Taking Ourselves Too Seriously

Last week, I posted on "thin-skinned-ness'.  I have been doing alot of thinking about that lately. 

We all are WAY too thin of skin....IMO, at least. 

I woke up Sunday with a verse running thru my heart: "May the LORD make your love for one another and ALL PEOPLE grow and overflow...."  See, when we are too 'thin of skin', it just shows our lack. 

We are lacking in our "'love tank'".....the love-level has gotten low. We need to grow ......and then OVERFLOW with love!!

One of my favorite preachers to listen to is Joel Osteen.  Many people think he is fake, shallow, etc... that he is the "smiley preacher".

Joel is just being true to who he is.  If you knew his daddy, if you knew his story, Joel really IS what you see. 

He is authentic to himself.

Ed Young, Jr, Pastor of Fellowship Church in Dallas, a mega baptist church, did this HILARIOUS piece at Lakewood Church, Joels Osteen's megachurch in Houston.  What is cool is that Ed is Southern Baptist, Joel, pure Pentecostal/Charismatic background.  These guys are united in heart, just having FUN!

LOVE IT!!!!  LOVE WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE EARTH!!!!  This is a special day we live in.

To growing in love,

PB

Comments

[Scott]

Oh that brings back memories, our pastor back in Oregon was John Osteens youth pastor, he came to Portland to pioneer a new church and guess what we said before every sermon?...... "This is my Bible, I have what it says I have, I can do what it says I can do, et....." all the while holding up our bibles in the air.