Monday, January 10, 2011
Coming to the Cross
This thought just lingered in me, so since I finally can log into the account, I might as well share.
I guess in community I have always been taught that if we are not focused on Christ, we would crumble. In some sense, I have then always visualized us as coming to the cross. And the only way we are united if that if we are at the cross- all together as one. Sometimes, it boggles me how YM can be so united yet so fragmented. I'd like to say that Log is christ-centred, as for CS, Basic and all. But today, I just wonder are we.
If we are all gathered at this one place, is it really necessary for these divides of communities? Will there be a need for shopping for a community?
I remembered when there were thoughts floating about possible merger between CS and LoG. And my own personal objection to that is that we would lose our identity and history. But when I think back upon it, it was awfully selfish of me. It doesn't belong to me, it belongs solely to God.
I believe that if you cannot lose it, you do not have it. In parallel, "If you cannot die to yourself, you cannot truely live."
Things that you do or have then are not truely yours, but instead they become stuff which life forces down your throat.
O wells, rambling... back to the train...
I guess the called the Christ for me has always been about love. To give of oneself. To never count the crosses. I've always been a big advocate of it. I guess yesterday when I broke down, in all honestly I was sad and angry to see community saying it is impossible to love. In some sense, the younger ones had all the idealistic nature of loving. Nigel mentioning that we are all brothers and sisters bounded by something far greater than ourselves just struck a chord in me. And in some sense, it is because they are young that it all seems so clear.
Personally, I guess I've been scarred by things too. But maybe, just maybe, we could just ask for Faith like a Child and maybe someday, just someday, we'll be called into the Kingdom of God.
Swee
Coming to the Cross
This thought just lingered in me, so since I finally can log into the account, I might as well share.
I guess in community I have always been taught that if we are not focused on Christ, we would crumble. In some sense, I have then always visualized us as coming to the cross. And the only way we are united if that if we are at the cross- all together as one. Sometimes, it boggles me how YM can be so united yet so fragmented. I'd like to say that Log is christ-centred, as for CS, Basic and all. But today, I just wonder are we.
If we are all gathered at this one place, is it really necessary for these divides of communities? Will there be a need for shopping for a community?
I remembered when there were thoughts floating about possible merger between CS and LoG. And my own personal objection to that is that we would lose our identity and history. But when I think back upon it, it was awfully selfish of me. It doesn't belong to me, it belongs solely to God.
I believe that if you cannot lose it, you do not have it. In parallel, "If you cannot die to yourself, you cannot truely live."
Things that you do or have then are not truely yours, but instead they become stuff which life forces down your throat.
O wells, rambling... back to the train...
I guess the called the Christ for me has always been about love. To give of oneself. To never count the crosses. I've always been a big advocate of it. I guess yesterday when I broke down, in all honestly I was sad and angry to see community saying it is impossible to love. In some sense, the younger ones had all the idealistic nature of loving. Nigel mentioning that we are all brothers and sisters bounded by something far greater than ourselves just struck a chord in me. And in some sense, it is because they are young that it all seems so clear.
Personally, I guess I've been scarred by things too. But maybe, just maybe, we could just ask for Faith like a Child and maybe someday, just someday, we'll be called into the Kingdom of God.
Swee
1 Comments:
I like that comment by nigel too. really brought me back. praise god.
-jes
