Father Hear of God

This week has been a busy busy week of FUN! Our topic was Father Heart of God. Our speaker, Jack Kody, was like our daddy. He took us out to ice cream, bowling, watched pride and prejudice, and finding nemo. It was so nice and he was so nice! But whats most important isn't what we did but what he taught us.

One of the biggest things I learned this week is that God really is our dad, our father who art in heaven. He loves us so much and we are his children, his joy. I know that my earthly dad loves me a lot... but times that by infinity and thats how much god loves every one of us! The amount of love that earthly parents can give to their children is only 1 drop of gods ocean of love for us. And for those people who don't have a dad in their lives- god is the ultimate dream dad and is perfect!

Another big thing I learned was how much god doesn't actually NEED us. God doesn't need us to do antyhing... he's god. He made the universe so what we do in our lives isn't something he needs us to do- he just wants us to do it. He can do everything we do way better than us- so why have us do it? Because he loves us! Like a little kid going to work with their dad- the little kid does a really bad job but the dad just works beside them and helps them and fixes what they messed up. God is inviting us to go to work with him everyday. He just wants us to spend time with him and enjoy the things he enjoys. So its not about what we can do in life its about our character and our love for god. 

One final thing that I took away from this week was Jack's advice to all us girls. Its wonderful advice for life so here's some of it:

-the world is full of idiodic boys who are immature, play videogames, and read play boy.  Don't marry a boy like this because all you're going to end up being is their mother.

-follow god first and foremost, boys should be second on your list. When you foucs all on god and run after him he will take care of the rest.

-Once you get married it wont be a fairy tale happy ending. The man you marry isn't there to satisfy all your needs- thats gods job. 

-Make sure you are filling yourself up with gods love everyday and then make sure your husband and family are full of his love.

- There is no better thing that you can do for your children than loving their father/mother. It provides them with a home of security, comfort, and love. 

I know this has been a long blog. But it was a good week! If you have some extra time watch this video by Rob Bell. I know there's some controversy about his new book- but his videos are still good. So enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qme_d-qC4is

(or just search Nooma Rain by Rob Bell on Youtube)