As a human being - fallen, but created in the image of God - my interests
are varied. Broadly, I might state that my hobbies include Photography, Music
and Sport; but I get bored saying that. Throw a stone and you’ll hit someone
with a similar combination. I'm not that special. But persevere with me.
I love photography because it serves people; it tells
stories about character, personality, context, history, culture, passion,
grief, ecstasy and so much more; it has the power to capture the essence of what
it means to be human, to be created in the image of God.
Music is the rhythm of my soul; it is the soundtrack to my
life. I groove and headbang to rock, pop, hip-hop, R & B, blues, folk,
country, easy listening, and most recently Dave Sinden has got me into
electronic music, though his father has yet to draw me to classical. More than
genre, music is a platform and a vehicle for truth expressed, questioned and
celebrated.
I was made for sport. It simply captures my being. Emotion,
energy, willpower, character, fitness, relationships, physiology, psychology,
psycho-kinethesis; one half of a football match will expose all those elements
of a human being to scrutiny.
And if you’ve studied or work in or have a curiousity concerning
any one of those fields, you could probably engage me for hours before
introducing the bibliography on any one of those subjects.
The world we live in is so vast, the universe an infinite
times bigger still; choose one topic to explore, and “the more you learn, the
more you realize how much you have yet to” is the understatement of history. As
Christians, we believe Christ’s Lordship transcends and supersedes every issue
or theme or paper you’ve ever loved or hated – and in this general revelation
of awesomeness, in faith we can find Christ’s fingerprints there.
I don’t know how we distilled the expression “worship”, to
our 2 hour meeting on Sundays, or worse, confining it to the even-shorter time
of singing during those 2 hours. Worship is found in the faith-gathering of God’s
people as much as it is found in the recesses of our everyday life and the
frontline of our wars.
Worship is about reverence, awe and a passion to grow and to
serve. True Worship is not confined to a place, but it is confined to a person.
Or should I say, three Persons; God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
As a human being created in the image of God and fallen; but redeemed to
be re-created in that image, my interests are varied, but my passion is One.
Regardless the task, everything is an opportunity, every moment a chance – to give
my all for the LORD who gave me these interests, which, at the end of the day,
are really wee musings of His glorious self.
