Tuesday, October 30, 2007

You

We had a great conversation in our weekly staff meeting today about you. We spent about 2 hours taking about you. It started when while reading Colossians 2. Somewhere in the discussion the topic of who the letter was written to came up (thanks Chris). It then became clear to me that when I read "you" in scripture, it is very rarely about me. I discovered that I am far too selfish in my reading of scripture. Paul was writing Colossians to a group of people, not just one. We are justified, we possess the fullness of Deity which is found in Christ. It should bring about a communal sense of responsibility, as well as, and individual commitment to the rest of the body. Read Colossians 2 right now, and every time there is a "you", go southern and read "y'all".

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