I had one such experience today while attempting to create a sermon series graphic for our church. Our next series is called "Love Like Jesus." I searched for images with every possible combination of search terms, and on every possible graphic site I know of. Although I came up with several clever metaphors to use, I just wasn't finding anything. I finally gave up and decided to use the web image I had created (it's not all that great, but it works) in the bottom corner of the graphic set, and I began looking for a red "swoop" type image to add across the bottom of the image. As I began searching for the swoop, I found the perfect image to use for the series set! It wasn't until I gave up on trying to be clever that I finally found what I didn't know I was looking for.
John Piper, a pastor whose wisdom often blows me away, posted this quote last week:
No man can bear witness to Christ and to himself at the same time. No man can give the impression that he himself is clever and that Christ is mighty to save. (Quoted in John Stott, Between Two Worlds, 325)
This week, my friend Jen also shared a scripture passage that had been impacting her. I think God may be using the repeat-it-'till-he-listens method on me with this one! I'll leave you with I Corinthians 2:1-5:
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
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