Another Chance
The first post was an introduction and, being in the mood to stretch my limbs and start this journey of "blogging," I guess I'll give this a try.
The beginnings of a semester. The beginnings of a year. The beginnings of a blog. The beginnings...
Every beginning is a culmination of excitement, attempted goal-setting, a hint of anxiety (or often more than a hint...), guesses, dreams, saddness, happiness, hope, death, and life. A season, of some sort, has ended to give birth to this new one. The beginning is the posterboy of mixed feelings. In college, there are a wide range of responses when asked how one feels about the new semester. Some are eccstatic while others are afraid. But that is the beauty of humanity: no two people are the same.
Despite this difference, none can ignore that all will experience similar emotions throughout the course of the next four months. At some point, we will all laugh, tear up, shout, whisper, dread, look forward to, and whine.
Now, where these two thoughts collide (all people are different yet we experience similar emotions) is the very heartbeat of the Church.
Never has God, since the establishment of the Church, chosen to just use one man or woman to shine His light to the world. We are a unit. We are a body. We are to function as one.
Our similar experiences draw us together while our differences cause the team to excell in all tasks. Like puzzle pieces, a brother's strength connects to a sister's weakness or vice versa.
"... speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love." The Letter to the saints at Ephesus, 4: 15, 16.
I pray that this semester the Lord revive His saints here in College Station. Let the Enemy fall. Seek the Lord. Quit being choked by the desires of this world. Quit being "trendy." Start serving.
Another beginning. Another chance
Grace be with us as we build up in love.
The beginnings of a semester. The beginnings of a year. The beginnings of a blog. The beginnings...
Every beginning is a culmination of excitement, attempted goal-setting, a hint of anxiety (or often more than a hint...), guesses, dreams, saddness, happiness, hope, death, and life. A season, of some sort, has ended to give birth to this new one. The beginning is the posterboy of mixed feelings. In college, there are a wide range of responses when asked how one feels about the new semester. Some are eccstatic while others are afraid. But that is the beauty of humanity: no two people are the same.
Despite this difference, none can ignore that all will experience similar emotions throughout the course of the next four months. At some point, we will all laugh, tear up, shout, whisper, dread, look forward to, and whine.
Now, where these two thoughts collide (all people are different yet we experience similar emotions) is the very heartbeat of the Church.
Never has God, since the establishment of the Church, chosen to just use one man or woman to shine His light to the world. We are a unit. We are a body. We are to function as one.
Our similar experiences draw us together while our differences cause the team to excell in all tasks. Like puzzle pieces, a brother's strength connects to a sister's weakness or vice versa.
"... speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love." The Letter to the saints at Ephesus, 4: 15, 16.
I pray that this semester the Lord revive His saints here in College Station. Let the Enemy fall. Seek the Lord. Quit being choked by the desires of this world. Quit being "trendy." Start serving.
Another beginning. Another chance
Grace be with us as we build up in love.
posted by Derek at
5:19 PM
