Narrow mindedness!

Matthew 7:13-14- "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

So have you ever heard that Christianity is nothing but narrow mindedness? I feel like that is one of the biggest issues with non-believers. How can a loving God let good people go to Hell? Why would He be so crude? So this has always been something that I have wondered about and never quite knew exactly how to answer this question, but the last few weeks at Navigator's, there was a seminar on this subject. It was phenomenal and so clear about this issue.

Have you ever thought about how Truth is Narrow in almost every sphere?

Mathematical Truth- 2+2 is ALWAYS 4. 715 x 6839 = 4,889,885 ALWAYS!

Historical Truth- 9/11 happened on September 11th, 2001 in New York City, when two terrorist planes crashed into the World Trade Centers. ALWAYS!

Geographical Truth- In order to go to Antarctica, you must go south. ALWAYS!

Scientific Truth- water boils at sea level at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. ALWAYS!

Spiritual Truth- The only way to get to Heaven is to know Christ! ALWAYS!
(The only difference with this one, is that emotions are involved. This is why this is so much harder to accept as truth.)

Matthew 7:21-23 says "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'"

The Lord says that He must know us. This might be narrow, but it is true. It doesn't matter what one does or says but only whether or not one KNOWS Christ! Pretty incredible huh?!?

Wartburg Mime Night!

Last night, my friends, Jenscie, Darren, Kate, and I took a little road trip to Wartburg College in Waverly, IA. We went to a mime which began at Creation and went through the Resurrection. It was very well done and symbolized the gospel incredibly. Then afterwards, the four of us decided to walk around the Wartburg campus (which is actually quite tiny we found out) and take pictures. It was so much fun and really good just to hang out and laugh with these four. So enjoy!!

Darren= Fortress; Amy= TV; Kate= Trumpet

JOY

Where's Waldo??? (Can you find us? There's three of us)

Jenscie and me in the trashcan!

Darren held himself up like this...CRAZY

Breaking through the gates

Darren and Jenscie

Kate and Me

This tree was a little small but still fun to climb

This is the cover picture for our band that we are going to make... ;)

We all decided to mark our turf at the Wartburg campus so what better way than this?!?

And here's a statue thing that was really fun to find new and exciting ways to take pictures on

The whole group! (plus some monk)

Woops... there I go again!

So over the course of this last week, two similar and unfortunate events occurred in my life! Here's a few clues...

Clue #1

Clue #2

Clue #3

And yes, the answer is falling down the stairs. The first time that this happened was when I was late for the bus. I was running down our concrete steps in our apartment building, going two at a time, and all of a sudden was on my back. I then realized that someone had spilled water and so the concrete was very slippery right there. I still made the bus though!!

And the second time, I was going down the stairs in our apartment (late again so going two at a time) and landed on the side of my foot so my leg buckled underneath me. Down I go again.

I didn't really get hurt either time but I just thought that I'd share these funny little stories and tell you to NEVER 1. be late 2. go down steps two at a time and 3. if you are going to fall, do it with style and ALWAYS laugh about it!

Hope you all have a great day!