Today we visited a church in Renton called New Beginnings with our friends Darrell and Eika. It was a very warm and welcoming congregation with lots of soulful singing, unbashful praising, and just down right fun! The pastor is Dr. Leslie Braxton. Tomorrow, MLK day, he opens up the Legislative session here in our Capitol rotunda. Today's sermon resonated a note for both Lit and I. The basic idea was: it's not how much you have, but what you do with it. Hallelujah to that! I know for me, I always have to pull the reins in from my wants and attempt to distinguish them from my needs. When you get right down to it, one requires very few needs to live. Yet it is so easy to get caught up in the race for more. Sometimes it is a challenge to live the values you believe and not get pulled under with our materialistic and narcissistic culture. What are your thoughts?Sunday, January 20, 2008
What Are Your Real Needs?
Today we visited a church in Renton called New Beginnings with our friends Darrell and Eika. It was a very warm and welcoming congregation with lots of soulful singing, unbashful praising, and just down right fun! The pastor is Dr. Leslie Braxton. Tomorrow, MLK day, he opens up the Legislative session here in our Capitol rotunda. Today's sermon resonated a note for both Lit and I. The basic idea was: it's not how much you have, but what you do with it. Hallelujah to that! I know for me, I always have to pull the reins in from my wants and attempt to distinguish them from my needs. When you get right down to it, one requires very few needs to live. Yet it is so easy to get caught up in the race for more. Sometimes it is a challenge to live the values you believe and not get pulled under with our materialistic and narcissistic culture. What are your thoughts?
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4 comments:
Amen to that..thank ya jesus!
hehe =)
Hello Rachelle and Lit and Forrest,
I enjoyed looking at your blog. You should have lots of fun with this. Yes, all of us should be thankful for what we have instead of constantly reaching for more.
Love, Madeline
It's shocking really, isn't. We just watched Pollyanna last night with the kids for a good reminder.
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