@ 11:07. Sus loves numbers and Ella hit a walk-off HR in the birthing numbers realm. Wow, do I love my wife! Wow, I never cease to be amazed by the love of our God and the love that He gives in abounding goodness. I cannot fathom having more love for my kids.... then, He favors us with another glorious child and my heart bursts with love and joy. Welcome Ella! Thank you, Christ. Yeah, she is beautiful and I am praying for her heart to be aflame for the supreme One! I think that I have been so hesitant to wrap up 'Supreme'. Honestly, I think that Paul's teaching in Colossians 1.15 - 23 are hinge to our faith expression. Paul is inviting us into true recognition of Supremacy. He is calling us to recognize that the only great good on this planet is Christ. Christ supreme. Christ satisfying. Christ abounding. Christ. May the echo of our lives and of our church be the great goodness of the King of Glory. May we be so well-known for knowing Christ well and of making much of Him. We closed the series by profiling the gloriously obsessed. I am praying that our fellowship will fit the profile of the Christ-obsessed.
Because Jesus Christ is supreme, this glorious obsession is for those who want more Jesus. It is for those who are bored with what American (better said, 'southern religion') Christianity offers. It is for those who don’t want to plateau. It is for those who would rather die before their convictions do. It is my hope that the picture painted in the Scripture of a supreme God leaves you with a longing for more God, even if you are surrounded by those who have enough God. Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. He is central and supreme His life shapes what we do and who we are. His passion and his life reign supreme over us. I never want to stop in my relentless pursuit of Christ. I long to share that unimpeded journey with an amazing group of Christ-followers. I love the church! I cannot think of a better way to venture through life, than in giving much glory to God and to watch as He uses us, together, to express His life and His hope and a taste of eternity on this journey through the temporal. Christ supreme.... Christ supreme.... Christ
By Grace... For Glory,
Mark
I love these kids! I thank my God for you guys!!
2 comments:
Congrats on the new little one! That's awesome! God gave her some great parents!
Oh man, what a yucky yet glorious month and a half it's been since Carrie died!
Yucky.....well you know why, life without my soul, my wife, my lover, my best friend, the mama of my children is very tough and yucky way to live!
Glorious because I get to continue to marvel in just how special she was/is! Gloriously obsessed, what an excellent way to describe Carrie and I think you too!
Most people never get to meet someone like that - gloriously obsessed - that's very unfortunate and I think speaks volumes of the state of the people who proclaim Christ as Savior. Well, I got to meet two Carrie and you. I marvel at how you share the story of life from the scripture and I am amazed at just how freely Carrie gave of herself so that you, me, everyone could have a personal encounter with Christ through worship. She was gloriously obsessed and it rubbed off greatly in our home, at EBC and will for time to come.
I can't remember the verse Heather shared but it talked of the temple being built as a house of worship over the ashes of destruction. About how from the ashes rose a place of worship where praise would be lifted to the Heavens for God. That's what will happen with Carrie's ashes. From her work as our "laudation engineer" and her gloriously obsessed attitude about meeting and knowing Him, her example of passion and love for us all Carrie helped lay the foundation in our hearts for us TO have those personal encounters. Now, when her ashes get mixed into the concrete of the foundation of our future worship center (our temple) a home of worship will be lifted to the Heavens. A place where we can gather and continue the mission of our EBC family: reaching everyone for Him! Too freaking cool!
Thank you for being a friend! I love you, I love EBC, I love God, and I most definitely love Carrie. I am a very very lucky man!
Jeffy
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