At the end of April I spoke at our Presbytery women's spring retreat on finding our purpose. In the first session, we learned that we need corrective lenses to see the purpose God has given us in the right way. So, in the second session, we began putting on Scripture's corrective lenses.
Our first lens is seeing that God has called us to glorify him (or make him visible) in the world he has made by building his kingdom. God made this world to be a kingdom for Christ, and so God's command to be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over it (Genesis 1:28) is a kingdom-building mandate. Because Christ has redeemed us, every good kind of work--whatever we do to help our neighbors, do good to our families, or bring children up to know God--is kingdom work. Christ's kindgom is growing and transforming this world like yeast working through dough, and God has given us the privilege of being part of that transforming work.
To listen to the audio of session 2, follow the link below:
http://www.windgap.com/PresWIC/2011/2-SeeingYourPurposeThroughNewEyes.mp3
Listening to the sessions: You can download each of these files to your computer, and store them on your hard drive, or copy them to an MP3 player so that you can listen to them on your car stereo. If you're a Windows user, right-click on the file link, and save the file locally.These are big files--so downloading may take a few minutes. If you'd rather, you can "stream" the files by listening to them with Windows Media Player, WinAmp, or another audio player. Each audio player allows you to load a URL (in Windows Media Player, for example, choose "Open URL..." from the "File" menu; in WinAmp, open the Playlist Editor, and choose "Add URL" from the File menu). Just copy the URL from your web browser, open your audio application, and paste the entire URL into the appropriate dialog.
If you would like a copy of the session notes, email me at mrmurdoch@windgap.com.
I get the "vision correction" analogy--because I heard you present part of it. But analogies that require downloading (or streaming) four MP3 files to really grasp might not be the best use of the blog medium.
ReplyDeleteMight you elaborate just a bit?
And it might also be helpful to provide your readers with tips on how to post comments (and why you are limiting comments to people who have a public identity).
And now that I think of it...I'm sort of the family expert on "seeing through new eyes," no?
ReplyDelete(Intra-family jest...eye surgery, yadda, yadda, yadda.)