I have decided that I'm going to start my project next Sunday, July 3. I was going to start at the beginning of the month, but I decided that there is nothing better than starting a project like this on the day of the Lord. It's going to be 40 days, which brings me to...August 11 as the final date. So this should be my last post before I start on the project. Then my goal is to write every day about my struggles and discoveries.
On that note, I want to use a quotation from Rob Bell's book Love Wins that I think sums up Jesus' secondary goal in coming to earth--second to dying for our salvation, of course. Bell writes, "Many in the crowds that followed Jesus assumed that he at some point would become one of those leaders, driving the Romans out of their land. But Jesus wasn't interested. He was trying to bring Israel back to its roots, to its divine calling to be a light to the world, showing the nations just what the redeeming love of God looks like...We find him in his teachings again and again inviting people to see their role in the world in a whole new way."
We're called to be the light of the world, to bring heaven to earth. And my goal over these 40 days is to do just that, in the best way I can.
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