“Our legacy is the trail of bread crumbs we leave leading toward Jesus. Make it look like you lived in a bakery.” Bob Goff
Reflecting on my “crumbs” from yesterday…Where did they lead people?
Were they crumbs of grace? Inclusion? Value? Encouragement?
What about you?
Ever have God just show up and startle the bejesus out of you? (and where did that word, bejesus come from?)
First a little background…
Did you know that Minneapolis is the number one biking city in the country? Yeah! Even more than any of the twig-and-bark-eater cities out west! We have more bike paths than any of them.
And there are a heck-of-a-lot-of bikers out there. I know because most of them pass me on their slick road bikes.
When you pass someone the unspoken rule is that you say “On your left.” so they’re not startled and don’t swerve and end up causing a 10-bike pile-up with blood and need for super-hero bandaids.
The problem comes when people (and by people, I mean me) have earbuds in and are listening to other stuff. I get startled a lot. And the other day I got startled when I was listening to a message about hearing God’s voice.
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I told you last week about Jen Hatfied’s book and how it’s messed with me and how a group of us are experimenting with a radical reduction of excess in our lives this summer. Like I said before, if you haven’t read it, go get it (or borrow it). Now!
So the area where we’re currently reducing is clothing. Trying to wear just 7 pieces of clothing for a week. Jen did it for a month, but we’re clearly not spiritual or committed enough for that. We just plan on being quick learners. 🙂
So awhile ago I told you about a flip-me-on-my-butt book I read called 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker. Anyone read it?? What are you waiting for? Go get it!
I said I was going to do a book group this summer and we’d try our own experiments. So last week five of the craziest, most adventurous-for-Jesus bunch of women came to our house to launch the Summer of 7. Molly, Cara, Cathy, Heather, and Theresa.
I can’t imagine a funner (“funner”?) group to be deprived with!
The idea is this…We’re concerned that we may be trapped in a culture of excess where we’re so enmeshed that we can’t see clearly how out of sync our lifestyle is with the kingdom priorities of Jesus.
Don’t you hate it when God shows up and is just so darn inconvenient?
You know how I wrote about the book of Numbers, and God’s irritating penchant for obedience on Monday?
I didn’t like that post. I thought it was booooring.
Remembering…obedience… yadda, yadda, yadda…
Well, the problem with writing a blog is that then it’s out there. And then I’m more…you know… accountable.
Numbers 9:1-12 was my devotional reading the other day.
Notice all the underlining and notes I’ve scribbled in this part of my Bible?? Hmmm…
You probably have it memorized, but in case you don’t I’ll remind you. It’s the one with the instructions about celebrating Passover and very specific instructions for the Israelites celebrating it if they were unclean.
Have you ever done a prayer walk?
Last Sunday I started a new small group study with young couples at our church using The Circle Maker curriculum by Mark Batterson. You can read more about it here.
Anyway, because this study is on prayer, and because I really do want God to transform us through this, and because I hadn’t done it in a long time, I found myself walking circles around the outside of our church, praying at 9:00 Sunday morning. Yes, I felt a little odd. I’m just sayin’.
It’s been a season of pain for people all around me.
Death, and cancer, and betrayal.
My reactions may be similar to yours:
He shared that one day he walked home to his apartment in a low-income area of the city, extremely discouraged. He was faced with complex problems and he didn’t know what to do. Continue reading
When was the last time you made an embarrassing mistake?
My answer would be, “Yesterday, thanks so much for bringing it up!”
I’ve been convinced for quite awhile that evil elves live inside my computer and conspire against me with every technological weapon at their disposal, putting their tiny pointed heads together and hatching plans for my destruction.
It’s Monday morning.
Yep, you may have had a stellar weekend picnicking in the sun, biking, going to the beach (like one of my daughters), listening to jazz outdoors in the park (like the other daughter), but now it’s Monday in all its Mondayness. And the week stretches out in front of you like a flat road across the barren pan-handle of Oklahoma.
Before you buckle down and get to work, or answer emails, or start the laundry, read on. It may make you feel better about your day.
Awhile ago I was listening to the radio and a woman called in with an experience that was, um…unbelievable except that it really happened.
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