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Yep I braided the back of my head last night. I just wanted to share with you guys a couple ideas and happenings.
I was watching the sunset this evening and I was excited about life as I watched the sky glow behind the horizon. As I watched, simply in awe, a humming bird zoomed past my ear. I watched it hover and then land in a tree. When not flying, he seemed to be buzzing with action, looking everywhere and glancing at everything. Then it made it's call. In that moment, with sunsetting and the humming bird in front of me, I felt alive and buzzing with new energy. I can see how the pagans find the sun worthy of worship because a sunset can be super exciting, almost a religious experience. As I watched, I felt like I could do anything and everything.

Now the verse that's really getting to me now is Colossians 1:27. Here Paul is about to reveal this great mystery of God. And this is it: Christ in you, the hope of Glory. The Living Bible puts it like this: that Christ in your hearts is your only hope of glory. I read it and I was astounded. Yes, I want Christ in me because He is the hope of glory and you may be thinking of eternal life. Jesus is the only way to eternal life. But the Living Bible puts an only there and makes that glory more selective . Yes the glory is eternal life but it also means the only hope for eternal life, the only hope of abundant life here on earth and the only hope of the Christ's character or glory being developed in you.  By putting only there, there is no other option for the Christian. Christ must live within the heart of the Christian or there is no hope. I feel like this is so important I should write more about it. Paul is so convicted that he talks about Christ every where he goes just to emphasize how important Christ in you is.

Today, I heard a sermon about how important it is for us not to think less of our witnessing, bible studying or praying abilities. To Just Do It! Specifically for me, I feel like he was talking about the witnessing thing. Just do it. I mean, Paul is so convinced of the importance of this message going to the world that he is willing to risk life and limb in order for others to hear about Christ. I'm not there. I will continue to pray about it because I know I can get there. I know it.
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