Random thought for the week:

Potential is a difficult thing to handle isn't it?

I am pondering how dangerously seductive our goal setting (subconscious or conscious) can become--personally, professionally, and spiritually... Goals are good. They give purpose and direction. They can even fuel drive. Human life needs that

But who hasn't sometime felt crushed by their own goals? (Let alone those of others)

A random thought this week…

When we talk about the overlapping ages of ‘Now and Not Yet’ we need to add a third

No Longer - Now - Not Yet

This is where we *really* live Christians love talking about the overlapping ages of New Creation and Kingdom of God.

We are *now* citizens of heaven. But we do *not yet* see him as he is when we will be like him…

Yes! But without emphasising the No Longer we miss so much

I'm becoming more and more convinced that we need to think very carefully about our relationship with #anxiety

More and more voices describe our current situation as an 'epidemic' of anxiety problems and related disorders. Yet we continue to use anxiety as a motivator for so many areas of life. Increasingly so it seems.

As we do, I'm convinced we are pushing at the edges of our limitations, at risk of stretching ourselves beyond what our humanity itself can actually handle

Why is it so good to be limited creatures, made of an unlimited Creator?

Why should we not just accept but celebrate our limitations?

There are so many answers, but Easter Sunday got me thinking of one in particular... The resurrection wins eternal life for those who trust in Christ. Christ's resurrection body remains fully and gloriously human. In his resurrected humanity, he gives us a glimpse of redeemed humanity--still finite but without frustration.