New rad coffee shop, ancient beautiful truth

So excited for tomorrow morning, just for the record. I've also had two cups of coffee right now and am experiencing a bit of a coffee buzz.

Sometimes I'm overwhelmed with the blessings of life. Today is one of those days. Can I just say how blessed I am to have such an incredible team of leaders at Jacob's Well who love Jesus and rock! Such a blessing!

I've found a new spot. I'm not sure if this will replace the 'ole stomping grounds of Dunn Bros, but this coffee shop is rad... capital R is for Rad Rad. The Overflow Cafe on University around 29th, I think. Two floors, nice, fun environment.

So I just want to share some Scripture that has been rocking me, eating at me, shaping me, Scripture I have been clinging to, claiming for the U of M, for Minneapolis, for my friends who are not yet followers of Jesus, Scripture meant to encourage us as we seek to reflect Jesus and share His message with the world around us.

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life!
Romans 5:10

And you were once alienated and hostile in mind because of your evil actions. But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him.
Colossians 1:21-22

I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6

To reconcile is to restore. God, through Jesus, is restoring our communion with Him. God, through Jesus, reconciles to Himself those who are His enemies, those hostile in mind, and when He starts a work, He finishes. How beautiful! How encouraging! Thank You Jesus for coming to redeem and restore and put us in right relationship with God again!