When we were in the surgical waiting area as Pastor was in surgery, Adam arrived carrying a bouquet of balloon flowers. This bouquet was really different! You could see him coming from way down the hall, and interestingly, heads were turning to look at it, as it was something they had never seen before. We put it on the table next to us, and heads continued to turn as we waited for a couple more hours. We had a couple of nurses stop to ask where they could get such a balloon bouquet. (Mary Dickinson had made it, and you can view more of her creations at: www.tinker.balloonhq.com)

Anyway, when we got to the room, nurses were commenting as we walked down the halls. The next morning Pastor said when the doctor came to see him, he walked back into the room and said, “That balloon bouquet is very innovative!”

All this got us thinking this morning. As Christians, we need to be DIffEReNt too. Do we go against the flow? Are we going along with others just to ‘fit’ into what seems normal? What if people had to stop and look at us, asking how they might have what we have? What if our character, thoughts, actions, words and motives were like the bouquet of balloons: Innovative and DIffEReNt? To get peoples attention we must! Lives are at stake!

Romans 12:2