![]() ![]() It is a pretty fascinating statement even if it is the only real mention of it in the entire New Testament. In the midst of the discussion, they quote the prophet Amos(9:11), who had foretold that the Messiah (Jesus) would return with a very specific agenda “to rebuild the Tabernacle of David”. In the book of Acts(15:16) the disciples are discussing the issue of how to handle Gentile converts to Christianity. You may have heard the argument, “that’s Old Covenant, we are in the New – that stuff is no longer important … etc.” That is all well and good and yes there are critical differences between the Old and New Covenant, but I believe we would be wise to proceed with more caution when abandoning what is revealed in the Old Testament. That may mean as much to you as it did to me! I personally thought the Tabernacle of David was a thing of the past. In the midst of the transition we have been asking the question, what next? And what has been very clear is we are to move forward in the “Spirit of the Tabernacle of David”. God has taught us many important things about abiding in Him and remaining in the center of His fullness. It has been a very valuable time of rest. So we are grieving as well as refocusing. They say grief is proportionate to the value you have placed in something. Our feelings were mixed excited for what was next, yet sad that something so meaningful to us and others was over. But at the start of this year, we knew the season was coming to a close. These were two avenues the Lord gave us to serve our community for 12 years. We closed the door on an incredible chapter of our lives when we shut the doors of Humble Skatepark and Fuel Cafe. We’ve been in kind of a holding pattern as a ministry. There were altogether too many elephants in the room for me not to realize there was something important the Holy Spirit wanted me to learn from elephants … A few minutes later, another of Trey’s friends came to the lunch with another, unexpected gift for Zoe. So it looked more like it was getting ready to stomp. Each elephant had its front leg lifted as if it were about to walk, but it was the only leg that was lifted. Etched into the leather decorating the bag were elephants. He had brought a gift with him for Zoe - a beautiful leather shoulder bag the perfect size for a four year old. We hopped into the car and went to meet Trey. When the picture was done, it was time to go. So I googled a picture of an elephant and did my best to draw the picture to Zoe’s satisfaction. Zoe wanted me to draw a family of elephants, in the jungle, drinking water. We had a little time on our hands before we left. That morning my wife’s brother was coming into town for a quick visit, so we were excited to be going to lunch with him. Exercise you r imagination, it’s a game my daughter and I play where we shut off the TV or Netflix and she picks a picture and we draw it and color it together. ![]()
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