Crazy Love by Francis Chan- Chapter 2 "You Might Not Finish This Chapter"

When I read the title of chapter 2, I had two thoughts. Either I’m not going to finish the chapter because I don’t agree with what he is saying or my life will end before I finish. Well reading this time I was not as shocked as I was the first time I read it, when I realized he was talking about life ending. Francis Chan wrote:

On the average day, we live caught up in ourselves. On the average day, we don’t consider God very much. On the average day, we forget that our life truly is a vapor.

I’m going to be honest about something for just a minute. My name is Jeremy Logue and I’m addicted to making To-Do lists. Currently, I have at least 4 to-do lists; one on my Itouch, one on a notebook in my bag, one on my desk here at home and one on my desk at work. Often times those lists involve things that are months away from being done or have already been completed. So you may be asking, what does this have to do with the chapter? Well, Chan pointed out the fact that often times we are so preoccupied with ourselves we forget about God. The quote above from the book really makes me think about the idea of making lists. Don’t get me wrong, lists are a good way to be organized, but we need to FOCUS our lives on God and ways we can glorify Him. We really don’t know how long we have on this earth (James 4:13-14).

So many of us think and live like the movie of life is all about us.

Read that quote from the book again. I had to read it like four times to realize the complexity and how much information one little sentence could hold. When I continued to read Chan helped explain just how complex it was. I will not go completely into it on here but he laid the ground work to understand just how focused we should be on GOD! Grab the book and read page 43 to understand this concept
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What did I take from the chapter as a whole?
I need to learn to rely on God and realize that He is the one in control. Our time here on earth is not about creating a movie for ourselves but playing a role in God’s movie. Also I’m learning that no matter what is going on in my life, I should be working to glorify God. At the end of my life I don’t want to be known for how selfish I lived my life, but for how well I did living my life for Christ (1 Corinthians 3:13-15).

I challenge you to pick up this book (Crazy Love by Fancis Chan) and allow God to speak to you through the words he has given Chan.