not describable; too extraordinary for description. Synonyms: overwhelming, indefinable, unutterable.
I intend to be indescribable. I intend to be too extraordinary for description, as Dictionary.com describes it. I have made it my resolution to be overwhelming, indefinable, and unable to be pegged down. However, I do not search out this goal with a self absorbed ego or a mind set on being above the world. I simply desire to be indescribable.
Why?
Why this bold statement? Why strive for such a thing that brings immediate disdain?
The answer is so simple, yet so complex: Faith.
I believe that as Christians we are called to have lives that go against the current of the world. In the realm that we believe in, radical is a compliment, forgiveness is a commandment, love is equal, and death has been overcome--indefinable. We follow the God of the universe who promises His kingdom to the poor in spirit, His fulfillment to those who hunger and thirst, His reward to those who are insulted for His name--overwhelming. We have been redeemed from the dust of the earth by One who is fully God and fully Man, One whose very name saves the dead--unutterable. The Christian faith in itself is entirely too extraordinary for words and as a follower of this faith I want to embody this indescribable definition.
To be forgiving, but bold.
To accept, but reject.
To be compassionate and to act.
To listen first and speak last.
To be loving, kind, and gentle.
I do not think this is an impossible idea. But it is one that requires dedication and sacrifice. Through the dedication of our time and thinking to the presence of God and God in the present, our old selves will fall away. In sacrificing our lives to the will of God, we will be transformed into an ethereal beauty like that of heaven. As we are drawn nearer to Christ we will be overwhelmed with the unutterable and incomprehensible radiance that is the God to whom we claim our identity.
I desire to be indescribable. For the cause of my sweet Jesus, I will remain elusive to the claims the world has on my identity. I do this in hopes that a revolution will be started where we lay aside our worldly personae and gown ourselves in the indefinable glory of Christ. For it is His kingdom that will come and it is His glory that will be won, of this we can be assured.
I leave you with this: The Christian life is in itself more than we can ever imagine, but the God we serve is bigger than even this mystery. He is greater than all words, noises, or songs that we can utter, and it is for His glory that we are called to live indescribable lives.
May you go in the Spirit of the Almighty.
I do not think this is an impossible idea. But it is one that requires dedication and sacrifice. Through the dedication of our time and thinking to the presence of God and God in the present, our old selves will fall away. In sacrificing our lives to the will of God, we will be transformed into an ethereal beauty like that of heaven. As we are drawn nearer to Christ we will be overwhelmed with the unutterable and incomprehensible radiance that is the God to whom we claim our identity.
I desire to be indescribable. For the cause of my sweet Jesus, I will remain elusive to the claims the world has on my identity. I do this in hopes that a revolution will be started where we lay aside our worldly personae and gown ourselves in the indefinable glory of Christ. For it is His kingdom that will come and it is His glory that will be won, of this we can be assured.
I leave you with this: The Christian life is in itself more than we can ever imagine, but the God we serve is bigger than even this mystery. He is greater than all words, noises, or songs that we can utter, and it is for His glory that we are called to live indescribable lives.
May you go in the Spirit of the Almighty.
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