Where did that come from? Part 2

It all started at the ladies bible study where I joined about 20 other woman seated in a semi-circle to listen to John Piper’s sermon: “How Does the Supremacy of Christ Create Radical Christian Sacrifice?” I was intriqued and convicted just in the title. I was reminded that I didn’t live a radical life. I’m a stay-at-home mom who gets up each morning to three hungry children, a husband who works from home and has my mom live with me. My life may not be the average, but it has routine and comfort and it’s definitely not radical. So, from Piper’s first words in his prayer until the end, I felt like a soda can that was being shaken and by the end when discuss time came, I couldn’t contain myself. I had a new vision and a new dream. A radical life for Christ is shaped by a life that is so full of joy in who God is and what He has done that I gladly receive persecution and the plunder of my possessions. That life should treasure Christ above all things. All THINGS. That means loving Him more than my family, my church, my self and my stuff. aaahhhh...STUFF!