Friday, August 24, 2007

My St. Route 29










State Rt. 29

State Route 29


What direction? Turn here- follow here
Kind of windy- take the curves with caution. Most adhere to the
road signs. Pay attention.










It goes East and West There are One Ways- watch out.

Lyrics: Now, all I have is now To be faithful. To be holy. And to shine. Lighting up the darkness. Right now, I really have no choice but to voice the truth to the nations. A generation looking for God .For such a time as this I was placed upon the earth to hear the voice of God and do His will whatever it is. For such a time as this for now and all the days He gives I am here, I am here and I am His for such a time as this. You - do you ever wonder why it seems like the grass is always greener under everybody else's sky. But right here, right here for this time and place you can live a mirror of His mercy, a forgiven image of grace. Can't change what's happened till now but we can change what will be by living in holiness that the world will see Jesus.

Saturday, August 04, 2007

Sprained ankle


In the midst of thick humidity, there was a fun little group (mostly friends from the Catholic church) gathered to play Ultimate Frisbee. We randomly divided into two groups- with it working out the shorter ones on one side and taller ones on the other. But, that didn't discourage us shorter ones :) More than half way through the game, somehow my ankle gave out and I landed on the outside of it with the result ending in me landing on my rump. I am so thankful that I could get up- I was concerned that I had really damaged it. It was slightly tender- I should have stopped playing, but I played a little more. This morning I got up and my ankle was slightly swollen and some pain associated with my ankle. As I contemplated this swelling, I was amazed again at how God has made our bodies. My mind doesn't need to know the specific ligaments that were affected and for me to call on certain cells for the repair to begin. I love that about our God. Then I was thinking about the body of Christ. Even last night as I gathered with people from another church, I do get pumped about unity. That the body of Christ is made up of many people, many races, many nations, many denominations, many different doctrines, but with the essential foundation that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the Savior for the world. Looking at my own body, how the body is made up of many parts- as I experienced an injury to my ankle therefore other cells were called upon to help with healing as evidenced with my swelling. I want that to be true of the body of Christ- where we see a need that we will help, we will build up, we will do what is necessary to bring restoration, so that the whole body won't experience pain and can function properly.