Philippians 3:10 - 14. To enter into oneness with God through Jesus Christ and to pursue the new life in Christ while running hard on this world's earth - Heart in heaven and feet on the ground. Call me heavenward, Jesus!
I am an "ordinary Christian". In this world I may be, as all of God's children, extraordinary (Gen 1:27). In Christ I can do extraordinary things (Phil 4:13). But I like to identify myself as an ordinary Christian because I want to serve Christ according to the pleasure of His will, as His bondservant, as a slave, one owned by her Master. As such, every extraordinary thing I may do in Christ is standard fare, expected and a reasonable service of worship. With my view of Christ on my cross, I do not evaluate my service according to my own judgment. I do not choose to think of myself more highly than I ought, but rather I want to think of myself with sober judgment (Rom 12:3). Anything good I do is by the grace of Christ given me. I have no ability to measure what I do or don't do. I desire for my eye to be single and good. This is why I am an ordinary Christian. After all, Paul called himself "chief of sinners." Is it anything unreasonable to be known as an ordinary Christian?
posted by An Ordinary Christian | 8:56 AM
5 Comments:
You're going home! :) I'm sure you're excited! You've had quite an adventure and I need to sit back with a cup of coffee and soak it all in. I haven't been here in a while and I want to read about Seattle, Vancouver, the Rocky Mtns...I'll be back.
Have a wonderful welcome home.
Hope you take good rest.
Have a nice time.
wow! what a trip. i'm sure y'all had a great time. show us some pictures! =)
WOW!
A fantastic trip, Andrea :)
Glad you're back safe and sound and enjoyed it!
God's Grace.
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