holly "I'd see.  Maybe" and stuff like that.  "No Gina.  I want you to go."  Really I felt like I should.  I already wanted to, but knowing how I am, I can very quickly talk myself out of things.  Chloe was going to a sleepover, so there just wasn't any reason not to go.  I borrowed 2 blank CDs from Scott F. so Mark could burn my songs on to give out to the group.  We were off.  I stuck some Vision business cards in my purse.  I have felt for a while that I should see if Joyful Noise needed any night and weekend help, and I've even asked before, but at that time they didn't.  As we were paying for our tickets I asked the owner if they needed any help.  He said "No".  But his son said they might soon, and asked me if I had a resume.  I told him I didn't but I did have a Vision business card with my contact info.  I felt good about that contact for whatever reason.  Now to the concert.  Adam came to the concert to surprise everyone, and we were all really excited to see him.  I'd never been to the upstairs at Joyful Noise.  Well, it was just awesome.  The atmosphere.  The presence of Christ.  A Temple Cry opened up for them and led us in worship.  They're a local group, that I got contact info for.  I think it'd be great for them to come on a Sun. night and perform a concert for Focus and Vision.  Really perform's not even the right word, because the lead singer said "We're not here to perform."  They just wanted to worship, and they did, and we did.  Echoing Angels was wonderful.  I loved it when the guitar player said "Hey we're just a bunch of rednecks!"  They were down to earth, and approachable, and just in love with their Creator.  We went to books-a-million and hung out before going home.  We were probably home by midnight.  I usually go to bed on Fridays at 9:30.  So, when I woke up Saturday it felt like I'd been run over by a truck, but it was so worth it.  Saturday Chloe and I stayed home and Mark was at basketball all day.  His team won the championship for youth!  Yay black team!

Sunday morning Roger preached on Matthew 25:14-30.http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025:14-30;&version=65; and 2 things really stuck out.  1. I'm given talents and expectations based on who God created me to be.  Roger talked about it by saying he's not responsible for living the life of another pastor.  He's only responsible for himself.  I told Vision last night that I believe if we would embrace what God's gifted us with, and stop trying to improve on what we weren't gifted to do in the first place, we'd be much more at peace with who we are. 2. God didn't accept fear as an excuse for being "careful." Church's are full of common sense realists who would rather ensure mediocrity then be willing to rise or fall for Jesus.  So we settle for same old same same old.  I'm sick of it. I think the Message translation of this passage is very powerful, and it's what is attached.  I carried the morning teaching over into Sun. night Vision.  I Corinthians 12 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I%20corinthians%2012;&version=65.  I reminded the class that we all have been given gifts when w were saved, whether they have been opened or not, the gifts have been given.  I also asked them if they were trying to live a successful Christian life detached from the body.  When a limb detaches from the body it dies.  This is where I believe alot of believers are, and it's dangerous territory.  They don't fee like they "fit" anywhere.  So, they just determine they will live detached from the body and don't realize they're dying in the process. 

Yesterday was an exciting day and night in Vision.  We had 12 in Sunday School, and we had 9 last night.  Plus we had a brand new visitor that just heard about us and was excited to have a young adult group to plug into.  She and I talked quite a bit last night and it really validated some things for me.

Now to enjoy this blog, just add one can of water, heat and enjoy.

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