rolling stones

While I was home over the break, I had the opportunity to hang out with one of my good friends. We both had been so swamped with school and work that we decided to take a day to do what we girls do best-SHOPPING. It was such a fun day full of bargains and lots of catching up.

One of the things I love most about this friendship is that after catching each other on our families, school life/work life, and so on, we always share with each other about our relationship with Christ, and it is those conversations that always blossom into hour long conversations.

While out shopping, we ran into Lifeway and came across a brand new Beth Moore book, Whispers of Hope. CONFESSION: It is incredibly hard to not pick up a Beth Moore book and me not become consumed with it right away. Anyway, my friend and I were reading about it and found that is was a book entirely devoted to prayer-something I could use some work on desperately. After looking around the store, both of us decided we would read it together and see how our prayer-lives improve.

I could tell you so much about Whispers of Hope, but I don't want to spoil it for those who might want to read it. However, I will tell you it is unlike any Beth Moore book I have read. I can also tell you that though I am only a week into the book, I can already tell a difference not just in what I pray for, but how I pray.

Today's reading was a game changer for me, and I couldn't keep it to myself.

1 Peter 2:4-6
As you come to him, the living Stone-rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him-you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."

In today's reading, Beth Moore, shares that the Greek word Peter used to refer to believers was lithos, which means small or large stones. What she said next, literally took me aback. Lithos is also the original term used to describe the rolling away of the stone from Christ's tomb.
Mind blown yet?

Peter refers to us as believers as living stones. As living stones, we are capable of living in such a way as to expose to the world an empty tomb-to prove Christ lives! I don't know about you, but I am humbled and excited for that privilege.

Christ could easily speak proof of his existence and holiness to the world, yet he chooses to use us to expose the empty tomb-to show the world a living and active God, who desires a personal relationship with us.

As a "living stone" are you living in such a way, that demonstrates Christ is living and active in your life? 

Be encouraged, the tomb is empty (Luke 24:6)! Christ lives and wants a relationship with you.

Living stones: let's get rolling!