| So Nick basically BRINGS IT every Thursday at The Gathering, which is LSU Chi Alpha's large group service. He tells these hilarious stories, with a deep, challenging message. I wish I could recount every sermon. (for those of you who know, Nehemiah was my favorite, "I'm with you, let's get started" yes!) Anyway, I will try to recount one. Galatians 6:7-8 "Do not be decieved, God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the spirit, from the spirit will reap eternal life." Nothing good ever happens in slow motion Nick's Story: He was walking back from working out (so he says) and decides to take the stairs up to his dorm room because it was only like the 3rd floor, so if you take the elevator, you're just plain lazy. While walking up the stairs out of a doorway his friend Nicky appears, with the biggest slushie in hand you've ever seen in your life. (on powerpoint he shows a 20 foot blow up slushie, obviously an ad at a gas station, you had to be there). So they meet and greet and Nicky proceeds close to the edge of the stairs. Now you have to remember, college dorm stairs are basically made of concrete and concrete. Nicky somehow trips over herself as she begins to take the first step, in very slow motion she begins to fall from vertical to horizontal. As Nick is saying "Niiiiiickkkkky, nooooooooo!" He wants to help her, but she is a fairly large girl, and by the time Nick comtemplates it, to his thankfulness, the damage was already done. As Nicky hit's the stairs, SMACK!, her slushie goes flying everywhere! It's all over the walls, all over Nick and Nicky, and most unfortunatly all over the stairwell. Just when they think it's over, the oh so slippery stairwell and and oh so slippery Nicky start to battle again. Because of the new slippieness, out of nowhere, Nicky slowly begins to slide down the stairs, tummy down, she picks up speed and BAM! Nicky dives face first into the cement wall at the bottom! Ouch! Nick, not knowing to laugh or call an ambulance watches as Nicky gets up, shakes it off, (with a confused, I just got hit by an eighteen wheeler look) and says, "well, it was nice seeing ya Nick, catch ya later!" The girl walked off drenched in slushie, acting like nothing ever happened! Which left Nick with the feeling of, does she think I'm stupid, does she think I didn't see what just happened? He said that to say this, like the scripture says, you cannot make a fool out of God. Sometimes we go around doing things and acting like "God didn't see that" But just like Nick, he was there and watched the whole thing, it would be like calling God an idiot to think he didn't see what we did, but we do. He tied it up with sowing and reaping, but since this is long already, and this is what stood out most to me, there it is. This challeged me to live like God is watching, it's so easy to slip into "whatever" mode when not in a churchie enviornment. Love you and hope you are challenged! |
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