oooh... today's one-year Bible reading brought up a couple of things.

OT - talked about the children of Israel crossing the jordan to go take jericho. it reminded me of a really good sermon about jericho i once heard...

NT - Luke 14:33 "So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own." i have to keep on keeping God as the most important thing in my life... no one else, not even myself, should get in the way.

and now i'm headed off to church. i think i've talked about in the past how i've always had a roommate to go with and that made it comfortable for me... even in LA i feel comfortable in my roommate's church to invite other people to potluck, etc. but now it's just me in my 'home church' and i still want to go. this time, my journey is for me. for me and God. not cuz of obligations, not cuz of guilt, but just to keep on pursuing a relationship with God. i looked back on old blog posts, some of them, even 2-3 years ago this month, chronicle my struggle with the church. this has been a long ongoing process... i didn't quite see the point of it then, but i wanted to learn more... i think i see a different reason to go now. anyways, looking at where i was 3 years ago, i'm hoping that there's continued growth in me.

i hope i can also one day look back at this post and remember where i was at, because if i don't write it down then it'll be hard remember the struggles i went through.