Mother Gothel – wah ha ha ha ha

My girls love watching this kids film called ‘Tangled’.  It’s basically the story of Rapunzel told in a cool disneyesque manner with a girl in need of saving, a reckless guy who turns out to be the saviour, a king, a queen,  a bunch of other folk and an old old lady called Mother Gothel.  The basis of the story is that the old woman hides the girl away in a tower because every time the girl sings her hair glows and whoever is touching it becomes young again. Right at the end of the story her hair gets cut, she loses the power and the old woman who has been relying on the hair to stay young falls out of the window and her true state becomes a reality – an old old old woman who should have perished centuries ago – she becomes dust.

Nice Story huh?  Not really, but here’s why i summarized it for you.

It’s August.  In August most people take a break, kick back a little and relax.  Even if we don’t have a holiday booked, for some reason the month of August is Britain’s chill out month.  I love it.  It’s the time of year we all get a little bit refreshed ready to face the cold of winter.

But something else happens in August.  For a lot of people routine goes out the window, good ways of doing things that happen all year round seem to slow down or stop, morning patterns change, late nights and cold beer or pimms enthused headaches mean some of what is normal life gets put on hold.  We seem to start September refreshed in every area of life except one vital one – our walk with God.

AUGUST IS WHEN THE TRUE REALITY OF OUR WALK WITH GOD BECOMES VISIBLE!

It can feel like we become distanced from the life giving source and end our chilled month haggered and dead spiritually speaking.

But it doesn’t have to be like that.

I have some friends at Revelation Church in London who are committed to change this and I am right on their tales.

30daymarinade.co.uk is an attempt to say “look, i love Jesus, and whilst i relax in August i want to relax with Him so here’s what i’m gonna do about it”.

What does August look like for you?  Super chilled followed by a distant relationship with Jesus?  or super chilled followed by the continuation of a summer relaxing in Him?

Your call.  I know what i want.

30daymarinade.co.uk