Recount.
Let me tell you an amusing story :o) well, I found it funny.
Last night I went along to see Delirious? play at the Newport Centre. What an awesome performance; what an awesome time in God’s presence!
Anyway, just before we went in Ruth, Helen, AG and I were stood in line. All of a sudden someone seemed to catch Helen’s eye.
“Hiyaaaaa,” she screamed and began to move towards to receiptient of her enthusiastic greeting with open arms. Curious I turned around to see who it was. Quickly looking around the corridor my eyes immediately fell upon Tim Jupp (the Delirious? keyboardist no less!). You could see on his face the slight uneasiness of being noticed. I couldn’t believe that Helen was approaching him [a complete stranger] with such excited candour. But she wasn’t. Stood next to the passing Tim Jupp was a friend of ours Dino [!]. Helen threw her arms around him much to the hilarious confusion/bemusement of the aforementioned musician.
Despite this set back to Tim’s pride he went of to perform excellently with the rest of the band.
We spend all day in our own presence and we get so preoccupied with whatever it is we are busy with that we sometimes forget that we are not the centre of the universe. It can sometimes be a rude [and painful] awakening for us when we are suddenly forced to realise this.
What is mad is that despite there being over 6 billion people alive on the planet right now you have God’s undivided attention. That may sound a little weird but it is true and always has been. You see God is God and not us. We are limited in our attention. God however can genuinely give all of us His undivided love and attention (it will be undivided because God can do all things without dividing himself – look at the Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all fully God and all fully one! Mad but true!!!).
“Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.” Eph 1:4-6 (Msg)
Last night I went along to see Delirious? play at the Newport Centre. What an awesome performance; what an awesome time in God’s presence!Anyway, just before we went in Ruth, Helen, AG and I were stood in line. All of a sudden someone seemed to catch Helen’s eye.
“Hiyaaaaa,” she screamed and began to move towards to receiptient of her enthusiastic greeting with open arms. Curious I turned around to see who it was. Quickly looking around the corridor my eyes immediately fell upon Tim Jupp (the Delirious? keyboardist no less!). You could see on his face the slight uneasiness of being noticed. I couldn’t believe that Helen was approaching him [a complete stranger] with such excited candour. But she wasn’t. Stood next to the passing Tim Jupp was a friend of ours Dino [!]. Helen threw her arms around him much to the hilarious confusion/bemusement of the aforementioned musician.
Despite this set back to Tim’s pride he went of to perform excellently with the rest of the band.
We spend all day in our own presence and we get so preoccupied with whatever it is we are busy with that we sometimes forget that we are not the centre of the universe. It can sometimes be a rude [and painful] awakening for us when we are suddenly forced to realise this.
What is mad is that despite there being over 6 billion people alive on the planet right now you have God’s undivided attention. That may sound a little weird but it is true and always has been. You see God is God and not us. We are limited in our attention. God however can genuinely give all of us His undivided love and attention (it will be undivided because God can do all things without dividing himself – look at the Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all fully God and all fully one! Mad but true!!!).
“Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.” Eph 1:4-6 (Msg)
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