Oct 29 2007
Reformation Party
On Friday night, Josiah and Abby attended a Reformation Party in honor of Martin Luther. They were to dress up as kings, queens, knights, friars, peasants, etc. Abby went as a princess, of course, and sat with all of her princess girlfriends. Grandma managed to get Josiah dressed as a Friar, although he attended under protest. I signed the paper saying he would attend and he turned it in before discovering that his friends weren’t going. The party was pretty entertaining. For jousting, the kids rode bikes at each other and tried to knock each other off the bike with a pillow. They also had archery and stone throwing. The kid who won the jousting was crowned king and had to choose a girl to be queen. There then took place an awkward 10 minutes of a middle school boy holding a fuzzy pink crown uncertain what to do and a large group of middle school girls trying to avoid being chosen. After the party, I talked to Josiah and Abby about how to be gracious in an uncomfortable and awkward situation. Graciousness is a bit of an old fashioned concept in todays pushy world and something that I’m often lacking in. It is encouraging, however, that as we grow more like Christ, we too can be characterized by kindness and warm courtesy. When that change occurs in us, we begin to reveal our own reformation.
It’s important to understand that the prefix “re” means “back or again”. Martin Luther’s Reformation was a movement to take the Church back to its origins in Christ and away from legalistic practices such as selling indulgences. As Mugs said, we reveal our own reformation as we grow more like Christ. This reformation in Christ is our return to our origins in the image of God. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says that if we are in Christ, we are new creatures. I pray that my actions demonstrate a personal reformation.
I really needed this today
Thanks Mugs….
i always want change in me to be of Him and for
His change inside of me to show to those who do and do not know Him.
love you