Some thoughts

As much as we all seem to search to hear only that which affirms our current direction and lifestyle, I am continually brought to me knees when someone finally tells me what I need to hear. I need to hear the words that stop me in my tracks and require me to reflect on my life and the direction I am headed. Christianity is not another add-on to our life. "Now that I am a christian I have extra does and don'ts to incorporate into my life." The decision to follow Christ and to be continually transformed into his likeness changes everything about us. WE CANNOT STAY THE SAME.

I have been reading Church as Counterculture and I am reminded over and over that the Church has to be distinct. This is part of it's core identity, being set apart as God's people and to be a manifestation of the presence of God in the world.

So I will leave you with some thoughts that have reminded me of my identity.

"Discipleship means complete dedication. It demands everything - the whole heart, the whole mind, and the whole of life, including one's time, energy, and property - for the cause of love. Half-hearted Christianity is worse than no Christianity."
J. Heinrich Arnold