*ruach is my feng shui master*
saturday at 180 we had an illustrious panel of guests to answer questions to close off a series on common questions about christianity. the guests include paul ellis, the pastor of island city church and also a professor of international business at city university (i think); gretchen ryan, the new managing director of mother's choice; and nury vittachi, a well-known journalist and writer in hong kong. all are christian, and all have an influence in their place of work outside of the church proper.
one topic of debate was how mr.vittachi, being a christian who also has a leadeship role in his church, could write a series of novels with blatant supports and promotes a new age practice such as feng shui. although i found holes in his argument, i really liked what gretchen said in the end: WE have the ultimate and best feng shui master in the Holy Spirit.
the same word which we generally translate as "Holy Spirit" (ruach) is also translated as wind. the Holy Spirit is a Wind. he is the wind that directs us and tells us which is the best way to arrange our lives to achieve the most abundant life. feng shui is all about arranging the earthly elements (the wind and the water) in order to effect the best results in life. but OUR feng shui master is much less mah faan than that. we don't need to play with mirrors or goldfish or sleep in any particular direction... all we need is a soft heart and lots of faith. i am so glad we have a God who doesn't beat around the bush but cuts straight to the point, straight to the heart of things. that's all He desires: our hearts. not how we arrange our house, not how we dress, not even our jobs or anything we can do.
there is nothing we can do to make God love us more; there is nothing we can do to make Him love us less. his love for us is unshakeable and complete.
saturday at 180 we had an illustrious panel of guests to answer questions to close off a series on common questions about christianity. the guests include paul ellis, the pastor of island city church and also a professor of international business at city university (i think); gretchen ryan, the new managing director of mother's choice; and nury vittachi, a well-known journalist and writer in hong kong. all are christian, and all have an influence in their place of work outside of the church proper.
one topic of debate was how mr.vittachi, being a christian who also has a leadeship role in his church, could write a series of novels with blatant supports and promotes a new age practice such as feng shui. although i found holes in his argument, i really liked what gretchen said in the end: WE have the ultimate and best feng shui master in the Holy Spirit.
the same word which we generally translate as "Holy Spirit" (ruach) is also translated as wind. the Holy Spirit is a Wind. he is the wind that directs us and tells us which is the best way to arrange our lives to achieve the most abundant life. feng shui is all about arranging the earthly elements (the wind and the water) in order to effect the best results in life. but OUR feng shui master is much less mah faan than that. we don't need to play with mirrors or goldfish or sleep in any particular direction... all we need is a soft heart and lots of faith. i am so glad we have a God who doesn't beat around the bush but cuts straight to the point, straight to the heart of things. that's all He desires: our hearts. not how we arrange our house, not how we dress, not even our jobs or anything we can do.
there is nothing we can do to make God love us more; there is nothing we can do to make Him love us less. his love for us is unshakeable and complete.
posted by jana* at 6:31 PM
