senses, part 2

continuing from the previous post...

one of the striking things about that sunset experience for me was the realization that the sunset conveyed to me the same feelings as the primary images we've used at church for our mission statement: "infusing the milan area with the life and love of Jesus by faithfully creating breathing room for the disconnected to connect, the disfavored to find favor, and the discounted to count." more specifically, when i was searching for those particular images, what i had in my mind was, in retrospect, like a pre-vision of that overwhelming sensory experience i was yet to have. or something like that.

anyway, i'm growing in awareness that "home" for me might be connected to mission. as if mission (God-directed purpose) is an integral part of what it means to have a "home." makes me think of Israel's longing to be in the promised land during their wandering - not only was it to be a good land "flowing with milk and honey", but also that God's purposes through them were to be accomplished there. obviously, there is much more to home than that - and at some level, we'll continue to have a longing for home that is only satisfied in God, and even at that, only fully satisfied when his kingdom comes in fullness. but i imagine we'll continue to have a mission when the kingdom comes in fullness - what kind of kingdom would it be if we have no purpose, nothing to do creatively in cooperation with God?

so enough rambling on that for the moment. got a good story to share from this weekend. next post, though...have a lunch meeting to get to.