Appearances Can Be Deceiving...

Troy took Harrison Ford to breakfast this morning. Today is celebrity day at St. Peter's as part of National Lutheran Schools Week. Carson knew right away who he wanted to be. He dressed as Harrison Ford/Indiana Jones. He came up with the idea a while back and was excited to be able to dress this way for school complete with a five o'clock shadow (mascara). The pictures reveal what a handsome Indiana Jones he makes. Appearances can be deceiving...



As the pictures on my blog have shown, Ephraim has been into dressing up too. It started with a green striped shirt that made him Steve from Blues Clues. Then it developed into him dressing as Buzz Lightyear. He pretty much wants to wear the costume 24/7. We allow him to wear it pretty much when he wants to with the exception of church and Bible Study Fellowship. He wants to be called Buzz and his teachers at CMO indulged him by even putting Buzz on his art project instead of Ephraim. He isn't Buzz, but appearances can be deceiving...

Appearances can be deceiving. A relatively new friend of mine said that she had seen a picture of me in the Columbus North High School Athletic "Hall of Fame". I almost burst out laughing. What was she thinking? She said "You were in the gymnastics picture, you were a gymnast." Oh my... time has blocked this from my memory. "Yes" I said, "I was on the gymnastics team, but I was the manager". Appearances can be deceiving. I can't even do a cart wheel.



Carson's memory verse for this week is from Ephesians 4:24 "Put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness". We are to put off our old self, so we can put on the new self. We are created to be like someone greater than ourselves and it isn't Indiana Jones or Buzz Lightyear. We are created to be like God. An incredibly high standard, only achieved when we are covered by the blood of Christ and join Him for eternity one day. I am astonished that I am in a picture hanging in the athletic hall of fame, that couldn't be farther from the truth. I am not surprised however, that my name is recorded in the Book of Life, and it is there not because of anything I have done, but what Christ has done for me.