It's been a long time since I posted anything to this blog. Sarah often reminds me that I was the one that created this thing. When I originally created it I wanted it to be a venue for us to conveniently keep our family and friends up to date with the things going on in our lives. I knew that Connor would dominate the content, and I was ok with that, but I had aspirations of making periodic appearances to share insights or musings of my own. Well, that hasn't really happened, but today I felt inspired to share. So if you're here to find out more about our boy then I'm sorry to disappoint. Feel free to close the window, and wait for Sarah's next update.
Because it's been so long since I've made my voice heard in the blogosphere I knew that whatever I wanted to say needed to be substantial. Nothing seems more appropriate than for me to share about the things that God has been doing in my life recently. We just finished a big event here at the church. This is a project that I've been consciously working on for the last 2 months, but I get the sense that God has been preparing me for this time for a while. Do you ever feel that way?
"God's been up to something for a while now and I'm just now catching on." Anyway, over the last few months God has been opening my eyes to some things that I've misunderstood about being a Christian. The influence of our culture, combined with my tendency to be too easily satisfied, has dramatically distorted my understanding of what it means to follow Christ. Over the past year or so I have really become fascinated with a verse in 1 Corinthians where Paul says, "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ."
(1 Cor. 11:1). The more that God leads me to wrestle with this verse the more convicted I become. This is a scripture that reflects my heart but not my actions.
So today I read an article that added more fuel to the fire that God has been stirring in my heart. I thought that I'd share it with you. So
here it is. I hope you check it out, let me know what you think.
