the wonders of Christ in everyday life
I recently heard a pretty powerful analogy, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. Calling it powerful may surprise you once I share with you that it’s about a chest of drawers, but bear with me. And again, it’s one I heard from someone else, so don’t give me credit for it. It goes something like this:
Continue reading “Dear Church: Who Are We?”
I see you. Because I’ve been you — many times.
I see you, sitting alone. You’re defeated. You’re depressed. You try not to think about it too much — because if you do, you’re afraid it’ll break you. So you drown everything out by escaping into stories, fantasies, and adventures on a screen that make you feel good. That’s it — they make you feel good.
You look forward to sleep because there’s hope that maybe things will be better in your dreams — for just a short time, you’ll be able to fool yourself into believing that your life is better than it really is.
“Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” – 2 Corinthians 4:16
I don’t like change. I’m someone who very much likes things to stay the same as they’ve “always been.” And I’m a stickler for traditions — just ask my family. I don’t like letting go of things, and I get super sentimental — even over things that a normal person really probably shouldn’t get sentimental about…
Don’t ask my family about that one. They’ll tell you embarrassing stories about a refrigerator and an old couch.
“I surrender all. I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior. I surrender all.” -J.W. Van Deventer
“Take my life a sacrifice. In you alone I’m satisfied. Here I empty myself to owe this world nothing, and find everything in you. I surrender, I surrender, I surrender all to you.” -All Sons and Daughters
Ever sing a song to the Lord only to one day realize that you never truly understood what you were singing about until now? That’s where I’m at with those two songs.
When I was a kid, it was “When I’m a teenager.” When I was a teenager, it was “When I’m in college.” When I was in college, it was “When I finally enter the ‘real world.'” When I entered the “real world,” it was “When I finally have a place of my own.” When I got a place of my own, it was “Maybe after this intense Bible study.” Or “Maybe once I really get good at my job.” Or “Maybe once I get married someday.”
Brianna Lee Kauffman 