meditatio at the water's edge

I just posted the text of the message I gave at Jenison last night. It was on the story of Samson in Judges 13-16. It's a long read, but check it out and let me know what you think. Click here.

Aslo, I met with Travis this morning and we talked through the third chapter of "Renovation of the Heart". Good stuff. We got to talking about the analogy of physical training and progression in Christlikeness. I said that I think the analogy breaks down in that physical training is conditioning of bodies that are in various stages of decay, whereas spiritual transformation is about becoming a new kind of person--it is a qualitative, fundamental change in who we are. It's not like physical training where you can stop running and get flabby.

The point of spiritual transformation is that you become a new kind of person. In a surrealistic twist of the analogy, it would be like a runner's feet being morphed into wheels or something. Or maybe more like someone who doesn't 'go for a jog' or 'go running', but like Forrest Gump, anywhere they went, they were 'ruunn-ning'.

I don't know if that's right on for an analogy, but I hope you get the point.