Bone Deep Living (And poem)

One of my favourite words from Malawi was 'Ungwiro' from the Chichewa language, it has the sense of integrity.  Integrity should be to borrow a phrase 'bone deep', we need this to the core, living for Jesus with all that we are through and through (Hebrews 4:12-13).

We must allow His word to do its work on our hearts, reaching the intention of our actions. His Spirit seeing and seeking truth in us to the core.

To our Lord we must give account, yet we are not alone in this pursuit, we have the help of the Spirit, examples from the past to learn from and Jesus who has gone ahead of us... our direction in life should be hand in hand with His direction, purpose and people.  Allowing our lives to be lived on the surface, is superficial and insubstantial. Truly this would be a life half lived, a heart not beating to the rhythm of a higher call.

 Straight to the heart

Go the words of the Man

Who is living and breathing

Sword piercing

Spirit seeking

 

Enter the REST with

Truth to the core

Trinity living

Through and Through

 

No Superficial Suburbia

Now deep to the core

 Known by Him

  Know Him 

Now

 

 



Condensing the call: poem (Anonymous)

 

 

Integral, call and core

Truth, cross and Jesus

Do we need more?

 

Breaking and making

Lives that as grass 

A purpose for living

Or time just to pass?

 

Words in blog

Or the beat of a heart

The passing of days

Or the hint of a start?

 

Questions, no answers 

A life still to live

Trusting in Jesus

To all do we give?

Mobile mission

Street evangelism... reaching out to those we have no prior knowledge of is a world of risk in an age where we are planned, precise and pre-cautious. I write this prior to going out on a church outreach to international students...is my heart open to "whosoever will may come"? I hope so.

We should not plan interaction out of the day; we are relational and the world is crying out for real relationships... In reaching out our lives must also reach out also, a willingness to meet the suffering of others without fancy answers but simply love unconditional, steeped in the integral grace of the gospel of Jesus.

Ready or not here I go!

Condensing the call

There is a call for the people of Jesus to live with something integral, at the core; living in the truth...the cross of Jesus making and breaking us; centering us in the life and death of Jesus; the pivot of our choices in today's society.

Working out a life that has Jesus as the most integral part of it...giving meaning and purpose from the absoluteness of His Being when our lives and flesh are but as grass.