This is a special post from friend and fellow Christian, Chris Quimby.
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| Chris and Heather Quimby |
Chris makes a great point that what people do to enhance themselves is weakly insignificant to Holy, Almighty God, Yet the God we ignore hasn't ignored us, but lovingly showers us with grace:
The Gift of God
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Men drawing gazes to their huge biceps. Heads turning to the cleavage of young women.
Heavy beats from trunks of cars, keeping time with songs of worship directed to its source.
Athletes victoriously beating their chests, celebrating the accomplishments of putting a bouncy sphere into a circle.
Politicians accepting praise and deflecting blame in efforts towards self exaltation
Angry religious lost, devoid of love, passively or aggressively harming and killing relationships, bodies, and souls.
We think we are much.
We are nothing.
We have been left home alone and have destroyed the house.
We assume our strength and wisdom as that of a god.
Our unjustified trust in our own quality further reveals our lack of honest introspection.
We are not strong. We are not good. The balance of the thoughts and intentions of our hearts are dis-respectable if left to our own devices.
Most of the good we seek is with the aim towards some personal benefit.
We fall short in our aspirations of grandeur, left foolishly shaking, our blazing guns of incompetence sitting awkwardly in our hands.
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| Comedian Don Knotts as Barney Fife |
We are Barney Fife
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love
with which he loved us, made us alive together with Christ.
By grace we have been saved through faith. And this is not our own doing.
It is the gift of God.
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Comedian and Speaker Chris Quimby is currently actively employed or involved @/w- Promotions Director at Grace Evangelical College and Seminary
- Subcontracted mobile device repair (iPad, iPhone, iPod, etc)
- Speaking engagements (both comedy and otherwise) through http://www.chrisquimby.com/
- Graphic design work through my small company, Nachotree Print & Digital Design http://www.nachotree.com/
- as Counselor at Fair Haven Bible Camps Brooks, Maine
Chris is an avid cyclist, and biked from Maine to Texas in 2013, speaking in churches along the way.
Visit Chris' Facebook page @Chris Quimby
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