Have I mentioned

that I like tea? A lot. Like seriously, it's awesome. You know what else is awesome? Hammocks. Specifically mine; if you have one, I'm sorry, but mine is cooler. I chilled in it this evening for the second time since I got it on Thursday, and although it got a little cold and I had to pack it in earlier than I wanted to it was super duper awesome. I got to do something awesome while laying in my awesome hammock, which brings me to the next awesome thing: reading. I love to read. I'm a big fan of C.S. Lewis (fiction and philosophy), Shakespeare, Robert Jordan, and Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (isn't Ignatius just an awesome name?) along with a bunch of others. I have to say though, there is one book that really stands out from the rest. It's one that I've been reading on and off since I was a wee little lad, and I still haven't read all the way through. Part of that is due to the previously sporadic approach I used to reading it, part due to rereading the parts that really stick out to me. I do, however, plan to have the entire thing finished by the end of this year. I'm talking, of course, about the Bible. The Holy, perfect living Word of the One True God, every word breathed by Him, inspired by Him, and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness (2 Tim 3:16). I got to read this book throughout the day, and it was definitely awesome. I was able to read it this morning after I woke up, as well as this evening as I was chillin' like a villain in my hammock. I finished up Ecclesiastes, and tonight before I go to bed I'll be starting Proverbs. I did a little bit of reading in Zechariah 3 today too; I was listening to a sermon given a couple weeks ago at Alliance Bible Fellowship here in town. It was about the way God sees us; how we are wearing literally dung-spattered garments but because of Jesus Christ we are made clean. I'll include the passage at the end of this post along with a link to the sermon; it was exactly what I needed to hear at the time. Funny how God makes stuff happen isn't it? Maybe awesome would be a better way to describe it? Yeah, I agree. Definitely awesome. I'm gonna check out Alliance in the morning. I've heard good stuff about it, and Alex went last week and said it was great. I've been needing to find a church up here, and this may be it. I'll be praying and seeking God on this tonight and tomorrow, both before and after I go. Anyway, here is the link to the message and the passage from Zechariah. Good night, and God bless.

http://www.abfmessages.org/Podcasts/2012_05_27_093441.mp3


Then he showed me jJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and kSatan1 standing at his right hand to accuse him.2 And the Lord said to Satan, l“The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has mchosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this na brand2plucked from the fire?” 3 Now jJoshua was standing before the angel, oclothed with filthy garments. 4 And the angel said to pthose who were standing before him, q“Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, rI have taken your iniquity away from you, andsI will clothe you with pure vestments.” 5 And I said, t“Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.