One of the bloggers I read posted this. I am really looking forward to reading the publication, whenever it happens. (Now, if I can just remember when it does!)
I wish the book were in existence now. Life as we know it is full of broken people and brokenness. Life is also full of fog -- we go about most of our everyday life on auto-pilot and miss out on so many little details. Much of those details involved God somehow. I know I have missed numerous inches of (playing) snow because I was too bogged down with "responsibilities", or missed the chance to brighten someone's day with a smile because I was too focused on my own thing in my own little world. Most of all, because we are not God-aware enough and not transformed enough by the gospel, we are too self-focused and selfish to care about others, and that can lead to so much brokenness and pain in both persons.
I would anticipate this book opening our eyes to the bigger picture so that we might see just a little more of what God sees, be more aware of Him, and have our lives radically transformed (more) by the gospel. We have heard the analogies -- God is the maestro, we are the orchestra... God is the weaver and we are the tapestry... God is the driver and we are the car... etc. How about just this: God is the teacher and we are the students? My mom always said, "The test is not to reveal the student to the teacher, but to reveal the student to the student."
I wish the book were in existence now. Life as we know it is full of broken people and brokenness. Life is also full of fog -- we go about most of our everyday life on auto-pilot and miss out on so many little details. Much of those details involved God somehow. I know I have missed numerous inches of (playing) snow because I was too bogged down with "responsibilities", or missed the chance to brighten someone's day with a smile because I was too focused on my own thing in my own little world. Most of all, because we are not God-aware enough and not transformed enough by the gospel, we are too self-focused and selfish to care about others, and that can lead to so much brokenness and pain in both persons.
I would anticipate this book opening our eyes to the bigger picture so that we might see just a little more of what God sees, be more aware of Him, and have our lives radically transformed (more) by the gospel. We have heard the analogies -- God is the maestro, we are the orchestra... God is the weaver and we are the tapestry... God is the driver and we are the car... etc. How about just this: God is the teacher and we are the students? My mom always said, "The test is not to reveal the student to the teacher, but to reveal the student to the student."
"When you fail, and you will... fail forward."~Anonymous
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