I don’t often refer to other blogs in my posts, but this one caught my attention.  It has much to say about what I’ve been learning here about demonstrating Jesus to my Buddhist neighbors.  It reminds me of what has become most important to me, in myself and in those I’m discipling: being fully surrendered to God in order for him to transform us into a clearer reflection of him.  Character, rather than ambition.  Prayer and confession and worship over strategy and micro-management.

Below is a quote– I’d encourage you to read all of it.  I’m frequently challenged by many of the blogs over at conversantlife.com– worth a place in your feed reader!

I’m increasingly convinced that our ambitions related to making an impact are misguided, nothing more than a cloak to cover our own insecurities with God’s ‘blessing’.  Instead of an impact, our ambitions ought to be related to being an aroma, as Paul says, “TO God… AMONG men.”  Aromas are a byproduct that reveal the essence of something.  They don’t set out to BE aromas, they simply are:  Pine trees smell like pine; cigarette smoke like tabacco; coffee like heaven.  That’s the way it is.