Ask yourself what perfection looks like
What would it take to reach this mindset/reality?
What sacrifices would occur in the process?
Is the gain greater than the loss?
It is the loss that determines what perfection is to you
It weeds out our worldly mindset from who we are as individuals
Perfection isn't a result but a journey of the mind and body together
Being driven is only beneficial if you have a destination
The destination is only beneficial when you are surrounded by things not worth sacrificing
because sacrifice is only beneficial when the gain is positive.
Everything has consequence, everything requires choice
to pursue something new requires the loss of something old
Change for the sake of change doesn't prove advancement
unless what is new outweighs what is old.
Perfection is relative to personality.
What is the prefect version of you that
creates a positive change in the world around you?
Phillipians 3:7-14
But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Pressing on Toward the Goal Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Bloom
There is a quotation that states, “Bloom where you are planted.” There are beautiful flowers planted in gardens, in landscapes, in conservatories and then there are those flowers we label as wild flowers.
The wild flowers, as their name suggests, grow wild among unaltered paths. There location was not carefully selected or groomed to meet the needs and eye of the careful gardener; instead, they bloom where their seeds have fallen and create beauty in the most remote and unconventional locations.
Driving through the mountains, walking through a field, the wildflower inspires the feeling of unexpected surprise as one comes across it and can’t help but feel that there was purpose in its uniqueness. Beauty in the unexpected, inspiration in the unaltered, and companionship in the most desolate of locations; God’s purpose is not random nor is His creation without its unique design.
So why did God create so many different, unique flowers that bloom and flourish in different regions, climates, and expanses? Why are snowflakes each different from one another? Why are some people born to royalty and high esteem while others find themselves as part of the middleclass, living in the background?
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' " 21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? Romans 9:20-21
This verse has always been hard for me to accept because we all want to be made for noble purposes and nobody wants to be referred to as “common.” Our earthly mentality is that it is by our own design the measure of success and esteem we receive; however, the heavenly mentality should be one that accepts and finds contentment where they are and who they are.
Wildflowers are wild by design but were planted with purpose by a creator who understood that not all creation can fit on center stage, but instead some were made to bloom with the earth as their stage and the sun as their spotlight.
Bloom Where You Are Planted
The wild flowers, as their name suggests, grow wild among unaltered paths. There location was not carefully selected or groomed to meet the needs and eye of the careful gardener; instead, they bloom where their seeds have fallen and create beauty in the most remote and unconventional locations.
Driving through the mountains, walking through a field, the wildflower inspires the feeling of unexpected surprise as one comes across it and can’t help but feel that there was purpose in its uniqueness. Beauty in the unexpected, inspiration in the unaltered, and companionship in the most desolate of locations; God’s purpose is not random nor is His creation without its unique design.
So why did God create so many different, unique flowers that bloom and flourish in different regions, climates, and expanses? Why are snowflakes each different from one another? Why are some people born to royalty and high esteem while others find themselves as part of the middleclass, living in the background?
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' " 21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? Romans 9:20-21
This verse has always been hard for me to accept because we all want to be made for noble purposes and nobody wants to be referred to as “common.” Our earthly mentality is that it is by our own design the measure of success and esteem we receive; however, the heavenly mentality should be one that accepts and finds contentment where they are and who they are.
Wildflowers are wild by design but were planted with purpose by a creator who understood that not all creation can fit on center stage, but instead some were made to bloom with the earth as their stage and the sun as their spotlight.
Bloom Where You Are Planted
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