Posted by Dominic
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:02:00 GMT
In her blog entry, Krista writes about gift giving, and the anticipation surrounding receiving gifts.
Instead of posting my lengthy comment on her blog, I’ll instead post it here, it is somewhat long, and I need to start posting more here anyway.
So here goes:
I was thinking about this last night while trying not to fall asleep on my couch (I failed), and have come to the conclusion that I am not feeling much anticipation, neither for Christmas-the-holiday, nor the return of Christ.
It’s pretty sad, actually - I can understand my lack of anticipation for Christmas, as in my mind it’s become just another capitalistic holiday. I know it’s the celebration of the birth of Christ, and we should be as happy as to celebrate that - but I’m finding that the current culture and society has done a good job of eradicating any joy I might have.
As for anticipating the return of Christ as our king - your friend made a great comment that you quoted around the time of the elections, which keeps sitting in my mind: “One day we’ll get the king we don’t deserve.”
In a way, I intellectually know that one day he’ll return, and things will be awesome and all that (well, for some/most of us, anyway) - but on the other hand, I don’t FEEL it, and thus probably don’t 100% (or more) believe it.
I have no doubt that God will work on me in his baffling ways and suddenly one day it’ll all make gobs of sense, but until then, I’ll have to work to muster the amount of anticipation that I’ve mustered so far.
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Posted by Dominic
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:50:00 GMT
A recent disaster that swept through southern and central Texas got me to think more about something that’s been on my heart for a while.
Typically, when there is a disaster or some sort of situation, there is never a lack of people to volunteer with helping out. Whether this means caring for people, searching for people, delivering food or blankets, doesn’t matter.
Among non-christians, there is often the perception that we only do these things for the purpose of pushing our beliefs (or, in some cases, religion).
While there are christians out there who have this m.o, I’d like to think that for most of us, it’s about helping, caring and loving people, and not about “the numbers.”
So I think it’s important to evaluate our heart and our intentions as we get involved with helping and caring for people - the act of helping, caring and loving them should be in the forefront of your mind, not the feeling of obligation that you have to share the gospel or your faith with the people you are helping.
Remember, it’s about loving people, not converting them.
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Posted by Dominic
Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:08:00 GMT
Today, I saw an angel.
I was in the middle of nowhere, sitting on a bench outside some no-name gas station.
The car: Nondescript, with an uneven wear pattern to the left front tire. Probably out of alignment.
The girl: Young, stumbling on insecure feet, her face disfigured by some strange birth defect.
The Angel: The mother. The love she feels for her daughter is tangible - you see it in her smile, you see it in her eyes. She has one of the most gorgeous faces I have ever seen.
As she helped her daughter into the car, she signed to the girl, before walking around the car to the driver side.
“I’ll be right there, stay.”
The moment between mother and daughter was so precious - it just made me smile.
And as I smiled, our eyes met. My eyes were opened, and I could see.
There is a story there to be told - a missing father? An abusive husband? Who knows. But in the brief moment that our eyes met, I could sense there was something.
What is that something? We may never know. But what I do know, is that in the middle of nowhere… there is an angel, taking care of the most precious little girl in the world.
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