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I’ve been reading from the Psalms in my chronological Bible recently. Today, I read from Psalm 78 which is basically a retelling of the history of Israel. There are several instances throughout the Scriptures where the authors will take time to provide a summary of the people’s past and their interaction with God during that time. Usually, it’s not a pretty picture.

Actually, it can be pretty depressing to read. Not because the Israelites continually fail and don’t get it, but because it tends to mirror the life of the believer my life so much.

There’s something important about remembering where you’ve come from. It keeps us honest. It forces us to acknowledge that we are still works in progress.

I don’t do this enough. I need to get away from the busyness of the present and the pressure of the future in order to remember (and recognize) the steady hand leading me through to this point.

I saw this video on Chad’s blog. It’s absolutely amazing and sad at the same time. Now, I realize this is an extreme case, but I do think it’s telling about how many kids are raised with a lack of moral compass (just do whatever you think is fun) and a lack of responsibility.

I have a feeling that this kid isn’t going to learn any lessons from this.

Remember the video of the car that turned into a dancing robot?

Here’s Chevy’s response. Very clever.

Link via neatorama.

Last night we did the second message in our series called “Go”. Now, several months ago, when I heard about the Speedracer movie, I thought it would be a good idea to do a series of messages with that theme. At that point, I didn’t realize it was going to be geared toward 10 year olds and get mediocre reviews. Oops.

Anyway, we had a great service last night. I spoke about who we are called to go to. But I started with the points made in the following video of Tim Keller.

(Thanks to Scott Hodge with the link.)