Only now am I starting to begin to almost understand the first thing in the first steps of fellowship. I had a decent time last week in Virginia Beach - most notably, an awakening to real fellowship. Here's how I would describe it. Remember the scene in "Fellowship of the Ring" when they step into the great hall of Moria. Gandalf says, "I think we can risk a little more light." As his staff glows brighter, they realize that they are in a hall beyond compare - but its fullness is still hidden in the darkness.
By the way, I tried to get a screenshot of this scene, but was unsuccessful. If you know a way to capture screenshots using freeware, please let me know.
Anyway, that is me. The light went off inside just enough for me to know that I have been completely missing it concerning fellowship. I'm getting my butt kicked this week with meetings, work and school, but I can't wait to head off on a discovery of fellowship in the very near future.
Any thoughts on the subject?
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3.10.2008
2.09.2008
My Friend the Catalyst
A catalyst is an amazing thing: 1. something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected; 2. a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
I am thankful to God for giving me catalyst friends. They ask the right questions. They provide a right perspective. They bring about growth and change in me.
The cool thing about having catalyst friends is in the relationship. Some leaders or teachers are only able to take you as far as they themselves have been. Desiring a very controlled change, they teach what they have learned and draw pupils down their own path. A catalyst inspires growth, but is never used up. It can come back to inspire growth another day. It can bring about change far bigger than itself.
In Christian community, we must be catalytic friends. After all, what God desires to do in another person will doubtlessly bigger than what we can do in them. Yes, that does mean that we are not in control of the change. But God is.
And here we are again. Back to the whole faith thing. Do you have enough faith to be a catalytic friend/parent/teacher, or are you afraid that the path God has chosen for another person is not as good an option as drawing them down your own?
I am thankful to God for giving me catalyst friends. They ask the right questions. They provide a right perspective. They bring about growth and change in me.
The cool thing about having catalyst friends is in the relationship. Some leaders or teachers are only able to take you as far as they themselves have been. Desiring a very controlled change, they teach what they have learned and draw pupils down their own path. A catalyst inspires growth, but is never used up. It can come back to inspire growth another day. It can bring about change far bigger than itself.
In Christian community, we must be catalytic friends. After all, what God desires to do in another person will doubtlessly bigger than what we can do in them. Yes, that does mean that we are not in control of the change. But God is.
And here we are again. Back to the whole faith thing. Do you have enough faith to be a catalytic friend/parent/teacher, or are you afraid that the path God has chosen for another person is not as good an option as drawing them down your own?
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