Five Take Aways From The Weekend

Had a great day @ HV yesterday. Here are five things I learned from the day.

1. I was created by God to reflect His image. Image is everything. My life is all about His image. The moment that I start reflecting something else is the moment I start robbing God of His glory.

2. Mirrors are harder to break than you think. The mirror I tried breaking in the service took longer than I expected. But isn't that really how it is in our lives? We have an extremely hard time seeing past who we think we are and seeing ourselves for who God knows we are.

3. New creation does not mean refurbished. I am a new creation and the old is gone, dead and gone (Think T.I. and Timberlake)

4. I am thankful for a group of volunteers who serve Jesus wholeheartedly on Sunday mornings. The cool thing is - it is not just a Sunday morning thing. They reflect Jesus where ever they serve.

5. If you reflect Jesus they way He truly is to be reflected, He attracts people to Himself. No gimmicks, no smoke and mirrors (no pun intended), no bait and switch.

6. Check out the lyrics to Ten Avenue North's song "House of Mirrors".

Juxtaposition

I have no idea why I like this word. Quite honestly, I heard the word used one time, loved it, looked it up and decided that I was going to consciously start using it. Then we started reworking our website and I knew what I was going to call the new blog.

The word means to place things together for the sole purpose to compare and contrast. When you add the 'al' to the word it becomes an adjective and is now a word that describes me. I like options. I like to compare and contrast. So the purpose of the blog is going to be to compare and contrast various things. We may examine cultural trends, belief systems, thought patterns, restaurants, books, etc. Some thoughts will be deep and heavy and some thoughts will just make you laugh out loud. Whatever there occasion, I look forward to conversing with you.