connection

An article I just finished for our church newsletter....

I'm unsure of exactly how to proceed with this article....

Most of the time I can come up with something but when I volunteered to write I wasn't sure if I had anything worthy to say or even partway relevant to what is happening in our community right now. The only way I know how to do this is to shoot from the heart so if it gets a little sappy, you have been warned.

We are all disconnected. Not in a small sense but in a big sense. Every human being on this earth is disconnected. It all started with a man named Adam and a woman named Eve eating a piece of fruit. I have never figured out why they wanted to eat this fruit. They were the only people on earth at the time, they had each other, and they were able to talk directly to God, the Creator of the Universe. Why on earth would you want to go and ruin it? It's simple. Temptation. Sin. Pride.

Man lost his ability to speak on a one-on-one basis with God. This had led to disconnection, the inability for us to be One. For thousands of years, only a chosen few could talk to God and pass on His message to the people. Then Jesus came and changed the rules.

After Jesus died, he sent the Holy Spirit, our new lifeline to God. He gave all people who chose to believe the chance to be reconnected. A second chance.

In post-resurrection world there has been a tendancy to still live as though we were still dead and disconnected. This is untrue. As believers in a Savior who rose again we should be living a life where connection is happening, a life that is productive, and above all alive.

For years, I cried out to God for rescue from my pain, my problems, and my sin. It took until a year ago for me to figure out that the remedy I desired had already come and it was up to me to choose to be healthy and follow that path.

Dear brothers and sisters at E3. Choose to be healthy and live a life worthy of which you have been called by God.

Trace Armstrong
Director of Branding and Communications Element3 Church