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so, i went shagging last night and it was absolutely wonderful! i had the most fabulous time...the best i've had in quite some time, actually. good to catch up with people i don't really see throughout the week. this morning i had class and got to hang out at bcm for a while after. i love time with friends :). okay-so last night i was reading the word while eating dinner and i decided to venture all the way back to the old testament. i normally am kind of scared about going to the old testament. sometimes i just don't understand the story or what in the world is going on. i decided to read about joshua. basically here is the news:

joshua took over after moses had died. joshua fulfilled moses' legacy and led the people into the promised land. joshua was completely obediant to God and heard the Lord's instruction before anything he did. i was wondering last night what that must have been like. joshua was so dependant on the Lord that he waited to hear from Lord before doing anything. it is like joshua was so in-tune with the Lord he got step-by-step instructions. i wonder what my life would look like if i were that in-tune to the Lord i heard his voice all the time...praying about that :). anyways they took down the walls of jericho and one specific intrstruction from the Lord was that nobody would take anything found in the city (i.e. gold/silver) for themselves but it would all been given to the treasurey of the Lord. well- a man named Achan was disobediant. due to achan's disobediance the israelites suffered consequences when they tried to fight against their enemies. joshua was broken before the Lord about Israel's loss...this is what the Lord said to him in regard to Achan's disobediance:
"I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever is among you that is devoted to destruction." joshua 7: 12
WOW. applying that to my own life...how can i fully expect the Lord to be with me, fighting my battles, if i am devoted to things that will destroy me? wow. that needs to settle with me for a while longer to truly realize what is in my life that is destroying me and keeping the Lord from being fully in my life. so yeah-that is freaking awesome. God is so cool-that came from the old testament :) i'm looking forward to gaining more from reading the rest of joshua!