Paint Party Friday: New Wine!

I joined the Made e-course,

an exploration of God-centered creativity.

I am starting my first page which is about

freedom and safety.

I have to confess that both my safety and freedom 

are in the Word of God.

This morning I read from Luke 5:33-39:

"No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one.

Otherwise he will tear the new

and the piece from it will not match the old cloak.

Likewise, no one pours new wine

into old wineskins.

Otherwise the new wine will burst the skins,

and it will be spilled,

and the skins will be ruined.

Rather, NEW WINE MUST BE POURED

INTO FRESH WINESKINS."

I believe God's Word is always new, ever fresh, 

eternally alive and exciting.

However it does not always appear that way, does it?

That is because it is put into OLD WINESKINS!

I believe that we all need to find fresh new ways of

understanding, listening, obeying, teaching, loving.

We can't do the same old, same old.

When I went to Europe,

I noticed the wonderful churches were

filled with older people.

How do we reach the younger generation?

How do we, as Jesus asked us to do,

"Put out into deep water and lower your nets

for a catch?" Luke 5:4

These days, what are our children into?

Twitter, Google +, Facebook, You Tube, etc.

People of today have a new way of interacting,

a different way of learning, and there are 

myriads of ways to reach out!

It is exciting to see, experience and use

these new frontiers!

We all should be winemakers,

filled with the Spirit of God,

excited about what God wants us to do

and HOW He wants us do it!

Every week I choose one wonderful visitor

who leaves a comment

to receive an ATC from me.

I know it takes so much time and effort

to leave a comment

and I appreciate it soooo much!

This week,

Random.org chose

 #57, Lyn Cohen of Getting my Feet Wet.

I am always delighted to visit 

and see her wonderful drawings of 

snippets of her life!

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Patsy

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