IDOLS= NO.

God has been doing a lot in my life lately.  Currently I have been watching a series of sermons on the book of Jonah.  They have really been encouraging and hard hitting because Jonah is a great picture of us as humans.  The past sermon discussed what it looks like to have a new kind of obedience.  To first be obedient to God we must identify and eliminate the idols in our lives.  Idols are something we derive pleasure from more than God; and things we seek refuge in more than God.  Jonah was an idolator who was also ignorant of the grace that God had extended toward him.  For us to become compassionate like God, we have to fully understand his grace and love for us.  The want to care for others will only come after idols are removed and we strive to show compassion like God continues to show us.  Caring for others includes planting the seed and loving those two billion people who don't know Jesus.  The line J.D. closes the sermon with is, "either you are sending or walking in disobedience".  I hope that I will continue to learn more about God's grace and seriously commit to His mission here on Earth.  God has given me so much that I take for granted..but I am thankful that he gives us wake up calls.