Pictured is the ELCA (Lutheran) church in Colfax, Wisconsin, a bit south of where we live. It is a beautiful 30 minute drive through the rolling hills. Lots to see along the way, including beautiful barns, wooded hills, rivers, a mega dairy (not my favorite), and Highland cattle (my favorite!).
How could I resist.
You might think I managed to miss the most important symbol, cutting this pic off just below the cross. Alas, it is a lightning rod, not a cross, on top of the spire, or in this case, the bell tower. Still, as you can see, there are crosses on the side of the church and on the front door.
Joining Beth and Sally
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Paul, writing to the believers at Philippi:
"But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
Have a blessed Lord's Day,
