Gospel Wabi Sabi: Good News For Imperfect People

Most people believe that something is out there. Something larger than ourselves. Something that at least got it all started. Some kind of God...but they really don't want to know any more than that. They're content to keep God at arm's length,shrouded in mystery, unknowable. A mysterious God can't make any demands on my life so let's keep God vague. The Ten Commandments tell a different story. They are part of God's self disclosure and reveal the very character and nature of the Divine Being who made it all and rules it all. Come explore this mystery in this new season of Gospel Wabi Sabi.

Cynics aside, most people would like to find a permanent love. But most of us are never taught or shown how to do that - how to create permanent love. This episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi explores 3 building blocks for permanent love from the wisdom of the Proverbs.

Life is the sum of our choices. But how can you know if you’re making the right choices, and if you chose wrong do you screw up God’s plan for your life?? Too often this question paralyzes followers of Christ because they don’t want to do the wrong thing. But it’s the wrong question. The real question is: “What kind of person does God want me to be?” Figure that out and the rest comes easier. 

Do you change depending upon who you are with? Or ask, who’s influencing whom in your friendship? Which direction are you moving - closer to Christ or further away from Him? This episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi explores the wisdom of the book of Proverbs on how to create healthy friendships with all kings of people.

The antidote for anxiety is compassionate living. Jesus wept with those who wept, but he never allowed people to dwell in self-pity. His compassion moved people to change, not to stay in their misery. And he taught that living compassionately has just as great an effect on the person who helps as the person who is helped, maybe even more so. Explore how this works in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi.

Whether it’s a Ya-Ya Sisterhood or a Band of Brothers we are all designed by God to desire deep relationships. Jesus even modeled this for us in his life when he called his small circle his ‘friends’ not just his ‘disciples’ (John 15:15). If Jesus needed friends then so do you! What does it take to create and maintain these deep friendships? Find out in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi.

“Break glass in case of emergency!” That’s often how we treat faith in God. We only go to the “big Guy” when something is happening that we can’t handle on our own…a last desperate gamble hoping God will pull us out of the fire – agin! Rather than our fall-back position we need to TRUST – To Rely Upon Sure Things. Explore how in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi.

God is far more interested in your future than He is in your past.  Some think God is fixated with their past, that all He wants to do is remind us of the things we've done wrong. Well, you're wrong!  God isn't interested in your past; He is interested in your future because that's where you're going to spend the rest of your life.  What you need is a START plan. Find out more in this episode Gospel Wabi Sabi.

Who tells you the truth about you? No one wants to be a punching bag for snarky critics. But we all need to be open to people who genuinely care about us and who challenge us about what’s going on in our lives. The Book of Proverbs tells us that being able to listen to your critics is one of the most important skills needed to develop a successful God-filled life. Explore how to do that in this episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi. 

Jesus once said that what comes out of your mouth shows what’s inside your heart (Luke 6.45).  From the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.  Like a bucket that goes down into a well and draws up either fresh water or contaminated water so the tongue dips down into the heart and draws up whatever is there, for good or for ill.  The mouth can only communicate what is already in your heart.  There are at least 150 Proverbs about the words that come out of our mouths. N This episode of Gospel Wabi Sabi explore 5 negatives to avoid and 4 positives to pursue.