This Lap, Then Another

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us — Hebrews 12:1

… to share in a companionship of the saints,
with the Father and the Son,
where Kingdom life is becoming more normal, less foreign;
working for good in the world,
and recruiting one more disciple of Jesus …. (repeat)

For the World

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. — 1 Peter 1:18-19

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son—his first and his best, a lamb without blemish or defect. So many are still estranged from God. What am I willing to give, from love?

Residence Time

I was given this metaphor several years ago. New knowledge can be like water poured on a plate, splattering all over people. Or it can be like water poured into a bowl that, after a time, gently overflows. One is a flat surface, and the other is a container. Lord, make me a container.