How Important is the Gospel to Me

This is a question that I have been asking myself more recently. Not that often sadly, but today I hope to record at least some of it. After Urbana I had a day off, and basically I have had three blog posts lurking in the back of my mind and written part of each one without finishing them.  But here we go.

After being challenged at Urbana, talking to some friends on my day off, I jumped straight into Colorado and have had lots of fun but not enough down time/me time.  And now I ask myself, how important is the Gospel to me.

I know what it is, I've been moved by it, I've been blessed by it, I've been set free by it, I've warped and distorted and many other verbs, and sadly I'll probably repeat all the bad things and thankfully all the good things as well.  God's grace is great and unfathomable.

But that being said, I'm caught now wondering  how much I value the Gospel.

Two challenges were taken away from Urbana within our team, one about no txting and no chatting online, and the other about not buying clothes for a year. The first one to encourage more genuine interactions and the second to remind ourselves of how blessed we are, and  we can be better witnesses of God and better stewards of His blessings.

I find myself challenged because txting and no chatting means it's hard to interact with certain people, but that does encourage calling which i guess is a good thing.

The no shopping would definitely been hard a couple years ago, but I think it's doable. However malls are bad places for me. Haha.

But to get back to the main point... the Gospel should be everything. Not some part of my life, but every part of my life. But is it? Honestly I can't say that it is. Some of the takeaway messages from Urbana still are in my mind but I don't know what to do. I heard about another shooting incicident today and honestly my heart was numbed and I was shocked. But then again.... for some this is normal. How sad is that?

I dunno... this blog post started out in my mind as something profound, but then it became just a flow of txt probably cause I'm tired.  Look for a post on Urbana soon along with a more in depth post on Colorado soon.  Haha.  Night world.