This is Philadelphia's "Love Park"I've been wanting to go here for a long time.
Every great skate video that came out of the late 90's and early 2000's had at least one minute worth of footage, from this park alone.
This March,
my buddy Josiah Biles and I are going to Philadelphia to serve in whatever way we can.
We're going to fly up there,
stay there for about 5 days,
and serve everywhere.
Should be gnart.
Let's move on.
Notice: I believe that God is very loving, and loves his people. You and everyone else.
Not all theories about God are accurate,
Not all Christian theories about God are accurate, either.
Here's my issue...
Say there's a pastor preaching about God.
Like,
he's literally preaching about God's personality,
but basing it off of his own opinions.
None of it can really be found in the bible.
He's saying things about God,
then when asked how he came up with that idea,
he says,
"It's common sense..."
Really?
Common sense to who?
People?
plants?
cats?
What is "common sense" when it comes to talking about God?
Because our human understanding of rationality and His are a little different...
People,
as whole,
have a huge problem with making up their own version of God.
I'm included in this...
I was talking about love in this conversation I had with a great man of God.
We both brought up pre-destination.
I know... touchy subject.
I'm not going to get into it,
because I don't really believe it matters,
but I told him I thought that it was possible that God could plan who loves Him and who doesn't without that person having any say in it.
I don't know if it's right or not,
and I don't care either way,
but this guy that I was talking to said that it was ridiculous,
because it's just "common sense" that God would give us the option of loving Him.
Which could be totally true,
I'm not saying it couldn't be,
but i think it's sketchy to say that something is "common sense" when talking about God.
There's the idea that people understand the love of God.
They say they understand His blessings,
and they understand His motives,
and His discipline.
We have no freaking idea how God loves.
Have you ever read Job?
Job is a prime example to the idea that we have no idea how to comprehend God's love.
Job was a really really great guy.
Righteous,
serving,
and very very God fearing.
I'm going to say he was one of the Godlier men in history just from his rap-sheet
And Job is forever known in history as "That guy God screwed over".
God truly loved Job,
but in one day,
God took everything that gave Job any earthly happiness.
Everything.
He basically tortured this guy,
and caused him to want to die.
Job even mentions the idea of God just taking His hand off of his life,
so he can just die and be released from this anguish.
Pretty brutal.
But out of the same mouth that prays for God to kill him,
Job glorifies God and all of His holiness.
Pretty epic.
Do you get that?
Because I don't.
This isn't like spanking your kid because he kicked you or something,
alright?
This is like,
your kid's all grown up,
living a great and respectful life,
they've got a job,
a wife,
a family,
land,
and they love you with all of their heart.
Then one day,
you get them fired,
kill their family,
and destroy the land they own......
.........and they still love you.
Wow.
What beast-mode.
I can't comprehend that kind of love.
It's not rational to show your child that you love them
by destroying everything that they love,
so they realize,
that all they need,
is you.
That's ridiculous.
That kind of love,
is straight up impossible to comprehend.
Because it sounds evil, right?
It sounds cruel...
but God loves us.
He loves his people.
He loves you.
He has shown me time and time again,
and His Word shows it as well.
Job is the story of a man's ridiculous love,
for a ridiculously loving God.
Job is also the story,
of a man who came to the harsh realization,
that God is all he needs.
Absolutely all he needs.
That's crazy talk man.
And that's something that you can't explain through "common sense" or "rationality"
I'm sorry if anything I said up there was offensive to anyone, or made anyone question God's love. His love is real, and it's beautiful, but don't try to think you understand it just because you think you're smart. I don't think the kind of love mentioned in the bible, is a love that anyone, including myself, can ever truly figure out here on earth.
