God's first foray into his creation reveals a god who brings order out of chaos. With a word, out of the primordial chaos, out of the deep darkness comes light. He speaks another word and from the chaotic depths comes air and then land and eventually all kinds of life. Starting in Genesis 1 God has envisioned a better creation.
Genesis 1 begins the life-story of every believer who has endeavored to live better, learn more, be more devoted to family, have more meaningful friendships, exercise more self-discipline, better serve the community or grow more intimately with God. Creation started as God's first renovation project. Biblical history documents the ebb and flow of God working in the world, often through people to make creation better. The scriptures lay out before us people growing and failing, improving and being lazy, finding success and facing obstacles.
This story belongs to each of us. Chaos is fundamental to life. Yet, we want to escape the chaos and enjoy order. We want to be healthier in body, mind and spirit. We want to understand with greater clarity. We want our efforts to have effect. We do not want our energies to be wasted or our initiatives to be meaningless.
This is true no matter who you are. It does not matter if you are a believer or not. It does not matter where you are plotted in the social matrix. Woven into what it means to be human is the desire to be better; a better farmer, a better accountant, a better poet, a better policeman, a better mother, a better missionary. The desire to improve is not unique to a particular culture or people living in a certain century. It emerges from our divine nature, our imago Dei.
The discipline of Christian coaching emerges from this divine characteristic entwined into every human being. While each of us shares a common desire to improve, we also share the deep struggle of making those improvements reality. Christian coaches step into the gap between desire and reality.
Genesis 1 begins the life-story of every believer who has endeavored to live better, learn more, be more devoted to family, have more meaningful friendships, exercise more self-discipline, better serve the community or grow more intimately with God. Creation started as God's first renovation project. Biblical history documents the ebb and flow of God working in the world, often through people to make creation better. The scriptures lay out before us people growing and failing, improving and being lazy, finding success and facing obstacles.
This story belongs to each of us. Chaos is fundamental to life. Yet, we want to escape the chaos and enjoy order. We want to be healthier in body, mind and spirit. We want to understand with greater clarity. We want our efforts to have effect. We do not want our energies to be wasted or our initiatives to be meaningless.
This is true no matter who you are. It does not matter if you are a believer or not. It does not matter where you are plotted in the social matrix. Woven into what it means to be human is the desire to be better; a better farmer, a better accountant, a better poet, a better policeman, a better mother, a better missionary. The desire to improve is not unique to a particular culture or people living in a certain century. It emerges from our divine nature, our imago Dei.
The discipline of Christian coaching emerges from this divine characteristic entwined into every human being. While each of us shares a common desire to improve, we also share the deep struggle of making those improvements reality. Christian coaches step into the gap between desire and reality.
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