"I had a conversation with a little girl, God bless her, who's really struggling right now, and she came to service several months ago and then left on a Sunday night and then just went and took a walk on the dark side if you will. She just came into my office, just heart-broken the next week, talking about how she doesn't know why she does this. And I always try to just figure out what's going on, so “How can you do it? How can you go from this moment where you feel near to God and you feel close to Him right an hour later in what you were into?” And she said, “Well, I didn't....I think it's okay, because I didn't do communion.” Okay, so you've got this symbol, you've got this picture of Christ indwelling in us, and she thinks that's the important piece, the picture's the important piece. The picture's not the important piece. The shadow's not as important as what's casting that shadow. So, be careful. Cattle, even sacred cattle were given us by God to eat."
In case you missed it, the speaker here is saying that the Creator of the symbol is ultimate, not the symbol itself. It needs to be said out loud, that this is exactly the case with our little experiment here.
Since I started telling people I was going to try this out, try to live on a dollar a day. I've had more suggestions than encouragement. More "your message would be more effective if..." moments than I care to talk about. Strangers, co-workers, and friends, all seem to know how I could better posture my actions. I have one thing to say to these:
The message, will long out live and, thankfully, is more important the implementation.
There's room for discourse, disagreement, and learning; but only after you've made the consideration that what we're doing IS enough and was thought through by participating parties. Until that concession is made, I've little prerogative to listen to you.
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