I appreciate the reminder that we are called to something higher and something better. I was just a little young for grunge. What I do remember is being in the 4th grade when Kurt Cobain died and not understanding why my friend Steven, a huge Nirvana fan, thought this was so momentous. I guess it was about a year and change later that our friend Daniel killed himself to get away from a truly horrible home situation, those two and another friend had already stolen a car and crossed state lines trying to escape their lives only to be dragged back. I say grunge didn't mean that much to me but just the mention of nirvana brings all that back. I sort of feel like self-harm is our generation's signature, while an earlier generation had to rebel in outlandish and ostentatious ways, I have rebelled by not being Kurt Cobain, by loving a wife and raising children. I guess what I am saying is that in this dark world, and perhaps also the dark world of the Roman Empire, we don't begin by expanding people's imagination to sculpt statues or carve cathedrals, but to live a human life, to be a man or a woman, a father or a mother. After all, the Lord's greatest work was to live and die as a man, and to love His bride to the utmost.
Yes. As Paul reminds us, we are not all called to the same manner of recording beauty in God's creation. Each of us has a different imagination. The main point is to channel it for the beautiful and manifest it. (Beautiful is whatever resonates with God, who is LOVE.)
I appreciate the reminder that we are called to something higher and something better. I was just a little young for grunge. What I do remember is being in the 4th grade when Kurt Cobain died and not understanding why my friend Steven, a huge Nirvana fan, thought this was so momentous. I guess it was about a year and change later that our friend Daniel killed himself to get away from a truly horrible home situation, those two and another friend had already stolen a car and crossed state lines trying to escape their lives only to be dragged back. I say grunge didn't mean that much to me but just the mention of nirvana brings all that back. I sort of feel like self-harm is our generation's signature, while an earlier generation had to rebel in outlandish and ostentatious ways, I have rebelled by not being Kurt Cobain, by loving a wife and raising children. I guess what I am saying is that in this dark world, and perhaps also the dark world of the Roman Empire, we don't begin by expanding people's imagination to sculpt statues or carve cathedrals, but to live a human life, to be a man or a woman, a father or a mother. After all, the Lord's greatest work was to live and die as a man, and to love His bride to the utmost.
Yes. As Paul reminds us, we are not all called to the same manner of recording beauty in God's creation. Each of us has a different imagination. The main point is to channel it for the beautiful and manifest it. (Beautiful is whatever resonates with God, who is LOVE.)
Absolutely beautiful!