A Challenging Thought

Here is a link to a blog that I found to be sobering and challenging. This morning, two of my sons asked me if I had an ugly sweater they could wear to school. It is ugly sweater day. Sadly, I did have sweaters that they considered ugly. At one point, those sweaters looked good, and to be honest, I think at least one of them still does. Styles come and go. I am becoming increasingly convinced that we have made too much of style in lots of areas in life, especially church. As Steve Green sand 25 years ago, people need the Lord. The link below reminds me that I need to celebrate Jesus and the good news His birth, death and resurrection create. Please click on the link and celebrate the good news of Jesus. I pray that our sons and our daughter look back when I die and say, "Dad made a big deal of Jesus for us, not a certain style of church. And for that, we are thankful he was our Dad." My sweaters might be ugly, but may I never distort things in a way that makes Jesus or His good news look ugly.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2010/12/09/what-you-celebrate-as-a-church-is-just-as-important-as-what-you-believe/