Movement and Repose

"If they ask you for a sign of the Father you can tell them it's movement; movement and repose." - Paper Hanger by mewithoutYou

I've been thinking a lot. I just finished reading Creation and Fall by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and it was great. Everything he talked about really reaffirmed what I already believe. I think that judgement and sin are inextricably linked together because we want to justify ourselves and our behavior while condeming others in order to feel better about ourselves. We have freedom that God has given us, but we use it for ourselves and our own selfish desire instead of for others. We fail to see the Imago Dei in other people. I find the thought of the "analogia relationis" appealing. That we are to be like God in the sense that we are to be for God and for other people only. That is how we were designed. Awesome.

"Christianity is a state of being, not a list of rules to follow" - Matt Chandler
I'm not sure if that is a direct quote or not because I'm doing this from memory, but I love that he said that. I've been thinking that for a while, that Christianity is a state of being. I think that as God is "I am who I am" we must simply be "I am who I am" for other people. Lets stop trying to cover ourselves with good works or pleasure or guilt and shame. Who are we other than what we are created to be? What else is there other than to walk in obedience with the creator who loves us and wants to sustain us? We should be naked and unashamed always. Of course, none of this is possible on our own. I don't want anyone to think that is what I am saying. In Christ, through Christ, and for Christ all of these things are possible and in fact should be occuring in a Christians life to some extent or another.