prefigurative living....

I've been thinking about this recently. Thought I'd share a snippet of what I read in an article. It's pretty convicting, inspiring, and really gets you thinking about the implications of what it would look like if we lived like this more.....
"When people of faith try to live out their deep principles, actually walk their talk, they tend to come up against power in ways that can wake a nation's conscience. Jesus himself (who promised that anyone who followed his teaching would always be in trouble) was one of history's more brilliant prefigurative campaigners. He didn't merely argue that true greatness comes from humbly serving others, he illustrated it by washing his disciples' dirty feet. By socializing with outcasts, visiting lepers, and always raising up the 'least of these,' Jesus didn't simply prophesy a future beloved community, he made it manifest."
(Andrew Boyd  - Yes!  magazine)

Here's the rest of the article. 

I'm starting to think maybe the best days are the ones where you can wake up in the morning...and one of the first and only certain thoughts to run through your head is the awareness that you're finished trying to do things yourself;  that if God doesn't show up, walk with you, the day is pretty much done for.

"the nearness of God is my good"