in exile

i really do believe you are meant to be in the right place at the right time. i mean you can be in the wrong place at the wrong time when bad stuff happens, so the opposite would be true, right?

anyway. i happened to randomly be at a shopping mall today in my lunch hour {yes, i do take those every now and then} looking for something very particular {which i'll blog about another time} and it didn't work out so i ended up in a christian bookstore close by. they were having a sale so i got some very cool stuff. i also bought an audio book for {get this} R20. i kid you not. R20. it's called "jesus wants to save christians" by rob bell and don golden and it is amazing. like really, really the most intriguing and insightful thing i've heard in a very long time. it's full-on theology but like i've never heard it explained before. it's legit old testament history genesis exodus prophets pharaohs and kings and it has never been so relevant.

i'm only an hour or so in, but the idea is that we're in exile -- not geographically but also exiled from GOD's will for our lives. we're east of eden. out of the will and purpose we're meant to be living in. we are actually called, as a "holy nation" to pursue justice, freedom, liberation from oppressors, to defend the poor and weak and orphaned and widowed. how we're all in an "egypt" somehow that enslaves us. so sin. pride. materialism. whatever. it's pretty "whoa" stuff.

i mean, any book that refers to king solomon as an arms dealer has got to be good.

so i reckon you should get down to that cool christian bookstore that has amazing sales around this time of year with R20 in your pocket. {here's a cover to help you out...}