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April 15, 2004
The "More Later!" I promised
Some stones, it seems, are more open to change than people! For that reason granite was a good medium to carve for me as a pastor. The Ezekiel sculpture you see in my April 9th posting was carved with a diamond masonry blade, a large chisel and a heavy hammer. The face was then polished using diamond abrasives through 8 grits from 70 to 3500.
The point of the sculpture explores the reality & depth of thinking people are willing to engage in. Henry Moore has said, If you think you know something, you stop learning any more about it. This is a profound statement about life, education, faith, God, the world in which we live, art, each other & ourselves.
In Ezekiels day many centuries ago (593-586 B.C.), he was confronted with people who were not willing to listen anymore. They were stubborn, hardened and obstinate. They had formed their opinions and most likely had stopped learning. So, Ezekiel creatively presented what he wanted them to hear in a variety of artistic ways. He became more hard headed about informing people of the things he was learning as he listened carefully and took to heart all that God said.
Tell me, what are you listening to? In what areas of your life have you stopped learning anything more? In what ways do you, as Henry Moore asserted, think you know something?
Some stones, it seems, are more open to change than people! How willing are you to change your thinking about God and His love for you through His son Jesus?
Think about it and let me hear from you today!
-Pastor Adrian
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Comments
You are a rebel rouser! Admittedly, I can be hard as stone at times, but I'd like to believe my heart and mind are clay in the Potter's hands.
At the Steering Committee meeting this week, we were reminded (Jer. 2:13) not to build our own cisterns (wells). The Lord is supposed to do it. NO criticism or complaining, which is poison to the well. HE is the Source to whom we should go for living water!
Posted by: Daniel Lozier at April 23, 2004 11:31 PM
I love the use of stone to remind us of how hardened, obstinent, and stubborn---not only people of Ezekiel's time were---but we can be today also.
St. Paul in Romans 1 reminds us there are degrees to God's reponse to sin: First, their thinking became futile and God allowed their hearts to be darkened. When they persisted in their sin, God gave them over to sexual impurity. When they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, God gave them over to shameful lusts. And finally, when they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowleege of God, he darkened their minds and gave them over to every kind of evil and wickedness.
Open our hearts and minds, O God, to your knowledge and love!
Thank you, Pastor Adrian.
Posted by: Daniel Lozier at June 23, 2004 4:38 PM