Today's Journal
STANDING OVATIONS
I still thinking some on yesterday’s Journal entry ‘Becoming One.’ There are many small and important steps in how two people become one person in spirit and purpose. It begins with equal partners having equal say.Roz and I believe in Kingdom egalitarianism. That is, we think the Bible teaches equality for all people and that includes gender equality. “In Christ, there is no difference between Jew and Greek, slave and free person, male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:28) This includes all functions and gifts of the Spirit given to believers. I just cannot find where the Holy Spirit gave some male gifts and some female gifts… or blue and pink gifts.
When two people become one (or are becoming one) they do the small and important things necessary for that to happen. One of the secrets we have found is to give each other Standing Ovations. We all need and want to be appreciated. Most days I get several Standing Ovations from Roz. I try to give them to her as well. These Standing Ovations don’t require standing or an ovation… it is something happening in our souls. It’s a good way to live.
Perhaps this is learned in giving praise and worship to the Lord. If we stand with open arms and sing, pray, shout or speak in tongues while giving a Standing Ovation in union with the Spirit, we are learning how to appreciate one another as well. Or, if our Standing Ovation is silent, while seated… something happens in our souls. This too is a good way to live.
“So there are not two, but one. God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them.” Jesus