Re-imagine

Re-imagine… It is time to take new steps and to rediscover our world. Creativity has been lost and hope has gone along the wayside. A world of color has been nearly washed out by black and white. On the surface is a dull picture, lifeless and dead. The surface is starting to peal and a new life is shining through. Creation is being restored and we stand on the brink of a new revolution. This revolution was begun in the Middle East a few thousand years ago. The revolution is bringing restoration to all things. The music resounds in downtown streets and along the mountain trails. The refrain is coming from all around promising life and setting captives free.

Free to imagine…

Free to create…

Free to love…

This freedom has a call from our Revolutionary Leader to carry a responsibility of care for all people which includes those we disagree with. We are to care for creation and to care for the things that he cares about. He told us that his plan would not be too heavy and that his burden would be light. In Comparison, His burden is a hell of a lot lighter than the burden of old creation.

Old creation…

Old creation promises death, injustice, brokenness, and loneliness. It promises that those who are held to her yoke will be crushed under her weight. The poor will inherit the rich's problems and the rich will inherit the problem of their own lust which can never be satisfied. Each person held to old creation's yoke will feel the pain of living a sub-human existence. Her inheritance is hell.

New Creation…

She tells a different story. A story of life, community, love, and renewal. True humanity.

 

It is now the time to stand up and say that we do not need money and material in order to be happy. It is time to say that the economy does not determine our happiness and joy. Our worth is not determined by our production. We are not purely a cog in a machine. We are people who love, live, and laugh. We are those who show true life…eternal life that is not void of joy. This life is not worthless and has true purpose with a regard to all things in heaven and on earth, bringing heaven crashing down to earth and putting the world to rights.