Anchordown and Reflections On Being Small

This is a two for one deal ... Two posts that I intended to make are becoming one package deal ... I hope they can co-exist as smoothly as possible. Well, if you would kindly direct your attention to my sidebar, you will find a link for something called Anchordown. Well, I'll be nice, if you click here you will find it. It is a band that was born of the body at Living Stones, a beloved community of believers of which I am a part. Again, that link is there, too. Check it out. Anyway, last night (Friday) was their CD release party ... Many stories, many reflections on God's goodness were shared, but I wanted to share their music with you all. I have been so impressed with the authenticity, importance and urgency in their lyrics and lives. If you are able and your heart is provoked in agreement with what they share with you, please consider supporting them somehow. An encouraging word, buying the CD, prayer ... As a body, can we not come alongside? Okay, I'm off my soapbox. As for the second part of this post, provoked by Anchordown songs "No Shadow To Hide" and "Little Dreams", I've been thinking a lot about being small. Yes, small in stature, I know ... But small in life, in thought, in deed. In some ways, it is my choice to be small, and even to shrink. In some ways I have chosen to hide in the shadows, afraid of sharing gifts that God has given me in fear of my own pride, my own selfish conceit. But God is a God of growth ... And He does not allow us to hide in the shadows. Before the immense Light that He is, we are completely exposed, flaws and gifts alike ... But to that He says, "My grace is sufficient for you". To my small life He says, "I am bigger than your fear of pride, step out and I will keep you humble." In Hebrews (and this may be totally out of context) but God says that if we shrink back He will have no pleasure with us ... The author then says that we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe. I don't want to shrink into the shadows anymore, but rather entrust this small, frail life to the one who will grow it. He who began a good work in you will Himself perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus ... It is good to be small ... For the one who is small will always reach out beyond his grasp.