{"id":18141,"date":"2015-04-30T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megaphonedesigns.com\/~pathway\/?p=18141"},"modified":"2015-04-30T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:37:47","slug":"lets-love-like-the-best-spray-on-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2015\/04\/30\/lets-love-like-the-best-spray-on-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s love like the best spray-on orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can always tell when we\u2019re at the beginning of a new season. Not by a wanky knee or Granny\u2019s weather beetle. Nothing like that. No, I can tell by the sudden need to refigure the frizz to hair-product ratio. Time to check out the atmos-hair-ic condition. Percent relative humidity times the circumference of your head, divided by the barometric pressure, times the wind velocity, then multiplied again by how important it is for you to look good for a meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most days when I\u2019m breaking in a new season, I work way too long to get a \u201cmeets basic approval\u201d kind of hairdo. The look that\u2019s close enough. And then I spray it like there\u2019s no tomorrow. Spray where no one has sprayed before. Not just a little fluff. Maximum-crazy-overspraying. I spray until my head has its own little low orbit of hairspray. <\/span><\/p>\n

Frighteningly, there have been days when even the spray can\u2019t successfully create a good between-seasons do. Nevermind that I spray until I cause an orange alert air quality day all by myself. Those days are the \u201cfloppy hat, sunglasses and extra red lipstick\u201d days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lest you think me shallow\u2026. Okay yeah, we all already know I can be pretty shallow. But even so, I do know that the hair of the season is not a major life concern. Of course, so many of the things people tend to orbit around turn out to be just a lot of canned air. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul told believers that he prayed they would \u201capprove the things that are superior,\u201d (Philippians 1:10, HCSB). The NLT phrases it as: \u201cI want you to understand what really matters.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So how do we know what\u2019s worth a good orbit and what\u2019s merely fluff? Paul\u2019s prayer was actually rather centered on the process. It\u2019s about that growth. \u201cAnd I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, so that you can approve the things that are superior and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God,\u201d (Philippians 1:9-11, HCSB).<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just any old kind of growth. It\u2019s growth in love. It\u2019s a love that gets smarter, wiser \u2013 more brilliant. One that leads to the glory and praise of God. And we can\u2019t manufacture it on our own. Can\u2019t find it, can\u2019t borrow it \u2013 can\u2019t spray it on. There\u2019s only one way to get it. It \u201ccomes through Jesus Christ.\u201d He does in and through us what we can\u2019t do on our own when it comes to love. Again, in 1 Thessalonians 3:12, Paul says, \u201cAnd may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love\u2026,\u201d (HCSB). The Lord causes love to increase\u2014to maximum-wonderful-crazy-overflow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever season approaches, getting ready actually means allowing Christ full reign and then watching Him grow our love so that we\u2019re ready to interact with His people. All people. Ready for any and every meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n

And yes, if you\u2019re looking for me in one of those meetings, sometimes you do have to check underneath the sunglasses and the floppy hat.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can always tell when we\u2019re at the beginning of a new season. Not by a wanky knee or Granny\u2019s weather beetle. Nothing like that. No, I can tell by the sudden need to refigure the frizz to hair-product ratio. Time to check out the atmos-hair-ic condition. 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