Great 4th to you all,
Hooray, it's a holiday when we have an excuse to get together and eat and talk and maybe watch fireworks. And if some in the family can not make it, I bet they do remember times in the past when they were there.
Jesus also comes back to His old neighborhood in our reading today (Matthew 13:51-14:12). But He certainly does not end up getting a very warm welcome. His old neighbors and friends are too blinded and deafened by pride to accept new truth from the hometown guy. After all, this is just the carpenter's son, and the rest of the family is nothing special. "And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him." And the bottom line is that Jesus could not help these neighbors in His usual wonder-full way.
I'm wondering today as we gather if there might be one among us whom God is wanting to raise up as a leader in new ways of loving and serving. It may even be the former "black sheep" or troublemaker. God can do the impossible in people. If we can refrain from old habits of judging, comparing, and put down talk, we might just see or hear God doing a new thing in those we love.
Lord, open our eyes and our ears today to Your work of making us new in Christ, especially in our families that matter so much to You. Begin that work with me.
Jesus also comes back to His old neighborhood in our reading today (Matthew 13:51-14:12). But He certainly does not end up getting a very warm welcome. His old neighbors and friends are too blinded and deafened by pride to accept new truth from the hometown guy. After all, this is just the carpenter's son, and the rest of the family is nothing special. "And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him." And the bottom line is that Jesus could not help these neighbors in His usual wonder-full way.
I'm wondering today as we gather if there might be one among us whom God is wanting to raise up as a leader in new ways of loving and serving. It may even be the former "black sheep" or troublemaker. God can do the impossible in people. If we can refrain from old habits of judging, comparing, and put down talk, we might just see or hear God doing a new thing in those we love.
Lord, open our eyes and our ears today to Your work of making us new in Christ, especially in our families that matter so much to You. Begin that work with me.
Love,
Ouida
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