Take ~5 minutes to read this 'COUGARS Daily' which contains snippets from A Slice of Infinity. Invite your family and friends to participate in reading with you daily. Then, consider sharing your comments or faith questions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
- When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[a] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
(1 Corinthians 13:11-12)
Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.
(1 Peter 2:2-3)
Then he said,
(Matthew 18:3)
A Slice of Infinity snippets:
Here, I cannot help but wonder how much of life we forego as we misplace the instinct of getting our hands dirty, and instead learn to perceive the world in detached and more acceptable ways. I believe the same can said of faith. Have we not missed out on things of the kingdom, things of God and of Christ, because we have ossified faith into something that only touches spirit or mind, and not hands, feet, and body? Have we not failed to move farther up and further into the kingdom because we see this kingdom as something distant--a future hope for a future life--instead of something dynamically here and among us, calling us to a fully-engaged, hands-dirtying existence?
Chad's comments: Welcome to the group, Mike Krueger. Mike works for a TV station and is our sales rep. He is endeavoring to minister to a culture that doesn't relate to what you and I might call 'church'. Great to have you along Mike.
Is it not fun when you are reading a verse and then it pops up somewhere else? I was briefly reading from 1 Peter this morning and happened to have just read 2:2-3 prior to opening today's slice. So, I will focus on that today. I am crying out for the nourishment of pure spiritual milk, but do I really take the time to open the refrigerator and take a drink of it? - Occasionally, but rarely. Do you know that if you ever see a Muslim with a bruise on their forehead, it is likely taken as a sign that they pray a lot (typically, Muslims will bow with their head to the ground, from what I understand) I know this could be taken as 'showy' and we must be ever careful of this, but is there possibly something we all need to learn from them?
And what is this 'full experience of salvation'? Perhaps you intellectuals can bring this down to something the rest of us can wrap our minds around. How bout it David, John, Brian, Marty, Pat?
Upcoming Cougars' "Neighbor-Day" weekend: As a group, I will be challenging you to reach out to a neighbor. To invite someone over to your home whom you have had little to no contact with. This is not an effort to 'evangelize' them on the spot, but simply an effort to begin REAL relationship with them. Be in prayer about whom God would have you invite. More to come.
* Post your stories of God's intervention on the blog.
* Look for ways to share Awe and Wonder with children - leave suggestions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
* Consider joining Life-Devotions (a group of about 100 catholics and protestants sharing their faith through daily devotions and discussion - strong pro Life content)
* Voice of the Martyrs
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