JR. Forasteros - July 5, 2015
Killing Me Softly
Shame keeps us from embracing the love God offers us. Much like Roberta Flack, we fear exposure, convinced that someone who knows us as fully as God does can only despise us. But Jesus promises that anyone who comes into the light of his presence finds not condemnation and judgment but freedom and love. This confidence emboldens us to practice the art of confession, and our courage enables those in our community find the freedom that comes from walking in the light too.
From Series: "Top 10: Songs"
Our Top 10 series are all about listening to popular culture. This summer, we engage the messages of 10 popular songs from the last 50 years. As we listen, we interact with those messages out of the Scriptures, to celebrate how God is working all around us.
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My wife Teresa and I started dating around Christmas time. So one of the first things I learned about her is that she LOVES Christmas lights. We would go out on a date, to eat, or for coffee, and we would get back in the car to take her back home and she would get this mischievous gleam in her eyes. Almost like that little kid who just got caught in the act of something terrible.
I would smile and say, “What are you thinking?” We went Christmas light hunting. You know like house hunting, but with Christmas lights, we would look for the creative displays, the ones that go along with music in your car, we would drive through street after street just looking for that sparkle that pierced through the darkness.
I think one night we used a whole tank of gas looking at Christmas lights. For Teresa, Christmas lights embody Christmas, they are the beauty that shines through the night, the beacon that screams Christmas is here. If she could spend every night looking at Christmas lights I am convinced she would.
Right now, we can see Christmas lights everywhere.
We all have that one neighbors that takes Christmas lights a little too seriously (like National Lampoon’s Christmas vacation or Jingle all the way), or the two neighbors that are at war for the most lights you could possible fit on one single house. If you don’t know who that is in your neighborhood it might be you.
Sometimes with things like Christmas we forget the meaning behind our traditions. Christmas lights were not originally hung for decorations or contests. Christmas is that light of hope, Christmas reminds us that Jesus is the light of the world.
