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Conversation: Wholeness (continued)

October 2, 2009

Posted in: RESTORATION, the gathering

@  the gathering (5pm most sundays) - we’ve been exploring NARRATIVE.  More than just any story, THE BIG STORY that, we believe, is worth tying our life to.  It’s the story of WHOLENESS - the story of the way things are and the way things are meant to be.  We, as a part of creation, are really experiencing the tension—at all times.

last week, we talked through this idea that we, humanity, are all IKONS of God - reflections of God.  He has made us to be drawn toward building, creating, naming, engineering - this reflects Him.  When we engage these through love/benevolence and creativity—we are perpetuating this God-reflective work He began in creation.  However, when we engage these through self-preservation, isolation, and competition - we are perpetuating the wreckage that moves us further from God.  We’re building, creating, naming people - no matter what.  But, if we destroy or curse or attempt to gain power over others - in turn, dehumanizing others and destroying creation - we participate in fracturing of life as we know it.

But we’re meant for restoration, we’re meant for love. we’re meant for wholeness.