So. Today I have only 10 days left. Wow, time goes by fast! Today I said a few verses in front of my church to help me get ready for that kind of pressure. :) Lot more work, but we will get there.
Anyway, a couple days ago while we were driving somewhere my Mom told me that she had read on some lady's blog something that was really interesting. She said that aren't the trees so beautiful when they are dying?
And yes, they are. Where I live, in Wyoming, it is prairie and mountains, so mostly we have evergreen trees. But there are some places where we have cottonwoods and aspens. Right now they are turning, and let me tell you, they are gorgeous!
Isn't that what we as Christians are supposed to be? You see, regular green trees rarely attract attention. Once in a while we say, O wow, that tree is so beautiful, or so talented or so stately or so on. But the red and gold leaves attract a TON of attention.
We as Christians are supposed to die to ourselves, and to let Christ live in us. And while we are dying, others see the beauty of selfless love or the beauty of undying conviction or the beauty of a faith so strong that it will never give up.
The world is obsessed with beauty. The world tells us that it is better to fit in, to go the way of the crowd. But when a Christian takes up his/her cross and follows Jesus, denying him/herself, that is where true beauty is found. So, my fellow Christians, let us deny ourselves that Christ may live in us! Let us follow Him and live the Adventure!
Until tomorrow,
Jo
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