meditatio at the water's edge

A friend of mine, Katie Guthrie, spoke at Young Life tonight. I guess she used some of the ideas of John Eldridge, but they were also some of her own thoughts. She rocked the house - giving high school kids some really meaty stuff to digest!

She suggested that control is the opposite of love. We always think of hate as the opposite of love, this idea intrigues me.

Control and power are closely related. What if we took this idea seriously. Wherever we want control, we could shed it.

What if we gave up control as pastors? What if we gave up control as males in the church? What if we gave up control of our families to God and our family members? What if we gave up control of the church to the third world where passionate Christ followers are creating kingdom noise?

.... food for thought...