ON MY MIND...
March 18, 2020
A Good Time for the Gospel
We are all stuck in our homes. We are all scared and nippy, short tempered and critical. Am I doing enough? Am I doing too much? Why are they going out? Who do they think they are? How dare Trump! How dare them, how dare you?!
How about, How dare ME.
The Gospel says nothing to you about others. It doesn’t tell you who’s doing what right, who’s doing what wrong. It doesn’t tell you to look around.
It tells you to look inside.
I am guilty. Of sticking my face in my phone so I can criticize others to feel better about myself. Of shaking my head at the actions of others. Of clutching onto my life and my possessions. Of hoarding toilet paper. Of pitying myself for having to stay home. Of trying to protect myself at the expense of others. Of trying to do better, to love better, and to be better than others. And I won’t stop until I’m better than EVERYBODY. Get me to the top of that mountain. There, I’ll be safe. I’ll be relaxed. I’ll be free.
I’m sorry for all of this. But I’ll keep doing it. Ugh.
Lord, forgive me. There is no technique to fix the way I am. There is no set of actions to take.
There is only Jesus. Do I love Him? No. Do I follow Him? No. Do I really trust in Him? No.
BUT, In spite of me, do you place His cloak of perfection on me? Yes. Do you turn your face from my terrible record and put His perfect one in it’s place? Yes. Do you promise me that this will all make sense someday? That the love I feel, the longing for hope and freedom is not just an ephemeral connection of evolution-induced brain activity that will someday cease?
Yes. You promise me that.
Amazing Grace.
Be well everybody.
“For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Justin
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9 Apr 2020Hi Tim,
As a part-time glass artist and a person brought up with a Christian faith which has waxed and waned through out my life, I understand the dilemma of being labelled but your work has a beauty and luminosity that is truly stunning. When a persons creativity is fueled by their faith then I feel that that shines through whether their subject matter is religious or secular. The work of artists provides nourishment for the souls of all people and in our uncertain world it is as important as ever that creativity continues!
G