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Nooma is a nonprofit organization that puts out DVDs which discuss topics that are important to us as Christians. Tonight I watched one entitled 'Rain'. In this episode Rob Bell, the speaker, talks about how one night he took his small son on a walk. It ended up raining on their walk and he had to hold his son against his chest to keep the rain from soaking him even more. It was also to comfort his son because of the loud thunder. On their way home he keeps whispering in his sons ear that everything will be alright because he knows the way home.

At that point I start to cry. How many times does God tell us that he knows the way home, and we don't listen to Him? We are too concerned with our lives to listen to everything He is trying to tell us. With every decision we make we are either moving towards God, or away from Him. How scary is that? Honestly, when I make a choice I don't always think, "Will this bring me closer to God?"

This is the third time I have watched this DVD and I seem to glean something different from it each time. Something else I think about in connection with this message is what a wonderful God we have. Take a look at your own life. WE MESS UP EVERYDAY and yet God still wants us. He still tells us that He loves us. We are still His children and He wants to hold us against His chest and tell us that everything is going to be alright because He knows the way home.