PCBSers are the Coolest Kids Around

Tonight was Pink Carpet Bible Study. Bekah and Rachel couldn't come, :-( so it was Me, Calyn, Ruth, Lerah, and Leah. I love all the PCBS members! We have such a great group of girls and it's been great to be able to open up and share about our lives, struggles, and accomplishments with each other. We are reading through the book of Hebrews, and it's been great so far. Tonight we were just talking about the awesomeness of God and how we water him down and belittle him and make him fit the situation. I mean, God is God. Period. He is so awesome and so big, yet so near, all at the same time, and we rarely view him this way. I thought of that song by Nicole Nordeman, and I'm normally not into the whole posting song lyrics thing, but it really fits.

Have I come too casually?
Because it seems to me,
There's something I've neglected.
How does one approach a Deity
With informality
And still protect the Sacred?

'Cause you came and chose to wear the skin of all of us.
And it's easy to forget You left a throne.
And the line gets blurry all the time
Between daily and Divine.
And it's hard to know the difference.

Oh, let me not forget to tremble.
Oh, let me not forget to tremble.
Face down on the ground do I dare to
Take the liberty to stare at You?
Oh, let me not...
Oh, let me not forget to tremble.

What a shame to think that I'd appear
even slightly cavalier
In the matter of of salvation.
Do I claim this gift You freely gave
As if it were mine to take
With such little hesitation?

'Cause You came and stood among the very least of us,
And it's easy to forget You left a throne.

Oh, let me not forget to tremble.
Oh, let me not forget to tremble.
Face down on the ground do I dare to
Take the liberty to stare at You?
Oh, let me not...
Oh, let me not forget to tremble.

The cradle and the grave could not contain Your Divinity.
Neither can I oversimplify this love.

Oh, let me not forget to tremble.
Face down on the ground do I dare to
Take the liberty to stare at You?
Oh, let me not...
Oh, let me not forget to tremble.

So yeah, I really like that song because that's how I want to feel. I want to know that God is my friend and I can talk to him as such, but to not forget to revere him and tremble in his presence. I had forgotten about the part "neither can I oversimplify this love" and that is so true. We don't need to scale God down so that he's easy to manage. He's not! We don't need to try to simplify him for non-believers and make him into this cute little package that caters to the needs of that individual. God will speak for himself. If unsaved people are going to "get it" and want to accept Christ, they're going to do that because the Holy Spirit is speaking to them, not because of how we present the gospel. Sure, God uses us as tools, but sometimes I think I do more to hinder the message than help it. So that's my insight for the night.
On a lighter note, I got to use Calyn's camera to take random pictures because I felt that my blog was seriously lacking them since not being able to use my camera. So I took some and will now post them for your enjoyment...


Me and Leah


I don't know what this is all about. I'm weird, okay?


Calyn with her doesn't-make-any-sense-at-all homework


Just in case you were wondering what the top of my head looks like


Me and Leah looking up to the camera (although you can't really tell)


Whose feet are these? Okay, I'll tell you, they're Leah's and mine.


Woo-hoo, Leah! What a hottie!


Calyn is NOT happy about that homework


Ruth, Leah, Calyn, and Me