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No, not step aerobics, more a sort of spiritual exercise!
I was reading an article by Jill Briscoe this morning on the Philippians 2 passage on how Jesus stepped down from heaven, giving up his Kingship to humbly serve us: What a step! Jill’s message read something like this little song that came into my head
We’re 2 weeks into 2012 already, and probably many a new year resolution has gone the way of previous years before them! This morning at Alive @ The Drive, Erik got us thinking again about such things, and changes needed in our lifestyles through 5 interactive stations “you, God and 2012 sacred space”. And then Graham sent us off with Ps.65:11“The Lord crowns the year with His bounty”, and a Bounty bar!
As the deer pants for the water,
So my soul longs after You.
You alone are my heart’s desire
And I long to worship You.
I’ve been thinking more about Beattie, and how she came so unselfconsciously and naturally to Jesus, as a little, unaffected, spontaneous child would.
Mark 10:13-16
Do you remember the story of people bringing children to Jesus for Him to touch and bless them, and the disciples pompously shooing them away as though they were just a waste of space? Having well told off his disciples for not seeing the value of children, Jesus shocks everyone by saying that in fact children were ahead of the field and top in line “for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”