Pink Tee-Shirts and Milk Shakes

For I swear by the LORD your God that the king has searched every nation and kingdom on earth from end to end to find you. And each time when he was told, 'Elijah isn't here,' King Ahab forced the king of that nation to swear to the truth of his claim.
And now you say, 'Go and tell your master that Elijah is here'! (I Kings 18:10-11)

Before Tim’s friend died, he randomly made the comment that he would like people to wear pink tee-shirts and drink milk shakes at his funeral. So, hundreds of teenagers and twenty-something adults wore pink tee shirts with the inscription: “Alive in Christ.” And . . . they drank milkshakes. They celebrated life in honor of their friend who left this world to live in a whole new dimension of life.

Their bold statement brings hope . . . faith . . . love . . . joy . . . peace . . . and life to this world. Shouldn’t we be more driven to respond to life in this manner? Too often we are problem oriented and think in dead-end terms.

Look at Obadiah in I Kings 18 story. He knew the king’s obsessive wrath over Elijah. Death would have been the reasonable outcome for Obadiah when the king found out he had seen Elijah.

Life is never simple. Too often the problems mount up until we can’t see any way out. The Apostle Paul delineates a new way to respond to life:
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God-- what is good and acceptable and perfect. (Romans 12:2, NLT).

Renewing our minds through committing to trust Christ allows us to see that the work of God transforms what appears to be a dead-end circumstance into a life-giving event. Through the ongoing power of God that renews our mind, we are able to wear pink tee shirts, drink milk shakes, and celebrate life in Christ, even in the most difficult circumstances.
Renew your mind through the power, presence, and peace of Christ.
Consciously receive His presence in your thoughts.
Allow the peace of Christ to flow through your thought process.
Align your mindset with what is good, acceptable and perfect.
Respond with the hope . . . faith . . . love . . . joy . . . peace . . . and life found through Christ.


Learning with you to wear a pink-tee shirt, drink milkshakes, and celebrate life,
Shalom,
Kerrie

(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2008 All Rights Reserved)