Preview, etc.

I just got back to GA from a great trip to OKC - I wish the weekend held more hours! I got to spend some good time with my family though, and talked with many friends at church on Sunday. So good!

During my 12 or so hours travelling back and forth, I thought of several things I want to blog on, and here's a preview of the topics:

• Americans
• How did Jesus love Judas?
• Fence riders
• Oklahomans Rule!

For now though, I've gotta just say something, and it's fairly likely I won't want to discuss it further either, just so you know...

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I really hate the word can't. It embodies much of what I live against. I believe God can and people can and very little in the world can't. However, I'm at a place where I feel like I've found something I can't. Yes, I know the previous isn't a complete sentence, but I left it that way on purpose. Unlucky for you, I've decided that you don't need to know what I can't.

I say can't based on the evidence at hand. Through years of wanting and trying and hoping and yeilding and wishing and working and giving and living, every evidence I can see says I can't. Why not? I don't know. Bill Gothard would extrapolate a message from God. Larry Crabb may find a root of self protection. Piper surely would proclaim God's glorification in it. C.S Lewis, I imagine, would say "Well, let me tell you a story..." Dick Jaques would just remind me, God is sovereign and good!

Those are all excellent thoughts, but none seem to hit the spot on this one. Please simply pray that I may see God's perspective on why I can't; and that I'll know it when I see it. Thanks.