"Not an empty seat anymore..."

Mary Jane Watson: "By the way, John has seen my show 5 times. Harry has seen it twice. Aunt May has seen it. My sick mother got out of bed to see it. Even my father, he came backstage to borrow cash. But my best friend who cares so much about me, can't make 8 o'clock curtain. After all these years, he's nothing to me but an empty seat."

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Peter: "You don't understand. I'm not an empty seat anymore. I'm different. Punch me, I bleed!"

I thought I might start with another secular quote to set the mood. But I also feel I need to balance things out and quote the bible also, regardless whether you as the reader are Christian or not, there's no harm to read the bible:

Romans 12:1-2
Living Sacrifices
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

As I mentioned in a previous blog entry, I will try to write a reflection after each directional sermon at my church. Here is the passage from the sermon which I will need to mention in my reflection:

Revelations 3:14-20
"To the Church in Laodicea
14"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. 15I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. 19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. 20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."

Coincidently the night before I was thinking about how I have been trying to make changes in my life, not necessarily just to tell someone that I'm not an empty seat anymore