Static on the phone line

Just a thought that I would like to share. Recently we have been having phone issues at our home. Our calls have been really hard to hear and there has been static and buzzing in the line. I have called our phone company two times to come and repair the line. The first time it did not work. I am happy to report though that it at least appears that it is working the second time.

I talked with the repair guy about what the issue was with the line. He said that it was the 'root line' that was coming into our house. To remedy the problem, he unconnected the bad line and reconnected our line to a different line.

Here is the thought, how many times are we experiencing 'static' and 'buzz' on our 'life lines?' We search and search only to not find the problem.

Maybe the problem is the 'root line' that we are connected to. Maybe we are connected to Christ, but we are experiencing interference because we are connected to other bad lines as well.

Maybe we need to unhook from the interference and be completely connected to Christ.

is listening to a story on npr that says that some toxic assets are not as toxic as some think. Hum?

is enjoying reading time at pre-school!

just put ping on my cell. Now you can know my every going on! Lucky for you!

is home from the Y. Miscellaneous for the rest of the day!

is going to call it a day.

officially headed to the "king of all fast food" - McDonalds! Then off to 'the music man' - jr. high version.

is done setting up a www.ping.fm account. Let's see if it works!

The Road

Today I had a great conversation with my pastor about what the life of a follower of Christ should look like. He gave a great analogy that hopefully I can relate to you.

Following Christ is like driving down a road with a ditch on either side of the road. On one side you can label the ditch "all grace - live as you want." On the other side you can label the ditch "legalism."

Here is the reality, when we follow Christ we want to stay on the road in between "all grace - live as you want" and "legalism."

"The challenge of following Christ is staying balanced in an out of balance
world."

We can't fall in the ditch of "all grace - live as you want" because Paul said in the book of Romans; "should I go on sinning that grace may abound? Absolutely not!"

On the other hand, we can't fall in the ditch of "legalism" because Jesus said; "he who is without sin cast the first stone."

The truth is that our goal is to be like Christ.

I think that striving to be like Christ is staying on the road not in the ditch.

New Beginnings

Today, we engaged in a newcomer's lunch at COB, and what a wonderful time that it was. It was nice for a few reasons:

1) It is refreshing to once again talk about the vision.
2) It is refreshing to see 'that look.' ('That look' is the look in the eyes of someone that 'buys into' your vision.)
3) It is refreshing to begin new relationships.
4) Beginnings are just refreshing because you get to 'start anew' and see what God does.

Lord, help COB as we bring into our family a new group of people. Give us fresh energy to follow the vision that you have given us to worship you, preach the word, engage in community, and share our witness.