Celebrating Christian Color

 Paint Mines, Calhan, Colorado

The colors in the clay of the Paint Mines in Calhan run the gamut from red to orange to white. The beauty of this special place is in this multi-colored clay, each being what it was created to be.

Even in the struggles that Paul experience with the Corinthians, he understood that God was calling him to be what he was gifted to be. “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain.”  1 Corinthians 15:10a English Standard Version

The struggle of the church in Corinth hasn’t changed for Christans in 2,000 years. We think that if we were like someone else in the Body of Christ we’d be better Christians. 

I’d be more important to Christ and the church if I could only preach like “x” pastor, if I taught like “x” teacher, if I was empathetic like “x” counselor. 

This kind of thinking is like slapping God in the face. God doesn't make junk. You are not trash.Your gifts are needed in the church. Your gifts are needed in your family. Your gifts are needed in the community.

When we in the church understand that through Christ we are a gift to the world through our redemption in Christ, we will look more like the Paint Mines to those in the world. What a sight that will be.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.