Radical for Jesus

"Then the Lord said, "Just as My servant Isaiah walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia" Isaiah 20:3
   How many people know this cool detail of scripture?  Isaiah preach naked and not just once but for three years!  I love coming across places in the Bible that are so not the "norm" and the radicalness of following the Lord.  I have to ask myself am I a radical when it comes to God?  Some maybe might say yes if you compare me to other Christians, but they're not my standard, Christ is.  I'm not trying to say I need to go preach naked to be a radical like Isaiah, but am I living my life for Christ that will turn people's heads? Are you?  I do wonder how Isaiah felt during those three years.  Was he embarrassed? Cold? Hopeful? Burdensome? Eager?  I know I'd have a hard time after three years of the same thing to stay positive and steadfast in my mission.  The cool thing is though my love for Christ can't weary me ever. It's not just a "season" in my life, praise the Lord I've been walking with Him for over ten years now!  When Christ is our focus, when Christ is our goal, when Christ is our sufficiency that is enough to make us radicals for Christ!

    I won some concert tickets to Mike's Chair and Big Daddy Weave last week by submitting a response to what their newest song "All for You" means to me.  The song is pretty sweet as it talks about  Philippians 2 of having the Christ mindset of being a somebody and becoming a nobody and that people of all reputations will bow before Jesus Christ.  Reminding myself all that I do is for Him so why worry about what others think or perceive.  I think Isaiah had this mindset.  It was a fun concert and great worship all around.  I took a friend, Bri, with me since I won two tickets.  We got to hang out with the band afterwards a bit.  It was fun relating to both the band and myself living in Nashville but being from the north.  They're all down to earth guys that have an amazing talent and using it to praise God.  I had the next couple days off so we stayed in town to run errands and hang out at this cool tea shop that has kombucha on tap.  (Kombucha is a fermented tea drink for those of you who don't know and absolutely delicious.)  It was fun hanging out with Bri and getting to know her more plus we got to stay at this ranch that looks out to Sisters Mountain range and meet some baby lambs recently born.

  Work has been fun lately with all the groups we are having in back-to-back that I've been working longer weeks and in different departments like the snack shop/coffee bar, giant swing, and ropes course. I've also helped out hosting the groups which is basically meeting the needs of the guests and having everything ready and following the weekend schedule.  Last week I was helping host a men's retreat and had an interesting interaction with one of the older men.  He actually "prophesied" that I'd "be married in the next 40 months to someone I may already know but he wont let me go this time."  As most of you know me I took it lightly and joked back at him (even though he was serious) and made the conversation like it was no big deal.  I mean really how hard is it to guess that a single 27 year old female will be married in the next 3 1/2 years? Pretty likely for the most part.  Of course some of my co-workers over heard bits and pieces so now it's kind of a joke around here.