Thursday, December 10, 2009

Brothers

I've also been learning that there are a lot of dudes out there who want to know how to be a true friend, brother, father, whatever. And the world is in desperate need of them... Men who value faith and character over everything else. It takes courage to be a man, kind of like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VizQ__xzU1M

and I'm thankful that I've got true brothers on the road ahead.

We’ve all been made in God’s image, brothers. I’ve been thinking about what it means to be in his image and what this image truly looks like, because together we are the body. As for relating this to life practically, I’ve been learning a lot about relationships. Being much more intentional, and loving people effectively. To do this it’s pretty durn helpful to know each other’s love languages, and get also get over the sappiness of the term “love languages”. I started thinking of events in my life where Christ has shown me his love in various ways and learned a valuable lesson about people.

We have an incredible God. He is the Truth, and the Truth is dynamic- as dynamic as a person (which He is) and He sets us free. Not only does Truth set us free, but He loves. On top of loving, he loves each person specifically and that is why he is dynamic. He meets us where we are and uses words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service, and touch. How? You tell me.

I’ve been blessed to see a myriad of ways that people love Christ back, and that has been the best part. I value being a Whoppahead and worshipping the God King alongside men
who worship well.

Be on the lookout for love that makes no sense but blows through us like the wind... the only thing we know is that it is driven by the Son.

2 comments:

  1. Good word macfarlan. And one thing in that is to let ourselves be open enough to help our brothers and sisters see how we can be loved. It is one thing to complain about the lacking or failure of the body of Christ, but if we are so independent or closed off that no one even becomes close to recognizing a need, we rob the body of the chance to be the hands and feet. Thats a run-on sentence. Sue me Bettwy.

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  2. Mike-- Yes. Thank you. Truth.

    Josh-- I'd sue, but I won't because I like run-on sentences, and I know how to make them, too.

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