Thanks for all your comments from yesterday (for that matter thanks to everyone who takes the time to comment on anything in this blog). I’m hoping that those who read but did not comment understood my point of view.
I was in fact using a word play with the word “change.” We are often induced to hysterics over legitimate words and concepts and are lulled into apathy over legitimate actions and attitudes.
We know how to have babies, we struggle at being parents.
We know how to pull off elaborate weddings, we struggle with successful marriages.
We know all about “conversion,” we struggle with transformation.
Change, or transformation, or spiritual maturity is the expectation of those growing to be like Jesus Christ. I’m just a little tired of hearing all the hoopla about the negative side of “change in the church.” We should be focusing on “change in the Christian.” Transformation of the body. We, who have been redeemed and rescued from darkness have been transferred to the kingdom of God’s beloved Son.
ebyboy mentioned some wonderful lyrics, here are some others of which I was reminded: “From glory to glory my gaze fixed so high, til I only see Jesus the love of my life.”
In other news, I went fishing for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. There is a body of water right next to the Ronald Reagan National Airport (fed by the Potomac river) which is somewhat fishable. The tide affects the water level and if you know the right spots you can wade specific areas and fish.
With airplanes landing right on top of you and wonderful views of the DC monuments it is an unusual fly-fishing experience. For those of you who care, I tricked a 7-inch striped bass into believing my white, bead-headed crystal wooly bugger was a minnow. Of course I released him. Now if he had been a 27 inch striped bass . . .
