Our new Pastor!

Well, we got the privaledge of welcoming our new pastor at MRBC on Sunday. I felt a peace and a security again. It just felt weird not having a senior pastor. It felt like things were a little chaotic in a sense. Its just nice to have a leader again and I enjoyed his sermon. He's easy to listen to and has a sense of humor that I hope we can all experience more of. I think of God with a sense of humor a lot.. I mean look at us.. he made us beautiful but really... look in the mirror at your nose.. it just looks so goofy sometimes.. I think he laughs at us too when we do something stupid too. I know things are inappropriate sometimes but I know God has a sense of humor... He has to. And some animals look so weird and even funny.. Monkeys are cute sometimes but they look so goofy some of them... I just think its cool to think of God that way. It makes him more personal I guess.
The whole time we've been welcoming this new pastor, I've had to remember and remind myself to not compare him to Mark at all. I don't want to be compared with anybody else and he deserves the same. Mark is a great man of God, and a wonderful pastor. He's funny and so friendly and his smile screams compassion and love. Mark's wife is kinda weird though ... no I'm playing, you know I love me some Gina.. but Lash's wife is totally not Gina and can't be like Gina(Gina is a very complex personality)... ha ha... I'm just excited to make the choice to accept this new guy as our pastor without any expectations except for him to be a man of God and a humble Christian example. God will bless him and our church. I'm excited for what's to come.
Now as far as the new President Elect Obama... I can't say I'm excited because I'm so right wing... but he's gonna be President and I believe in respecting authority. I can disagree politely but with total respect. God is in control of our situation. That doesn't mean God will Bless our Country. I say that because I believe God can bless a country founded on and following His commands, morals, and ordinances. If our Country continues to move toward legalizing homosexual marriage and legal abortions... stuff that is not biblical, He can choose to not bless this great nation. I feel that the current economic situation is a direct result of every single person living above their means. No one forces a person to sign a ridiculous mortgage. No one forces us all to accrue so much consumer dept that we get in over our heads. Anyways.. there's more the the whole situation... but let me tell you this.. If my taxes get raised.. you better come see me when I do time... I'm not paying anymore taxes than I already do... I work hard for my money and I'm not sending it in to support "Programs" I don't agree with.. like welfare and socialized medicine. Socialism works... but in a perfect world. We definitely don't have a perfect world cuz we all live in it. Socialism is ... everybody works together and does their part to support and contribute to society, and in turn you are able to receive benefits and meet your needs at little to no cost to you. Like I said it works for a perfect world.. but I'm selfish and I don't want to help the people who are selfish don't want to work to do their part to contribute to society. We are a selfish people with selfish tendencies. Anyways, I'm tired and blogged too much tonight!