put it to use. today

My daughter and I watched The Incredibles again this week.

I love that movie. 

And something just struck me sitting here. 

I don't want to spoil it if you haven't seen the movie, 

but I'm gonna mention something that happens at the end. 

And if you haven't seen the movie, what are you waiting for?

The Cliff notes version?

There's a family of superheros who save the world.

The end. 

Ahem...

Throughout the movie, 

it is thought that the youngest family member, baby Jack-Jack,

doesn't have super powers.

Until he's put to the test at the end of the movie 

by the horrible bad guy.

It's then that Jack-Jack's super powers rise to the surface.

Through the use of his super powers, 

he escapes the clutches of the bad guy.

Maybe we're a bit like Jack-Jack.

A whole lot of power

just underneath the surface.

Waiting.

And waiting.

And waiting.

But now?

Why wait?

Why not use the power that God's given you and shake things up?

Take steps to own the strength and sound mind that He's gifted you with.

And go for it.

Call a halt to the junk and the mud and muck that you've gotten stuck in.

Tell Satan in the name of Jesus to take a flying leap.

Live

and walk

and represent Christ

in His power 

today.

Don't let all that power go to waste. 

If God's given it to you

~which we know He has~

then He wants you to use it.

Be bold,

and just a bit reckless,

and passionate,

and filled with love,

and gracious,

and powerful

today.

...I can’t tell you how much 

I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. 

We didn’t fence you in. 

The smallness you feel comes from within you. 

Your lives aren’t small, 

but you’re living them in a small way. 

I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. 

Open up your lives. 

Live openly and expansively!

~2 Corinthians 6:11-13

But in all these things 

we are completely victorious 

through God who showed his love for us. 

Yes, I am sure that neither death, nor life, 

nor angels, nor ruling spirits, 

nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers,  

nothing above us, nothing below us, 

nor anything else in the whole world 

will ever be able to separate us 

from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

~Romans 8:37-39

For God has not given us the spirit of fear; 

but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

~2 Timothy 1:7

Many blessings for your Friday,

Deni

{photos taken last evening in the Italy Pavilion at Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival.}