I
enjoyed celebrating my wife's birthday.
She loves birthdays and so I enjoy making the day special. I am not lying to her when I tell her that
with each passing year I still see her with the same eyes of that July evening
in 1987, when all the guests stood to see the beautiful girl that drew all the
attention. Here comes my bride! It is truly a magical moment in our culture when
the music invites us to stand and behold the bride.
This
week, I was struck with a powerful picture of the community at Wilson Hall and
Carter. In many ways, our community is
similar to the community in Grant Park where Restoration Church will be
planted. Johnny Harvey shared with us
that the people there “work to live and live to play.” Many are on the fast lane with their days
filled with activity and the weekend spent with their last thought about God or
the church. Praying each name of the neighborhoods here, I saw a picture of
Christ’s bride on Carter Road—Crosspoint.
Here she stands arrayed in pure white by the washed blood of the Lamb, a
gathering of the redeemed people, and I saw no one standing. The picture
saddens me. Can you imagine a beautiful
bride, a groom awaiting her march down the aisle, and everyone is sitting,
sleeping, playing, talking and totally oblivious to her presence?
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