I'm trying to stay focused. Church is taking on a life of it's own and I don't want to get caught up b/c then it so quickly can become a program and I don't want to lose the friendships I've started. I want them to stay real and sincere. So I'm trying to keep my eyes on Him who began this good work... keep my heart in tune w/ my first love, my truest friend who will be there when all else is passed & dust... keep my mind at peace in the awareness of his faithfulness... keep my souls open to wherever this journey leads...
Bethany & I were talking the other day about staying fresh and keeping our paradigms, our thoughts of God, moldable so we don't get trapped in what we think we know as true, but rather stay true to what is essential to the gospel. It's funny how quickly I can lose my saltiness when I cling to anything other then Jesus. And it's not about doing church or the things I think are how to follow him. It's not about eloquence on a Sunday morning or at a hospital bedside. It's about me decreasing & him increasing.
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Boy, it's tough to be a pastor. The entire culture, including a large segment of Protestant culture, respects and reveres growth. But too much growth puts a strain on anyone's ability to sustain relationship. Hierarchy is the only solution, as Moses' father-in-law pointed out, and then what happens to relationships?
It reminds me that Spiros Zodhiates interprets the parable of the mustard seed to mean that bigness is unnatural in the Kingdom because "birds of the air" are always symbols of evil in the scriptures. Since that parable is right next to another one that uses yeast - a symbol of sin - he seems to have a point.
Is it possible that the Lord moved on from the "temple" model to the "in spirit and in truth" house church, small church model? If so, how big is too big to be the kind of community He intends?
Thanks for sharing...
I especially feel inspired by: "keeping our paradigms, our thoughts of God, moldable so we don't get trapped in what we think we know as true, but rather stay true to what is essential to the gospel. It's funny how quickly I can lose my saltiness when I cling to anything other then Jesus."
This, I believe, is neccessary for us all to remember. Hard to do as a leader I would imagine.
Thanks for keeping it real.
okay, why don't you just post already? Please. I mean, really.
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