Clay Pots

I'm not a really religious person. We consider ourselves to be Catholics, but we think of it more as a cultural thing. But what I love about Ted's story, at least about Ted's family, is that the Bible got them through. They read the Bible. They would read these passages, and it moved me. I went out and bought a new Bible. When I was making Friends with God, everybody quoted the Bible, but I was never inspired to go buy one. But this experience with Ted turned me onto the Bible in a whole new way, because he would read these passages and it would really inspire me. People might come away from this movie being a little anti-church, but it makes you really pro-Bible. It makes you really pro-God in a way, because you read these things in the Bible and you're like, wow. --Alexandra Pelosi in this interview about her upcoming documentary on Ted Haggard.

I watched an interview with Ted and his wife, Gayle, this morning. When asked why she stayed with Ted her answer was basically, "Jesus says to forgive, love, and not judge. It was hard but we love Ted."

In a time when Christians are often defined as religious conservatives and known for shooting their wounded (all those who don't measure up) this story of grace and truth shouts loudly a message of another way,
a narrow way.
This is the Jesus who I believe in.
One whom I know and love because He first loved me.

For years Ted's message was "Look at everything God has done for me" Now his message really is "Look at everything God has done for me."

We carry this precious Message around in the unadorned clay pots of our ordinary lives. That's to prevent anyone from confusing God's incomparable power with us.

Been a while

It's been a while since I posted anything.

My new year's resolution was to post more...I wanted to get the failure out of the way quickly so I could get on with the year.

You know...take the pressure off....

Here's an encouraging word for us from the pen of Paul:

I greet you with the grace and peace poured into our lives by God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ. How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. 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. Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people--free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free!
He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. It's in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free--signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This signet from God is the first installment on what's coming, a reminder that we'll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life. (Eph 1:2-14)

Perspective to what ever life looks like today

Blessings