Confession. This morning's service at RidgePoint has had me thinking about women. (I know what you are saying: Andrew, like you really needed a church service to inspire that thought pattern.)
To be quite honest I was most struck by the following verse, direct from the end of Proverbs 31:
"Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
Take the first half of the verse. The writer (King Solomon, thoughts inspired by him mom, Bathsheba -- check out 2 Samuel for more on this craziness) makes reference to the modern perception of women without even knowing it. Charm and beauty. Are these not the things on which American society (generally speaking) places great emphasis? The writer contends that they are both deceptive and fleeting, and yet our modern media would suggest that they are truthful and steadfast.
Will we ever get this right?
Sunday, May 14, 2006
happy mother's day
Monday, May 01, 2006
and so it begins!
The band played this weekend at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. The picture above shows "The Edge" from U2 sitting in on "Smooth Rider." If that weren't enough, the band comes out for the encore and plays what? JTR. That's right, for the first time in 5 years, they bust out a song that was for sure thought to be extinct. It makes you wonder what else could come out this summer!
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