Around 1900 years before Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, the apostle Paul had written a letter to the church in Colossae.

Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
-Colossians 3:11

Martin Luther King Jr. echoed the work that Christ accomplished in reconciling all types of people to Himself when he said:

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’”

Paul was addressing Christians, while Martin Luther King Jr. was addressing a nation. These words are still meaningful today, and we should live toward others knowing the truth that all men are indeed created equal. There should be no prejudice toward skin color, personality, cultural, or secondary theological differences in the body of Christ; for as we have been reconciled to God, we should be reconciled to each other. Paul continues with this command, which I believe is the remedy to such prejudice:

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
-Colossians 3:12-14

Let’s move past our differences and serve Christ together.

It has been over 9 months since I last blogged. I miss blogging, and though I’ve desired to return to it, I can never seem to construe my thoughts into what I would like to be a blog post. Well, let’s give it another go, then… this time, with a new theme!

I start with the first thing that enters my head (that being, of course, the answer Westminster Catechism question number 1):

Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him forever.

This is my aim in life and in this blog. I hope and pray that somehow, by reading my ramblings, you will be encouraged to live a life that does the same. I plan to blog regularly, recognizing it is not a duty, but rather, a delight (I really like doing it). I make this plan, knowing that the Lord has given me the means to do it:

The heart of man plans his way,
but the Lord establishes his steps.
-Proverbs 16:9

I realize that I have a responsibility to plan, and without a plan of action, I will fail and probably never blog. Even if it is a short post, my intention is that I will post at least once a week…

That’s all for now,
Tom Fogarty