Thursday, September 20, 2012

A wedding to remember

Saturday I officiated at a wedding at a local catering facility.  After, I walked inside to a cocktail hour, where they had a buffet of great snacks before the dinner.  Their buffalo chicken with blue cheese sauce was the best I have ever tasted- incredible.  So I went back for seconds.  Then I saw 3 adult men with yamulkes. Looking around, I realized that none of the people were from the wedding seemed present.  Wondering, I walked over to a sign on the wall- "Welcome to Justin's bar-mitzvah"!  I had been unknowingly crashing a bar-mitvah.

The spiritual lesson-it is easy to find yourself in the wrong place.

But the bar-mitzvah had great food.

Friday, September 7, 2012

The opposite of faith

What is the opposite of faith?  I have always assumed it was unbelief.

But reading this morning in Habakkuk 2:4 (the famous verse which started the Reformation), I think another opposite is pride.  The verse says, "Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith."  Pride is really trusting in yourself, humility is having faith in another, such as God.  Pride and faith truly are opposites!

Must-see movie to see

Check out "2016- Obama's America."  The church was abuzz last Sunday with people talking about it, so I saw it this week.  I was there during dinner, and was surprised by the large crowd at it.  It is very thought-provoking.  The author/editor is Dinesh D'Souza, a fascinating Christian guy who I saw debate Peter Singer (the ungodly founder of the animal rights movement and supporter of euthanasia) at Princeton a few years ago.