The Crux

This morning I went the church at The Crux. (For those of you who don't know, I've been wanted to get out and visit some other churches.)
It was great. There are moments and events, some people call them "divine meetings," some people call them "happy accidents," some people call them "serendipity" or "fate." I think God has a hand in them; but whatever you want to call them this morning was one of them.
I've been a little down recently, with some of the things that've happened in the past few months and what I guess boils down to a post-graduation directionlessness. Pastor Daron talked about looking for what God is doing new, about being excited to have 2007 be a different sort of year, not the same old sad year.
- i'm not communicating this very well -

I guess the main reason I'm writing this right now is because there's a few quotes I wanted to be sure I remembered.

"The memories you dwell on will determine your attitude and how you see the future."

"Look for progress, not perfection."

"The pain of discipline vs. the pain of regret"



As a climber, I like the name The Crux, too. It has some cool theological meanings, it's a cool world, but to a climber, the crux is the most difficult part of the climb. It's also the key - if you keep attacking the crux, and push through, you improve yourself as a climbing and you'll be ready for a new challenge. The crux you are past will still challenge you when you come back to it, but once it's behind you it makes you stronger.
I think it's related to the word crucible, another great "good pain" word.