The Glory Wrapped in a Moment

Sometimes I wonder if I don’t spend too much time inside my own mind.

Two things I’ve been wrestling with recently:

Time was not part of original creation.

I mean it may have existed but the way we experience it, measuring the ebb and flow of our awareness of its passage as we travel steadily from birth toward death – this was not part of creation. While there was birth, by virtue of the fact that there was no death we would have no need to measure time’s passage the way we do. The flow of time has little value to the eternal.

Change was not a part of original creation.

Kingdom Excellence Is The Power Of Always Trying Again

As I learn more and more about excellence through my church research and ministry research, one question that keeps coming up is “What is the relationship between excellence and perfection?”

I believe that  kingdom excellence is not contingent on achieving perfection; however, perfection does play a significant role in excellence. You can be excellence without being perfect.

What I’ve come to realize is that the kingdom perspective of perfection is that although perfection can never be attained by our human effort, it must be our goal nonetheless.